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60th YEAR—NUMBER 274
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1949
Entered as S¢oond-Class Matter at Postofice
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Indianapolis. Indians. lssued Daily
For Judge Hits TSS8
_ being made in Indianapolis that “he will certainly name Mr. Steck-
McHale factional
judge
> the U. 8. attorneyship is Marshall
""“phis put Rep. James Noland,
Truman Snag
President Reported Chilly to McHale's ‘Over-Confidence’
By DAN KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 10— The proposal of Frank M.| McHale, Indiana Democratic national committeeman, to put William E. Steckler on| the Southern District federal; § bench in Indianapolis, reportedly has struck a snag at the White House. = | The roadblock there is a for-| midable fellow by the name of Harry 8. Truman. The President is said to be taking a mighty dim. view of the confident predictions
ler as the successor to retiring] Republican Judge Robert C. Balt: zell. . “ Whether the President would) prefer U. 8. Attorney C. Howard Caughran, the Hoosier lawyers’| favorite in The Indianapolis; Times poll, remains unclear. He will name a Democrat, of course,| but right now the youthful Mr.| Steckler’s chances are said to be! son followed his mother's teachings. not as good as they were some]
time ago. President Truman Just| . ns » It Takes Spunk
doesn’t like being pushed. Taking Its Time An ‘effort to push him
Steckler's Bid Turns In $168 He Finds RCA Union Has $8000 to ’ Slt tte kiddies To 25 Degrees Here;
Carl Green and his mother, Mrs. Geraldine Green. . , . The
to Give Up
nto! naming John Hurt, pemocrstic NjOME@Y Now But Boy Did
state committee secretary as U.| 8. attorney in Indianapolis, re-| sulted in Mr. Caughran being continued in that post while “he White House takes its own time about the matter. Mr. Caugh-|. ran's term was up last October. Christmas time...
The favorite at thé moment for ™OR®Y:
Carl Green, 12, Shows
Hanley, Muncie city attorney-and past president of the Indiana Young Democrats. He
what's right and what's wrong. Young
other name being mentioned, besides Mr. Hanley, is Matthew Jas leaving the. dgrkened: huild-,
Welsh, Vincennes, Seventh District chairman.
Seventh District Congressman,|ipe- theater manager, Mrs. Rose
WAS| th § MLL found a billfold, —— Bert eh {wit 168 Friday night in the man Norman tt. She notified counted out once, but now Mr. c= a 0.01831 College Ave, the owner even before Mrs. Scott{between the combined drive of Mayor Al Feeney will have promi-
Hurt is out of the race and they "wig oq it ‘with his foot as he had missed the money.
Real Christmas
Spirit When He Discovers Billfold
IT TAKES a lot of spunk for a guy to part with $168 right at| The employdes are again stag-| especially when a guy doesn't often have much Ing a “Square of Dimes” cam-
But Carl Green, 12-year-old son of Mrs. Geraldine Green has a No. 1 and Building No. 5 Each|tional lot of spunk. What's more, he’s the head of the house and knows fquare board holds approximately one of the best dressed woes
Carl, at 12, is the result of a and
ene, 12,
¢ |needy youngsters.
g. ’ xem home. | partment Sehded Being a responsible fellow, Carl| He resides with his mother, a
Housed his mother who turned gister. 3 : Jar ed. bY a pm e ‘money and billfold over to brothers, Charles, 9, and Larry 7.| i Tube Recor: | Alana ’ ‘ '" Carl goes to school at the The- outt mote of. Indianapolis’ needy
two
| Biggest Contribution | | To Times Campaign |
In Its History “Over the top”
|Clothe-A-Child motto of Lo} :
cal Union B-1048, | (AFL)
IBEW|
| Victor plant workers that they {will - make their biggest contribution in the 20-year history of
. Party to Aid |The Times Clothe-A-Child that| . {they have tentatively scheduled CONTRIBUTIONS | 0 pe 9 |
Today's Total
{Total to Date ........... $3565.34 Crosley Auction List on Contributors on Page 2, - |
Photos, Page 3 Set Here for | y Saturday Night |
By ART WRIGHT a
shopping tours for at least 300
Members of the union will-pick! J i ta’ hi | up 100 children at Clothe-A-Child| 4 re apolis biggest 'headquarters, 33-W. Washington ristmas party will be| I8t, each night for three con-staged Saturday night on secutive nights the week before Monument Circle to- raise
{Christmas. . | ’ More than $8000 will be spent funds for The Times Clothe:
{by the union to outfit these chil-| A.Child. laren,” The union -at RCA-Victor; . { {division here spent $7000 last YEAr aon Somms a ae ! i 200 young-| Crosley jo augit more than ¥ | Auction. offering & Crosley elecsters, = ; itric range; refrigerator, 10 rad In Midst of Drive {and a television set. : To maintain its reputation as| The Circle will. be roped off the biggest “daddy’ of The Times while the gala event is held at {Clothe-A-Child, Local B-1048 is in| —— [the midst of a last-minute drivel Photo, Page 3 ~~ {for “extra” dimes to spend for the south steps of the Monument {the children’s outfits. |starting at 7:45 p. m. Among nationally known per-| sonalities who will take part will |paign in the cafeterias of Building be Arlene Francis, famous na-| network radio star and!
$40 worth of dimes. Keen compe-|in radio. She will come here from tition for the biggest contribu- New York, { tions to the squares is reported| Gov. Henry F. Schricker and| the Tube Department he Dy nent parts in the Christmas suc.
Deby Roy Admission Free against the Home Instrument De-
t headed by Harold Em- posite for Clothe-A-Child {to partments challenged the Home u;gren will be the Crosley Deal-
Mercury Will Drop
of the RCA-Victor| gye I pae | De ewrtain are the .bircle Yule Girl Hurled From Car,
[fatture to stop for & through
——ileba, 1235 Spruce Bt. told police
the evint to make It the street on the opposite
ans ————————————————————————————————— ——————————————————
Forecast Calls
Strikes Head on Curb For Fair Skies
Expectant Mother, Child, 6, Injured In Broadside Crash on East Side A 6-year-old child suffered a fractured skull and her
Over Indiana mother expecting another baby, was critically hurt last] ’ + night when hurled from their automobile in a collision. Zero Ceiling’ Ae Police said Mrs. Helen White, 31, of 4858 English Ave. ~ Grounds Planes - and her daughter, Paula, were injured when the car driven, At Weir Cook ~~ by Mrs. White was struck broadside by a speeding automo-| A cold wave will hit Indians’ bile at Brookville Rd. and i tonight, sending temperatures Emerson Ave. as 25.
Mrs. Jeanette Morrison, 47; of 48 N. Jefferson Ave, Was % booked for. reckless driving and
street after her ‘car strdck the White automobile. —— ~~~ Mrs. Morrison's car then careened across . a lawn and crashed Into a front porch of & home at the intersection, An eyewitness, Mrs. Helen Sa-
she and her husband watched the_speeding car approach the intersection. “The car hit the curb three times in the block.” Mrs. Saleba sald. “Each time it pulled out in front of us it seemed to be going faster; Finally it went right out into the intersection and crashed into the side of the other car.”
Paula White + + hurled from ar
Fractures Skull ering . trom. shock : White and Paula were, wre pack. ap *lea wd cu, Vinee pu at oe Lady said. Mrs. was to : 5
‘of iliam T. the automobile: t of General Hospital attaches saidichurch Friday the child's condition was Mrs.
on the spot. He and Rep. John Walsh, Anderson, were leading Hanley backers in the Indiana congressional delegation.
Returning from a European
Shaffer,
» » ” MRS. SHAFFER'S subsequent investigation divulged that the
Instrument Depa latter was credited gest contributions to the sq fast year. The
odore Potter open air school because of his health, His sister and brothers attend School No. 27. Mrs. Green is a bench worker
nt after the of Marion County, Radio Sta: with the big-lsio WrBy and The Times.
Squares. qv, gyuction lining collected ,,., on outstanding entertainment
billfold was the property of Mrs. at Western Electric Co,, Inc., with Frances Scott, 1830 Carrollton an average take-home pay of $41
more than $1200 for the union's
She has a fractured skull
. changed his mind and that is
tour this week, Mr. Noland was confronted with the fact of Mr. Welsh now being in the picture. He has to follow the custom of backing his own chairman. They also are close personal and political friends, Mr. Noland said, Backed by Minton But Mr. Hanley’'s strongest supporter is Associate Justice Sherman Minton of the U. 8. Supreme Court. He recommended Mr. Hanley for the U. 8. attorneyship while still a judge on the U. 8.'following an filness of scarlet Gourt of Appeals. He hasn't fever.
THE CHRISTMAS SCENE . .
Brother Jim has taken care of
rated as highly helpful for Mr, Monday that Clarence Hanley. {downtown to sell shopping bags.|
Rep. Walsh, who is an antileader within] the party, contends that the Dem-| y 2 5 ocratic national committeeman| only uses congressional recom-| mendations when it suits his pur-| pose and backs his candidates. ‘“McHale uses the state commit-|
tee recommendations and the youngster running east onl
« {t¥ Mr. Walsh said in a letter re-
ceived here from the Fifth Dis-| trict which he represents. | «On Steckler he has done so, court 4 will drone ou
At 9 a. m. tomorrow the bailiff in Munici t the name of a
Ave, wife of Motorcycle Police-| weekly.
Meanest Thief Robs Blind Youth
Flattened against the building at Hook's drug store at Meridian and Washington Sts. as the wind whistled through the intersection was a crippled shopping bag vendor, Clarence Ongley. Clarence is 18 and he lives with his brother and sister-in-law, 12 months throughout the year, put up the following Christmas Mr. and Mrs. James Albert Ongley at 2318 Union St.
So it was with eagerness last|incident was hardly noticed by year and spend this fund for th went the crowd that passed by.
At 40 cents a dozen for th
Business has been .fine and each|shopping bags, the theft was a club. The club's only activity is day he has made around $8. [blow to a fellow like Clarence to support The Times Clothe-A- . who was “thrilled to death to be|Child. | THIS AFTERNOON he left his making a little money,” his sis-| bundle of 90 bags and stepped|ter-in-law said. i inside the drug store to get warm.| In front of Hooks this week, of children they will clothe this broadcast the highlight of the |He was only there a few minutes he’ll try to make it up. And he'll| year, and when he stepped out, he saw suffer the cold to keep from be-| needed from the public to provide the Circle. WFBM will stage a
ng robbed again. . . .
| congressional, when he feels like A Tough One for Justice to Decide JUSTICE can ponder this week-end . .
~——|25 cents pér week to the Times|ley custom deluxe electric range Clarence since he became crippled Washington with the shopping Clothe-A-Child Club maintained which is fully automatic; a Cros-! three years ago with arthritis bags under his arm. Clarence couldn't chase him be- children to the stores from the
cause he was crippled and the Clothe-A-Child headquarters each shelvadore; 10 six-tubé Crosley e kitchen radios. Each of the Cros- settled by the Public Service Commission.
Jey products will go to the high-|
pal Judge Alex Clark's SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 48-year-old South Side resident. (yp) — The blockade-running broadcast will receive the ‘tele-
rogram. Times Clothe-A-Child Fund last will be free to the
year. ; One of the highlights will be Have Entertainers the announcement by the Crosley At the “kickoff” of the squares/dealers of the 20 Marion County campaign Friday, entertainers ap- winners of Crosley Refrigerators peared at both cafeterias. in Crosley’s recent $2 million naIt is Clothe - A - Child money- (tional giveway. ; raising time in Local B-1048 all] Outstanding
auctioneers will
multiple injuries. The mother
A Straphanger Speaks— Railways President Agrees To Start Efficiency Moves
Promises to Take Initial Steps This ¥ eek To Inaugurate Proposed Economy Program
By ROBERT BLOEM
| The employees contribute 5, 10 or|gifts for public bidding: A Cros-
ley 9.2 cubic-foot custom deluxe]
by the union. Employees take the refrigerator with the exclusive
clothing they need. William Phile/lips is chairman of the union’s|est bidder. TV Set Offered A 1950 model Crosley Ultra Fidelity television set with built-
While Local B-1048 forecasts a/in antennde will be offered to | new record in money and number listeners on WFBM, which will
increased support also is Crosley Christmas Auction on
|a happy Christmas for thousands special Christmas Auction prolof Indianapolis’ needy children. [gram for Clothe-A-Child until ——————————— (1 a.m. . The person pledging the high-
IBATTERED SHIP DOCKS RED ! K est contribution to Clothe-A-Child
He was arrested by police after| 5 merican freighter Flying Cloud vision set.
but Hanley now has the indorse- - - | lerk in the W. , ment of all seven Congressmen 3 C o “tore . yy oe ts here today displaying the| Every cent rajsed in the auction and a majority of the state com-| on Oe a of ste DE-|gcars of a shelling she receivedon the Circle and the contribumittee and McHale refuses to rec- : ° aling &| from the guns of Nationaliet{tions on the WFBM broadcast
ognize it, '
$21.89 set of seat covers.
four will go to The Times Clothe-A-
[gunboats off Shanghai Child:
|
10 py telephone’to WFBM during the,
Indianapolis Railways will take the opening step this week to improve efficiency and ‘cut opérating costs which have n doubled transit fares In four years, : Railways President Harry Reid told me last week that he rather wait on the program until the current emergency rate
cussed ‘‘misunderstandings’ wei minor ones. The others could be pupils in by-passed in the interest of thei rate-paying riders. There probably won't be a P8C|cidents {decision in the temporary | coated streets and two persons
But two of the three commis{sioners later said there was no reason to wait, Both Lawrence Cannon and Roscoe Freeman declared the efficiency rogram could be started without affecting
the temporary rate decision one cage next week. It won’ killed way or the other, after that, But afr. Reid's deck! Ne : : When I told him what they had! sion to start things on Tala o winda up to 30 mileg.an
said, Mr. Reid replied: ; “All right then, I'm going to get all my forces together for an early decision.” ”
grew Consults ‘Other People’ way or srother from the Program| ming. were warn take and mike a permanent rate or- b 4 le
Since an early decision” means different things to different peo-iger Second, if there are any
ple, I asked him what it meant pegefits to be gained for the rid- : to him—next week, maybe? a [1% they will So sooner, 4 Injured as Cor W, “Wel-I-1-1,” ~ said Mr. Reid]! The startiug step alone, of|(C . “yes.” . ~~ |course, won't. be enough. put| rashes Safety Zone. o | So that's that, I'll be wAItIng, |i will give public officials and| oo {but not necessarily patiently, t0| the company a chance to test re- ay, a ty night at Davidson and E. Washs
{see what happens. laction. If all goes well, step | Mr. Reid didn't say what the no. 2 should follow quickly. ington Sts,
! | ~ » ~ “I personally feel that the wwe FSLQ e Fire | THE CLERK pointed out to Weeks ago. BN Lt in- the next campaign could be] police the unwrapped contents of ° . the shopping bag the suspect car-' Three families, including eight rieq, They included 12 bubble n OO nsi eo ages tion. I think that it will be done.” children, escaped injury last nightijignts, a Christmas tree star, an| when fire swept their two-story gjectric wreath, tree ornaments,
McHaleism. It would be well for
us Democrats to relieve this situa
Old McNutt Man Doing so will be no .a#zy mat
the others politically. great durability, as ability.
Democratic national
residence at 923 E. Ohio 8t. ~ | Mrs. Chris Wampner,
the ter, as Mr. McHale is the one old gwner, helped lead the children to McNutt man who has survived all gafety after smelling smoke. BedHe has rooms on both floors were damwell as aged by flames. id b job h ; | Mrs. Walter Robbing gathered e a bang-up Jo ere In her four children, including 10-7, | purging the Dixiecrats from the month-old twins, while Mrs Rus. | leased on bond, he pointed to his committee gel] Dawes led her four young-
tinsel and a popgun., The shopper . . , ad no receipts for the articles A review of Indiana's 1949
but insisted that he had paid for
all of them. .In fact, he said he .,. a bought the seat coyers from the Fictures of the RCA union's
man who accused him, Clothe-A-Child. In a jail cell before he was re-| (Potomac Patter, Vital St « Pages 2
Second
record of employment for six] years at a local factory, his $54
First Section :
What it has accomplished. .,
|step would be. Hé sald he had to” consult with’ some
[the railways, including, I gath (ered, his JKwyer,
8 ri 8 aw. +. ex crimes | “ee ~latep will be is
Crs es sess ene
|1t" loses monqy, quite a lot o
big party for Times
ses eee Peeve nnn P 3in the abandonment Are com atistics, World Affairs, v {paratively simple. -16) {the PSC, a hearing, and a rul “ ing—just yes or no. Section After a Week
of the! lother people Who help him run| "0 “ponuavs can help A baw Atel. rented 3 fiat My best guess on what the first Page 3 the Brightwood feeder service, anything fo do with Teaching] pwo other passengers, Mr. and
{money. The proceedings involved A, petition to| could think of any reason for| Hospital. . 3 f any
As the efficiency study con-|
tinues, other ways Mrs. Anna Mae Mann, 38,
will develop) goo or ‘Hotel, received a frace
, self to serve the city better and when & car driven by her less expensively. band. © nn W hu I talked to everybody who has : Prim . Mani, & § this goal-—utility, City ‘and state.| ye" pols Kirby, 1845 N. All are men who can make their) , oo" “oo slightly Homies - decisions stick. Not one of them| couples were admitted to Both
./holding “up the program (longer.
| If that doesn’t sound ge Shah of Iran Gets ’
in his role of chairman of the gters into the front yard. credentials committee. But there, Much of the children’s clothing remain serious objections to his|was lost in the blaze. The fire naming a U. 8. attorney or U. 8. tert the residence without lights * single-nanded. with or and heat. The children were givmad en refuge by the Juvenile Ald wealthy clients. Tost of Whom he Division, while the parents were says arg Republicans, Mr. Mc-ltaen in by friends. Hale is a fighit¥y- figure in any| poco said the fire apparently Inter-party quarrels. |was caused by a defective flue. ree a Oreenlee vv Mo.| The amonut- of damage was not ‘ ‘ “lestimated. Nutt and sought to suivesd 0 hel Ironically, Mrs. Wampner said! governorship. he went ha " insurdfice on the dwelling was state crying Diwn Wi ah, (Pald up “to this week-end. She ism,” But Pleas didn’t ge ® said she didn’t know whether she| Eibmatonial n 9 Wiss te had insurance coverage for nt to . 3. esterday or not. . | Townsend as scheduled by Me-|” (ay oF mot. Nutt leutenants, chief of whom was Mr. McHale. Family of Eight A young Democrat, who now is Homeless in Fir public counselor with*the Indiana e { Times State Service, ei .. NASHVILLE, Dec. - A
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Public Service Commission, Mr.| Ao
. Bteckler is suffering at the mo-fo. = G { y of eight was left homeless int. from ‘whal 1s tered Mr. tonight heh fire, leveled their It seems that President Tru- sll 10 r-roém home squtheas man _ wants something to $Y. oop Hobbs, 52, an-unempioyed: about selecting the new judge for |). rer, led his wife, Dorothy, and | the Southern District in Indiana. poi iv children to safety. So far Mr. Steckler hasn't got = wr ei of the family's personal the nod. : effects were lost in the '$2100
. ' pri Ghagiors Restaurant 144. Ohio. © pire Iblaze. An overheated stove was i ik 0 Rg eR A ML te 2:00 P. Higres to have caused the fire. || Fuh x ht Jorn wks oh ~y Frode ? ni . X i ; oe ‘ . / . 4 # 2 A i ¥ 4
Rh
{mas
paycheck yesterday,
20 years ago.
Golden Gloves > Tickets on Sale
® Mail orders for tickets to the annual Times-Legion Golden Gloves Boxing tournament at the N. Pennsylvariia St. Armory will be accepted now, ® The amateur tournament will be staged Jan. 6, 13, 20, 27 and Feb. 3. Ticket prices are; Ringside, $2; Downstairs reserved and first row balcony, $1.50. Prices include federal tax. General admisston tickets will he available only on fight nights. * ® Titkets will be mailed in © time to be used as Christmas gifts, oo ® locations will be as signed on a first-come, first - served basis. Send orders to + Golden Gloves Tickets, In|{"dianapolis Times, 214 W. Maryland St, “
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his family , , of three children, his ownership Some Yule gifts you may have missed . . . of his home, the fact that he has been in trouble, minor, only once in his life , , .
and ‘that only
in Louise Fletcher's Counter Spy. . . . Katy Atkins visits New York. .........cveenen a, | (Elise Morrow and Capital Capers, Fashions, I Week's Club Calendar, Marguerite Smith's Garden- | ing, Jean Tabbert’s Home Decorations, Mrs. Cabot’s | patterns, recipes, Pages 18-32) | ! t |
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y Third Section Victor Peterson visits a swanky dog kennel. . . . Lloyd Walton goes cloud busting. ...... .... Page 33 | Editorials, E. T. Leech, Marquis Childs, Andrew . Dan Kidney, all exclusive Times
Tully, | | fely . leach other. The former Plane Lands Sa writers. Cement en Page 34 They agreed that some changes judge of the In- | FAIRFIELD-SUISUN A I R Washington Calling, Our Fair City, Bob Bloém'’s |could be made only on the basis | diana Appellate {BASE, Cal, Dec. 10 (UP) — A
politics, World Report. Tony Hinkle's basketball clinic. . . . The Press Box. . + » Last night's scores. ........
(Complete. sports news in colorful, compact form.
«+ + On the amusement run with Critic Henry Butler, Mrs. Manners’ advice, Earl Wilson on. Broadway,
| | Pages 34-48) Fourth Section
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(Only COMPLETE real estate coverage and advertising in y pecame more and more obvious the city. . . . Pages 49-64. . , . If you're looking for a that there was no real reasonig,. more than a year, his house, real estate, - suburban property, investment
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Here is the siuation after a ee Shout to happes. Welcome in Frisco |week. of driving for some action: — ER SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10 Mayor Feeney, the commis- (UP) ~~ Mohammed Reza Shah |sloners and Public Counselor [ M Nutt Pahlavi, imperial majesty and [William Steckler all felt, when 0 fn ’ C | king of kings of 17 million Irani|T talked to them, that the best’ |ans arrived here today by char. '
way to see how various efficiency [Ys : / {tered plane. ‘ {plans would work was to try eS iN ew or | He was met by a delegation of: (them. PSC engineer Willlam F.| {35 Iranian students, 12 Iranian {Lebo, who has studied the situ-| John Crittenden McNutt, a pio- merchants and state department . lation, sald some efficiency pro neer member of the Indiana Bar officials. The students chesred {posats were ripe Tor action. fand father of former Gov. Paul the 30-year-old monarch and All agreed that Raflways has V. McNutt, died yesterday in a shouted in ‘Iranian, “shahin- . {too many overlapping services, New York hos- {shaha” or “king of kings.”
itoo many lines that duplicate|pital,
four-engine C-54 military tran- . sport plane landed safely here tonight after flying the last 600 - files of & trip from Honolulu with.one dead engine and another acting up. vie Tdi
whole transit system. At|Court time all of them felt|Years old.
i hat! A resident of | things that! or tin s-
| ville, where he [was senior mem{ber of “the law’
‘the same there were some
Minor “Misunderstandings” Mr. Steckler summed up the feeling when he said “every dol-| lar thé company can save is pie of Meluit ; dollar they won't have to get in|jri yh “J.C. MeNutt i {McNutt had re- Five: i sided With his son (n New York —kive children perished te City since April, 1948, , t._|@ fire that destroyed a He had been in failing health, 198 home: in the tains - son Mile west of Mable. One other child was critically” burned &n five other persons i¢a 4
ho safety,
(5 DIE IN CABIN FIRE ELKINS, W. Va, Dec. 10 (UP) in
As-1 went. from place to place,
why the efficiency-economy prograin couldn't get under way,
sald last night. He had been copfound nat most of {he much-dis- (Continued op Pag 2—0of, 4)
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