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Called Answer To Bad Problem

Authorities Admit It Isn't Perfect And Criticize Public Apathy

By JOHN V. WILSON Indiana's 1949 sex crimes law has passed its “infancy” stage. i After nine months on the statute books, the law is hailed as the answer to Hoosier sex crime problems by! courts, lawyers, doctors and social workers. Nine known sex offenders have been removed from | Hoosier streets to institu- t,o . | tions for treatment. Indiana H { S is treating these persons as IS orica ocie

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Anton Scherrer, Times colum-| sych 8 . { Jayohopalh law has been in nist, yesterday was elected presBut police records show most ‘dent of the Indiana Historical types of sex offenses have in- Society in the Claypool Hotel. creased slightly since the end of ,_ Author of “Our Town,” articles) World War II. in The Times, Mr. Scherrer was) Authorities here believe the elected at the society's annual : luncheon, a part of the 31st Rew law is adequate without fur- annual Indiana History Confer-| Iey be even sa poe £645 lence. Under the So Powe Maio Mr. Scherrer replaces William| provisions aq Lynch of - Brownstown, who| suspected. sexual psychopath may, h f th i” he 1 i be held for examination by a Was _head of the society the last medical panel. After a court hear-| three years. ing, the offender may becom! Other officers, who were elected,

mitted to the Indiana Council for!

Mental Health for treatment. {first vice-president; Lee Burns of |

. The council confines the of- Indianapolis, second vice presender In an appropriate state. in- ident; Cornelius O’Brien of Law-!| stitution until full And perma-ironceburg, third vice president ;| nent recovery from his metital ais pans Woollen Jr of- IndIanapos, fries atte another eoyrt hear-/,, = and Howard} g the patient may be paroled. {Peckham of Indianapolis, secre-| Criminal Court “Judge Saul I. v i Rabb said the law is tantamount ~ ; 1 Pair Re-elected f cont” of he capes nee tne he JD: BAFIRATL of Blooming. : , SR ’ ’ “ton and Harry O. Garman and Joders condition may be incur- El Lilly of Indianapolis were re-| Authorities agree that unfamil- Secteh to Hie Solty s Sxesutive farity with the law's provisionsiy , eo vette and Mrs. H . T Nay prevented its use oftener dur- Watts of Vincennes ‘were ected ng the first nine months, i . | {new members to the committee, | to age Sabb, wmpared She Tawi Approximately 125 members atmarket. “Courts, lawyers, doctors | TIE the, luncheon ar Rigi and sosial at At Illinois Historical Society and ediheat learned how to drive the car,” a The America Rn Tialle Burien) e said. le , Shares Judge's View |e sold National Road, which is| AR Yous, Jone ylidiana Certificates and commendations! law's authors, shared J udge were awarded for historical activRabb’s view. He said: ty by Howard H. Peckham on gp T2danaztis ‘storeys know SPI of he Indians Historica e law because they are closer * Mohd to the General Assembly. But 3|Ehiston al Soeiety received first ger how soon the average! Johnny ¥ work in SONIEIg county seat lawyer became aware eseed Mero it was on-the statute books.” lat Ft. Wayne and the naming of

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John G. Rauch of Indianapolis, |

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wi A second award was giv to +. . a step in the right direction.” | N given But he said a new mental hospital Vigo County Historical Soshould be built to treat sex pay- | let in co tion of its high chopaths as a group, ~, [Quality monthly programs and “Existing mental institutions ‘tS efforts to a local museum. | and the state prison are already! The Peru ntennial Associa-| overcrowded,” Me said. “When tion received the final award for we send up a sex criminal it only |it® Sponsorship of a week-long adds to the load.” centennial program last August. Describing sex criminals as “vicious men,” the judge asserted present mental institutions don’t Yule Photos have the staffs to restrain pris- $ oners adequately. To Win 50 “There is nothing to prevent! The Times is going to stage] sex crimes right in the institu- another prize contest for ama-| tion,” he pointed out. “It's justi teur photographers who submit! like placing a sex offender in a pictures of the Circle Monument! rose garden.” Christmas Decorations. Frank Coughlin, assistant At-| Fifty dollars in prizes will be| torney General and guiding force awarded. The Riviera Camera | behind the law's passage, de- Club is co-operating with The | scribed it as a “model” statute. Times in the contest, You don’t) He said numerous states have in- have to be a member of the club! quired about the law. to compete. | Commenting on the law's past] Any size photo will be accept-| use in the state, he said: “It’s not able but they must be in black a question of how many sex of- and white, | fenders we've: caught, but how| The contest opens when the! many we've missed.” -~ |decorations are completed ThursJudge Rahb said he intends to day. Prizes will be awarded in! use the law in every applicablestime for Christmas spending. case. In August he invoked the Keep rea®ing your Indianapolis| law for the first time in Marion|Times for the rules and prize dis-| County against a high school tribution. | student who had committed ab-! normal sex acts, . Terms Were Short Mrs. Earl Spry | Prior to the 1949 law, sex of- gye fenders were subject only to short Rites Tomorrow | periods of imprisbnment—as little] Services for Mrs. Nettie Spry, As one or two years. Then they| wife of Earl Spry, 316 E. Wash-| were freed, without treatment. ington St, who died Friday in| The penalty for sodomy, Judge the home of a daughter, Mrs. | Rabb pointed out, provides a fine Rohert Johnson, Terre Haute, | of $100 to $1000. Secondly, 2 jj; he held there at 1 m.| sentence of twa to 14 years mayin,,nqay Burial will follow there. be added to the punishment, but She was 66. | it isn’t mandatory . | Born in Clayton, Ind, she! What's the sex crime situation! Indianapolis 59 years.| in Indianapolis compared to pre- o, was employed by E. C. At-|

vious years? kins Co. from 1921 to 1924. She]

During the first 11 months of | | moved to Terre Haute in 1948, 1049 more than 400 sex offenses when she became fli. {

TE hey Survivors, in addition’ to the violations not reported. husband and- daughter, include Since 1946 the number for four sons, Carl Spry, Hutchinson, forcible rape has declined slightly. Kas.; Rudolph Spry, ‘IndianapSodomy arrests have jumped 65 ©lis; Fred Spry, Pendleton, and per cent this year over 1946. But Robert Spry, Colorado; another only three arrests for statutory daughter, Mrs. Betty Ballard, rape—offenses against children— California, and four grandchilhave been made during the foyr- dren. Year period. eee

Police Inspector Jack O'Neal sald, in view of the statistics, Urges New European

Indianapolis hasn't the sex crime Economiic Policy problem of other cities the same Times State Service size. : NOTRE DAME, Dec. 10—A But he emphasized the sex plea for a new European economic crime rate could be whittled down policy was made here last night further when public apathy is hy Prof, J. K. Galbraith of Harovercome. ) [vard University. “Most women just won't come Addressing the student body of into court to testify against the/Notre Dame University, the offender,” he said. “Not only that, | gheaker emphasized “the achleve-

but people many times. refuse to.ments and continuing promise of

make complaints to begin with.” 4. Marshall Plan.”

Legion Opens Drive | . Prof. Galbraith asserted flatly in d that the steps required for a full] On Sex :=:Offen ers and durable recovery in Europe|

The American - Legion has required more time than the| launched a campaign to combat Marshall Plan allowed. | sex crimes against children. me ——— - |

Requests for a long-range national program aimed at the de- wCTu to Meet

Frances Willard WCTU will tection and possible cure of sex ’ offenders wefé announced yester- nave a Christmas meeting at day by officials ofthe Legion’s|10:30 a. m, Tuesday at the home national child welfare committee. [Of Mrs. Howard Hudson, 923 N. The officials returned from a|Grant St. Mrs. Ruby Webb will 11-state - conference at Seattle, give devotions and Mrs. Clyde Wash., where the program was| Pearce will present the Christmas formulated, : |lesson,

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This Bowery Dance was one of the acts in the show that The master of ceremonies, Ed. Placing their dimes on a "square of dimes" board are Mrs, Audrey Loy, Miss Ethel Thomann, started the annual “square of dimes" campaign for The Times ward Hoagland, 4527 Young Mrs. Elsie Hall and Miss Catherine Swindle. Holding the board are Nor , Osborne, busines Clothe-A-Child at the RCA.Victor division plant by Local Union Ave., urges a "big hand” for manager of the union (right) and R. W. Lewis, production manager of the plant's Home Instrument Keely and Ralph Cutter. nn Clothe-A-Child. dimes before Christmas.

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Here you see a picture of a Young Man—dqjing some ardent ''day dreaming" and "Christmas wishing." If you could read his thoughts—they would go about like this: "Gosh— shucks—fortheloveofmike' (or whatever his favorite exclamation is). | hope Santa Claus stops at Strauss first—that's my idea of a regular place to get clothes and gifts. That's where Dad and Big Brother get theirs. That's swell for me! Say—what do | want with sissy things—! don't want a doll house—or something with embroidery on it—Look, Mr. Santa Claus—you're a man—you'll understand—you 21 : wouldn't let us.men-folk dawn!" The Boys' Floor—can take care of little fellows of 2——up to those in the early twenties! : Outer Clothes—Furnishings—Toys—and Selected Gifts— Even the price tags seem to say "Merry Christmas! A

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