Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 January 1950 — Page 1
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Blames Death By ‘Club Uglies’
Sheriff Vows to Drive Hangouts
From County if It Takes Bulldozers
Sheriff James F. Cunningham said today he would launch an all-out drive to rid the county of after-hour drinking and dancing spots. “Even if I have to use a bulldozer, I'll push these trouble spots out of the county,” the sheriff said. Mr. Cunningham's announcement came after disclosures that a South Side Navy veteran died of injuries received in a highway accident as he fled from the Ranch House, Harold Cubel, 26, of 832 Lincoln St., veteran of several Pacific naval battles during World War II, was buried in Greenwood Cemetery yesterday. He died Sunday in General Hospital of a compound skull fracture, several hours after his battered body was removed from the twisted wreckage of Ep - his car at the Belt Railroad (port cr the right lag mad multiple
| underpass on Southeastern lacerations. Ave police officer who investi- ' {gated is reported to have told In the car with him was his relatives of the dead man that
fiancee, Miss Jean Mootz, 18, of jt “is an open and shut case of jewels in his palace vaults, the committee of the National Bitu-|
320 N. Pine St, {drunken driving.”
day. . {Mootz told The Times a different Miss Mootz was taken to the story.
Ranch House Listed as ‘Trouble Spot’
“We had been out Saturday night with my brother, Raymond, and his wife, Virginia,” she said. “Harold and I planned to elope this coming Friday.” Late in the evening her brother and Harold decided to drive out to the Ranch Houseon Ind. 29, | ™ ~~ — ~~ — — = “We thought it would be a/Pay 50 cents to get back in. But swell idea to dance once more as/Harold said he only wanted to go single people, Next week we/ln and get my purse” the girl would be man and wife,” she/related. sobbed. During the ensuing argument, The Ranch House is lsted in/she said, her fiance brushed past the sheriff's office as a “trouble| “Joe,” went to the table and respot.” It is a place where teen- trieved her purse. agers go to dance after hours. It| “The next thing I knew,” she is a place where soft drinks are said, “Joe drew a knife and said sold to customers for mixers. {he was going to cut Harold. After they had been there less stepped between them. I manthan an hour, Miss Mootz said, aged to get Harold out the door her brother and his wife decided and into the car. to leave. “As we drove away, this man “1 guess it was some time after Joe and another fellow who was 3 o'clock,” Miss Mootz said, “Har-|in the Ranch House jumped into old thought it was getting late a car and began following us down and that we should start forthe i home, Id stepped on the gas In “As we reached the car, I no- an effort to get away, but the ticed that I failed to pick up my| other car stayed almost on top of purse when we left the table. Ijus. asked Harold to go back for it. | “When we neared the Belt Rail“At the door he was stopped byiroad overhead, the car that had a man. It looked as though chased us down the highway sudthere'd be an argument, so I got denly pulled over on our right. out of the car and went over to] “Harold could do nothing but the doorway of the Ranch House. swerve to the left. The abutment “A fellow I now know as Joe was right in front of us. Before was arguing with Harold. He|we could swing back, we crashed was telling Harold he’d have to/head on.”
‘The Men Waited and Then They Drove Off
“Harold was crushed under the steering wheel,” she said. “I was down under the dashboard. In a few seconds, I managed to get myself free. The road was dark. But I managed to lock in the rear
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Violence Mars India’s Cutting Of British Ties At Bombay; Grenade
World Report, Page 21 NEW DELHI, India, Jan.
tie to the British crown and proclaimed itself an independent republic today. A nation-wide celebration
was marred by Communist violence in Bombay and an attempt
rabad. Reports from Hyderabad said a man believed a Hindu fanatic tossed a hand grenade at the car of the Nizam as he drove from his palace to take an oath of allegiance to the new republic of India. The grenade bounced off the car and rolled to the ground without exploding. Although believed the world’s {richest man with tons of precious
{ Nizam lives on a personal income
They were to be married Satur-| From her hospital bed Miss of $2.60 a week as frugally as 2 ing a meeting here yesterday, sent.
| peasant. Member of Order
The would-be assassin told police he was a member of the re|actionary Hindu organization known as Mahasabha. It was a member of the same organization who assassinated Mohandas K. Gandhi. In Bombay, 10 demonstrators {were wounded and eight police were injured during a Communist {demonstration protesting inauguration of a non-Communist government for India. Police said they opened fire on the crowd after two demonstrators threw acid bombs at them. The demonstrators were dispersed
Iiand 55 were arrested.
Solemn Ceremony India’s long dream of independence bécame a reality at a solemn ceremony in Durban Hall in New Delhi's government house. There, Chakravarty Rajagopalachari, the last of Britain's 49 Governor-Generals for India, read the proclamation establishing India as a sovereign republic, Rajendra Prasad, a long-time associate of Gandhi, was inaugurated as India’s first president. Jawaharlal Nehru and his cabinet were sworn in as the republic's first government under the new American type constitution. At the same time, new local governments were installed in the 26 states of the republic. With the ceremony, Britain's King George VI lost his biggest
subjects. It marked the end of
vision mirror. I saw the car that chased us. It was parked by the|ing back to 1772.
side of the road. The men waited for a few minutes and then drove off.” eriff Cunningham indicated, he would thoroughly investigate legitimate place. He says he will all circumstances that might have continue to run despite anything: led up to the crash, The sheriff said he would con“I Have tried to close that fer with state excise police today, | joint for months, now,” the sher-|!0 see if “something can't be iff said. “About the only thing|done to close these joints that we can do would be to get them |run a shade inside the law once| for violation of the 1935 Bever- and for all.” age Act.” | = He sald the state police have I had “that place under supervi- Want to Sell ‘sion for a long time.” “Like the Show Boat," Sheriff | Cunningham said, “the Ranch| House is an after hours dance| joint, It attracts teen-agers. It| is the kind of a joint that is| supposed to sell only cokes and other soft drinks, but the man-| agement will look the other way| if patrons bring in their own booze.” . Sheriff Cunningham said he] has had several conversations| with the manager, Bud Oliphant, | who was «at one time interested] in the LVL Club. “Oliphant,” the sheriff said,
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nald Rosen, 24, of Buenos Aires. Late yesterday he sauntered into the casion, played No. 32 at three roulette tables simultaneously and within three hours had won 2.5 million franes (about $7000). Recoups Losses When he came back after din-| ner he lost $11,000 right ‘off the bat. Playing the maximum sum on the last 12 numbers of the roulette wheel, on three tables Prices are: Ringside simultaneously, he recouped in and first row balcony, |the next two hours.
$2: Downstairs re- Then turning to his compaion, Alvarez
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‘He’s Either the Devil or Santa Clays'—
Gambler Hands Out $3000 In Tips at Cannes Casino
Won, Leaving Patrons a Bit Stunned
CANNES, France, Jan, 26 (UP)—A tall, thin gambler from Argentina left fellow gamblers and croupiers of the municipal casino here goggle-eyed early today when he handed out more than $3000 in tips and gave away millions of the francs he had won. The man registered at the Carleton Hotel here as Alfanso Re-
| - 4 ‘tells me he runs a wens Irvington Barher
Dies in Crash
Julian Wilkerson Killed in Wreck
Julian M. Wilkerson, 36 8. But-
{ler Ave., died today in a Mayfield, ported over - the
Ky., hospital of injuries received
Your Home ? lin an auto accident near there.
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Wilkerson, an Irvington barber, was driving to Miami, |Fla., for a winter vacation. In{dianapolis police said details of the accident are still unknown here. Mr. Wilkerson left Indianapolis Tuesday. He was 55 wnd {was employed for the past year at the Ray Eads barber shop, 5522 E. Washington St. One son, John Wilkerson, left today for the Mayfield Hospital. Surviving are two other sons,
{Darrell and LaBerne Wilkerson, |
both of Indianapolis.
CRASH VICTIM DIES WASHINGTON, Ind. Jan. 26 (UP) — William R. Harrell, 19, Linton, was injured fatally today when the automobile he was driving struck a truck in Ind. 58, at the west edge of Odon.
of Francs He
sald in French: “Play 26 again for the same amount, and if I win the money is yours.” No. ‘26 won again and the crouplers collected 1,246,000 francs. : Don’t Know You A French countess who was about to leave the tables suddenly had a wad of 500,000 francs (about $1300) thrust at her by Mr. in. “I don’t know you,” she taid. He told her she could have the it on No, 21.
26 (UP)—India severed its
to assassinate the Nazim of Hyde-|
dominion and more than half his|three-day shift.
| The United Mine Workers pres-|" British domination of India dat- ident was said to have received Two Out-of-Town
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1950
fair and cold. Low tonight, 10 to 1
Coal Operators Offer
To Confer on Contract That Lifts Lid on Output
Pact Would Run Two and Half Years
And Erase ‘Willing and Able’ Clause PITTSBURGH, Jan. 26 (UP)—George H. Love, coal
Heresies
offered to reopen negotiations with United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis. . Meanwhile, White House Press Secretary Charles G. |Ross said no action by Mr. Truman is in prospect for today. | White House sources said =
| - b hi | oo » mens wi mete Wallace Denies | possibility of action is not entirely £ . Russ Atom Link
foreclosed. Quizzed by House
that a two-and-half-year agree- Group on Shipments | 'ment, providing the “present high| WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UP)| {wage rate andthe same hours” —Henry A. Wallace said today he |be signed. ! {had nothing to do with wartime] The operators proposed that the atomic shipments to Russia and, inegotiations be along these “basic in fact, didn't even know they lines:” were made. oo» | ONE: A “stable and binding”| The former Vice President made) {contract until June 30, 1952, with the statement to the House Un-| {neither party having the right to| American Activities Committee concel or suspend it. |in answer to charges that he acTWO: Elimination of the so- tually helped in such shipments. called “willing and able” pro-| visions of the last contract and his role in this country's war efinclusion of “provision binding on forts, he was “neither responsible the union not to limit production nor aware” of any kind of shipor the use of facilities.” |ping to Russia. That, he said, THREE: Continuation of the was in the hands of lend-lease, present 20-cent-a-ton royalty to Informed of Name the miners’ welfare fund, pro-| Mr. Wallace said he didn’t even vided that ‘all benefits from the know the name of the wartime fund be limited to employees of A-bomb development project was the contributing companies. |“Manhattan District” until May, Mr. Love's proposals were sim- 1945, when Harold Smith, then flar to those made by the opera- director of the budget, informed tors during previous negotiations him of the name. with Mr. Lewis at White Sulphur! He repeatedly insisted that he
| Mr. Love said the negotiating|
'minous Coal Conference, follow-|
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la letter to the UMW proposing
Riteted as Second- Matter at Postoffice
perators’ spokesman, disclosed today that they have|
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Gusts of winds measuring up to 90 miles per hour lashed at Indianapolis last night, leaving a trail of shattered windows, snapped-off trees and general destruction in its wake. Here John Hays, manager of the G. R. Kinney Shoe Co., 138 E. Washington St., sweeps broken glass out of the showcase window.
Springs, W. Va. However, he new nothing of consequence!
proposed reopening af negotia-iahout development of the atomic
tions was a shift in position, | ener; program. after Sept. } Love Walked Out , i PB
(1942. He said it passed Mr. Love walked out on the | 2 a ® from the
scientific to the construction stage White Sulphur talks last October ipen and he assumed ye saying further meetings Werei;i,, was progressing satisfacuseless and that he would not re-| torily. turn to the conference table un-| } til Mr. Lewis was willing to accept! . the operators’ proposals. y Washington reports said, means | Wer ning Lewis
while, Mr. may crack]
down on 90,000 striking coal min-| ers by publicly ordering them = Jobs Awarded return to werk Monday on the | |
| White House assurance that such/ Firms Given Bids an order would delay, at :least| temporarily, intervention by Pres-!| The Works Board today selected | lident Truman in the soft coal two out-of-town engineering firms wage dispute. { plan and design -additional Mr. Lewis “suggested” that the Sewers ih Indianapolis. strikers return to the pits two) The selection is subject to fed- | weeks 'ago.. But that advice was eral government confirmation. The |ignored by his men either of their|V Orks Board will ask for a fed-| own accord or on secret orders ral loan for designing of the pro|from the union's high command. Posed sewer projects. Deny ‘Scheme’ | The development is also tenta-| tive until a court decisio -| Officials of UMW’s Dist. n is ren-|
4. dered on the constitutionality of| where the walkout occurred, re- the sanitary district's bonding|
week-end that|powers. . | \Mr. Lewis issued a back-to-work| The board selected Warren & jorder, but there has been no Van Praag, Inc. of Decatur, IIL. confirmation of this from Mr. and Charles W. Cole & Son, of! |Lewis or UMW headquarters. South Bend, to design three di-| | Industry officials believe Mr. visions of sewer projects here. {Lewis told the strikers privately The Illinois firm was picked to to continue the walkout. They feel Survey and design a storm sewer he wants to create the impression|from W. 12th and W. 14th Sts. that they defied his “suggestion” from White River to the city so that, in a possible future court, limits. jaction, he might successfully dis- $1.2 Million Estimate obey a no-strike injunction by! This project Is estimated at $1.2 arguing that he cannot control million. | [the men. The Illinois firm was named] The courts in the past have held | °? its bid of 3 per cent of the| (that Mr. Lewis’ power in the mine- [IPal cost for a flat $36,000 fee {workers’ union is such that he can for its work in designing. |call strikes or end them by “a| The South Bend company was wink, a nod or a code.” picked to design a storm sewer
| Union officials deny there has at Ritter Ave. and E. 10th St.,| Washington Blvd, from Fall day began a survey to eliminates 1. cont of the estimated cost that the survey was a major step|qistriot's bonding powers now passenger stops now are only 200 tion,
|been any such “scheme.” {from Pleasant Run Blvd. to] re ee t—————— | Bolton Ave. The firm also will| i . design a main sewer on Boyd| dl W S dls Ave. from Bean Creek to Carson Ave, and a storm sewer at : 1 “|Creek Blvd. to 36th St. d er ervice 8 Per Cent Fee [ Estimated costs of these two Indianapolis Railways, Inc., to- Goi '%0s Was Put at 850.000. The short vehicular stops and to speed |. a flat $25.500 fee i wp, raliic in rush Hous. i.| All divisions are subject to apames P. nton, vice presi-|n.oua) of the State Board of dent and general manager of the) Health. { railways, told the Works Board Tne court fight on the sanitary | in an efficiency program. | pending in Hammo i nd was not exThe survey will attempt to set| pected to be settled for more than a uniform bus trolley and street-| six months. A decision on the car stop system throughout the| sanitary case will go to the State city. Mr. Tretton stated that some| supreme Court for final disposi-| | to 300 feet apart. The board said, however, that! “This slows traffic and ais-iplans for the project is a step
rupts our time schedule,” Mr.|that must be taken. Tretton said. “This survey will ———— attempt to make all stops at least 500 feet apart.”
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Girls Save Baby Sister,
Survey Approved 2 Brothers From Fire The Board of Works approved, MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 26! the survey and will authorize the (UP)—Two little girls carried modified “skip ‘stop arrangement their two younger brothers and
{when [t is recommended.
“Why didn't you think of this years ago?” asked
: vars aga Ee Sn Twisted and lashed by the heavy gale, this canopy at Indianapolis Nash, Inc., 342 E. Market St., finally crashed to the ground. Elsewhere in the city power was disrupted by fallen utility poles. Home owners reported heavy damages in wind-lifted roots, while many business places reported signs blown down.
Photos By Bill Oates. Times Stalt Photographer. Indianapolis got a sneak preview of the inside of the new Kresge store on W. Washington St. when the wind blew down wooden barricades surrounding the construction work. The same heavy gust of wind that felled these walls caved in windows and caused other damages up and down Washington St.
FLY BLIZZARD FOR ESKIMOS Pradicting Sex HALIFAX, N. 8, Jan. 26 (UP) Of New Baby
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New Major Flood Looms; 10° to 15° Low Due Tonight
1.50-Inch Rain’
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Wabash Rising
90-MPH Wind
Topples Poles Here
LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am... 3 10a m..31 7a.m. .. 37 11am .. 30 8am... 34 12 (noon), 29 fam... 32 1pm... 20
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Another major flood was {forecast today for Indiana. | Rain which averaged 1.50 linchés over the state last {night will produce “high wae ‘ter everywhere,” according to {Paul Miller, Weather Bureau | chief. He said that the upper reaches |of the White and Wabash Rivers | were beginning to rise. The water (will not immediately affect Vine {cennes and other downstate cities; {he said. | No more rain was expected toe day or tomorrow. “Much colder” weather was pres dicted for today, following almost four days of spring-like weather ‘and an all-time January high of 71 degrees at 2 a. m. yesterday. Fair, Cold Tonight Near zero temperatures will re place the spring-like weather over {the state. Today will be clearing and colder; tomorrow generally fair and cold. The low tonight will be 0 to 5 degrees in the northwest up to 20 in the south } least. Predicted high for temore ' {row varies from 20 north to 25
south. ! In the Indi lis area a Jow if 10 to 15 is ted tonight, with a high of tomorrow, The swollen White River mease ured 11 feet today in Indidnape olis and the weather bureau pree dicted it would go to 13, or one foot over flood stage, by tomore row. Elsewhere in the state predic tions were the White River would reach 15 at Anderson, 16 to 17 at Noblesville and 23 at Spencer, where flood stage 1s 16 feet. Crests Predicted Predicted crests for the Wae bash were 20 at Wabash; 23 at | Lafayette; 25 at Covington; 28 at {Montezuma; 20 to 21 at Terre Haute. At Vincennes, where the [flood water are spread out over lowlands, there will be little {change in the crest. | The general prediction was that waters will be high but not as high as earlier this month. | Damaging winds which ace’ companied 1.74 inches of raine (fall in the city last night broke |plate-glass windows, blew over [utility poles, lifted roofs, and knocked over a garage. * Mrs. Daisy Kays, 69, of 2236 {Station St, suffered hip and | shoulder injuries when the sudden- | storm struck about 10:45 p. m. {She slipped and fell in a safety zone at Illinois and Washington Sts. as she ran for shelter, { In Fair Condition | Taken to General Hospital, { Mrs. Kays was reported in fair | condition today. | The 90-mile-an-hour wind tipped one corner of the small frame home of Mrs. Agnes Donovan, in | the 300 block Corrill St. Mrs. | Donovan, uninjured, ran barefoot | to the home of a neighbor. | A six-car garage with two autos mobiles inside, at 602 W, McCarty St., was blown onto railroad tracks and destroyed. The cars | were not damaged. | Plate glass windows and neon i signs all over the downtown area were broken as the wind and |rain battered Indianapolis, Stores [in- which one to three windows | were broken included the fol |lowing locations:
Windows, Signs Brokem [" Wm. H. Block Market St store; Indiana Fur Co.; Vonnegut Hardware Co.; Lerner Shops; | Kinney Shoe Store; Miller Office {Supply Co.; A. R. Gwinn Paint |& Supply Co.; Model Laundry; {Burford's Printing Co.; Bob's |Grill; Lee's Liquor Store; Quick {Service Radiator Co. A billboard snapped at its base and struck the top of an autos {mobile parked in Mallory’s parks ling lot, 140 N. Senate Ave, Poe [lice said the top of the ear,
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