Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 February 1950 — Page 1

Page PDF (9.29 MB)

Back to issue view

Listerine Antiseptio 756 Size ks effeshes the reath. outh.

Red Cross Adhesive Tape x 5 yds.

hoice oof or “Z. OF

hoice “of widths.

1d lengths.

“Kitts erms in the

7 -

ot wate 1

__nation for the new drug. eS

60th YEAR—NUMBER 328

FRIDAY, FEBRUA RY

3, 1950

Te an FORECAST: Somewhat warmer tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight, 22; gh tomorrow, $s. Fair ad mild Sunday.

FINAL HOME

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postofice

Indisnapoiis, Indiana. Issued Daily

= For Treat

. By DONNA MIKELS, Times Staff Writer NEW YORK, Feb. 3—Gerald Dunaway, 7- year-old In-| “dianapolis leukemia victim, today and announced, “I'm hungry.” Id Jerry, flown to Bellevue Hospital here last night from Indianapolis for treatment with the new “miracle drug,” ACTH, has nit yet received his first injection of the drug.| . But perhaps his airplane flight from Indianapolis in a big: TWA Constellation stimulated his appetite. His mother, Mrs. Earl Dunaway, said it was the firs time he had been hungry for several weeks. He had a breakfast of cereal, fruit juice, and a glass of milk.

rug.

of Bellevue Hospital, okayed That was at noon.

jen

: Doctor OK’S Jerry's Admission Shortly before noon yesterday, the search paid off. | Dr. Li. Emmett Holt Jr., professor and chairman of the to Bellevue. ‘department of pediatrics of Néw York University, Bellevue trician of the childrén’s médical service of Bellevie, was t Medical Center and director of children’s medical services waiting for him:

Jerry's admission here.

} { { i

The Times offered to give Jerry his|

PRICE FIVE CENTS 3

If Jerry's preliminary diagnosis of monocytic leukemia -

Finally at 9:15 p. m,, an hour and 15 minutes later, —one of the rarest forms—is confirmed, Jerry will be the -

ithe big ship came safely down at La Guardia

A waiting ambulance and police escort whisked Jerry)

Dr. Irving Sch

ulman, chief resident pedia-

In His Bed in Children’s Ward

“He's getting used to the ward, and is sitting up smiling “last chance” ahd his parents accepted. A Flanner.& Bu- victim was in his bed in the children’s ward, the fourth

at his nurse,” hospital attaches reported.

Stricken with the dread “cancer of the blood” which 835 Eastern Ave. and at 4 p. m. Jerry and his mother, Mrs. with the new drug.

heretofore has always been fatal, Jerry was flown to New Ruby Dunaway, were en rou

te from Indianapolis to New

- York last night after The Indianapolis Times searched the York in a big TWA Constellation,

= E03 Menthe

Truman Asks Excise Tax Slash of $655 Million

Hike in Business, Estate and Gift Levies Urged fo Bring in $1 Billion New Revenue WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UP)—President Truman asked Congress today to cut excise taxes $655 million a year, but “to boost business, estate and gift taxes to give the government an actual net increase of $1 billion in new revenue. Mr. Truman's tax proposals were spelled out to the House Ways and Means Comunitiss tee by Secretary of Treas. ury John W. Snyder. nh ar a

meer co Vital Data Held iy Spy Suspect

Kimmell Hinted

‘For Welsh Post |

Judge Appointee

$695 mililon, but asked for a new to yield $40 million a year. The excise tax reductions, Mr.. AEC Studies Link to nothing. . Rail, plane: and bus tickets—| WASHINGTON. Een ree telegraph charges—25 per cent to} (accused of giving away A-bomb 15 per cent. crets possessed information that 20 per cent to 10 per Seat. The commission issued a state-| Masry Escaping Share {ment on Dr. Karl Fuchs, arrested. $695 million in revenue. But he ; © ithe oint Congressional Atomic asked that this. loss be made WPlgneray Committee called an Mr. Truman, in his earlier tax .. po .4 him. message to Congress sald Many| . ppe. ARC statement also distune of hundreds of millions of| in e war, also had participated! —doliars==by these loopholes ii the I U.S. “British-Canadian| Knew of Trick The commission statement: said]

(Continued on Page 3—Ceol. 5

Se Inside Indianapolis veeres

10 per cent levy on the manufacturers’ sale price of television sets Truman proposed? i . . rina three per cent: To Soviet Officials | By LYLE C. WILSON from ‘15 perv¢ént to 10 per cent, | | Atomic. Ener gy Commission said Long distance telephone and (4, that the British scientist Retail levies on furs, luggage, could have been of tremendous jewelry and toilet preparations— lvalue to Russia. | Mr. Snyder Eald these Feaut by Scotland Yard officers in Lontions would cost the governmen 'don on a tip from the FBI, asl by the. new television tax and emer; gency closed hearing to quiz plugging loopholes in tax laws. |,pc members and security offipersons were escaping their fair| lclosed that Fuchs, who worked share of the tax burden—to thei "4. 17 & A bomb project dur-| laws. parleys on release of atomic” in-! Most of the $1 billion in new formation ~ { Fuchs during the war “had access] to a wide area of the most vital

Times Index

t People ,.... vere. 10 [weapons information” That! ADO Peomie Hn +i es-16-—1means he knew how this country. Bridge ...... Liiiiii' Jo (solved the trick—which is the COMICS +vvvvnevsseseasss 35 |most important of all atomic CrOSSWOId +vssvesseessss 18 [WEAPONS secrets—of detonating Editorials «.e.ceseese... 20 |fissionable materials in a bomb. Fashions ...esisessseess 10 | Committee Chairman Brien Me-| Food “vuo.. Mahon (D. Conn.) said the comForum _.., mittee. also: will quiz “the military “Gardening - 1gentleman ‘in: charge -of

for the Manhattan district.” | The Army's Manhattan en-| |gineer district ran the A-bomb {project during the war and until {the civilian commission took over

“ese

Hollywood ......

Mrs. Manners «.i.ivsvvas NeedIeWorK +v.sensvsvass

—$a —~Modern -

Powder

“8500 sie §2¢ inex is a mild, [fective—and

ightly ~ astrinnt douche 'wder. Choice

modern womR

Pattern «.oieiiiiiilis 11 Jan. 1 1047. Tt was resporisible Radio 13 |for clearing Fuchs during the war, rare **+ 2 But his visit here in 1947 was unRusk esse Rs az n [der AEC. auspices. > To fe L523 = Mr. McMahon 8id not-say y-when| Weather Map ina, 15 [the “military men” —among ‘them, Earl WIISon s..ce.eer., 12 |Pretumably Lt: Gen. Leste WOMENS... viii vive iid

+ out the. morning, canceling plans

{Contigued on Page Brot: 2)"

Ingrid 'Overjoyed' at Sight Of Baby; Both Doing OK

~ prohibits federal:

To Resign Sunday

“Matthew Welsh of Vincennes; newly appointed U.S. Attorney {for southern Indiana, will resign {Sunday as Seventh District Democrat Chairman. Mr. Welsh has called a meeting of the district party organization at McCormick's Creek State Park.

His resignation will be accepted| security and a’ successor elected: at-that

time.

Most prominently EOE as

Mr. Welsh’s successor to the dis{trict party post-is Curtis V. Kimmell, another Vincennes attorney. Mr. Welsh's resignation is required by the Hatch Act which

taking an active ' politics. Though no date has been | set, the new U. 8. Attorney was| * expected to.be sworn in to suc-

ceed: VU. 8. Attorhey .B. Howard...

Caughran sometime next week. Mr. Kimmell is acting district! chairman of the Indiana Young Democrats and ‘a former state |treasurer for. that organization.

He is the son of Joseph W. Kim- Jerry's pavers: see that he is comfortably ituated in a private compartment o the huge “hip. |

Gerald Buraway «+ « he wants to go Back to school. : Photos by John Spicklemire, Times Stat Paawersone

—fromi— part Tn party]

imell, former mayor of Vincennes ~

|and former 7th District Demoicratic chairman. Chairmen and vice chairmen |

Son Weighing Nearly 8 Pounds 9. Like

‘Mom’; Rossellini ‘Happy It’s a Boy’

By NORMAN MONTELLIER, United Press Staff Correspondent

ROME, Feb. 3—Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman was joyed” this morning when she saw“the blue-eyed, black-haired son | mittee.

born to her last night, her doctor A Catholic priest -said Italian

“over-|

said today. Film Director Roberto Rassellini

was the father of .the baby, which looks very much like his mother and weighs 4; ounces less than eight ht pounds.

Mr. Rossellini paced the corridors of the clinic while the baby |

was being delivered late yester-|

day. This morning he was the first visitor permitted to see the Swedish star.

_. ‘Happy It Is a Boy’ Nurses and Dr. Pier Lig! Gui-| _ dotti, who assisted at the birth, ~ sald Mr. Rossellini told them “I am very happy that it is a boy.” Mr. Rossellini remained through-

to-go back to work outside Rome, |} where he is filming the life of St, Francis of Assisi. Dr. Guidotti said that Miss Bergman was - “in excellent

“She was very excited this morning when we took her son "to her and was overjoyed to hold him,” the doctor said. “He has blue eyes and dark hair which looks like it might ‘be ~brown as soon as it ‘takes oh a

of parents %0 the | immortal

sou}

{legitimate union.”

“Catholics will learn with|

«Christian satisfaction that the! {parents of the child born ‘last|

night have decided to give Catholic baptism and education to the child, which can constitute the first step towards obedience to the laws of God.” Father Morlion -said he had| given such instructions and ad-| vice to Mr. Rossellini as one of the “parents of the child born| last night.”

a mail order Mexican divorce from her husband, Dr. Peter Lindstrom ‘of Hollywood. - Mr.| Rossellini already has won a court, annulment of his first marriage,

. definite color.” Father Felix A. Morlion, a ‘rector of the Pro Deo University. of Rome told a reporter:

gating the possibility of winning ‘a Catholic annulment as IThat would make it possible for ‘Miss Bergman and: Mr. Rosse-

"T Bave siressed that the duties (Contihued on Page. 3—Col, D Cl ————

in the eyes of the church are no less if the child is born out of a

Miss Bergman has applied for,”

An authoritative source said to-| day that Mr. Rossellini is investi-|

well. $s

df ‘all 11 districts in the state] {make up the State Central Com-

Good Seals Now For Ice-O-Rama

® If you want. the best seats for The Times. Ice-O-Rama show, better get

them now. ® The only place they're available. is The Times

offices, 214 W. Maryland St. ... from 9a. m, unfil: ‘5: 30 P. m. For your convenience, mail orders will be accepted if accompanied by remittance and stamped, addressed en-

velope, @® The ice extravaganza Feb. 23 ‘in the Fairgrounds Coliseum will

raise money for the In: fantile Paralysis = Fund. Some - 50 local skaters i will take part in the two- { hour show. . ® Prices are: Box and Par- _ quet Chairs, $1.20; North and South Side Mezza“nine, 85 cents; Fast End Mezzanine, 60 cents. Prices include’ tax. « All seats are reserved.

Base line studies of Jerry’

chanan ambulance hurried to the Earl Dunaway home at!leukemia victim to be admitted to Bellevue for treatment,

8 blood level were being made!

in the hospital today. The first smear tests, made imme- |

For “more diately following his admission Jast night, were inconclusive, |

We're Pulling for You, Jerry

LJ >

Fair and Warmer Group Forms Here to Aid

In Miracle Drug Research Will Seek Funds to Help Combat Arthritis

Weather in Sight

The Weather Bureau today promised fair and warmer weather tonight and tomorrow. Sunday's outlook included fair and mild weather. Temperatures

tomorrow will . reach 45, after sliding to 22 tonight. Temperatures - throughout the

{state tonight will range between ‘15 to 20 in the north and 20 to 25 in the south.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

a.m... 17 108. m... 28 7a. m... 18 11a. m. .. 30 8a. m... 19. 12 (Noon) 31 3a mh... 23 1p.m ..32

[Bookkeeper Held In $13,722 Shortage

Times State Service WOLCOTT, Feb. 3—A former Wolcott bank bookkeeper was arrested today on a charge of em|bezzling more than $13,722, FBI agents and Brockton po{licearrested Miss Norma Gene{vieve Benner, 23, of Wolcott, aft-

-ler .an jnvestigation into her ac-|

‘counts showed a shortage of $13,722.66. She had been employed, ‘at the Wolcott bank four: ‘years.

.8he was transferred to Ham-

\the U, 8. Commissioner.

And Rheumatism Wi

th ACTH, Cortisone

Organfzation of an Indianapolis chapter, Arthritis and Rheu-

matism Foundation, was annqunced today by the shapler's execu- |

tive committee,

The committee, mpeeting at the Tadianapolis Athletic Club, an-| nounced headquarters will be maintained at 334 Lemcke building. | to procure funds for research on!

Purposes of the organization are

the new miracle drugs, ACTH and"

Cortisone, The, chapter will also spread accurate knowledge about these and other modern methods! of treatment among 150,000 arthritis victims in Indiana.

» Explains Problem .

- Dr. James, 8S. Browning, chair-|

{man of : the chapter's medica

——sejentific. committee, explained the

(problem of research today as tN {affects arthritis at the commitiee meeting. Chief stumbling block of re-

|seareh .at present, Dr. Browning ~

said, is the difficulty of producing: ACTH in large enough quantities to be available to all arthritis victims. Kenneth Adar, ‘general ~chair-| man of the Indiana chapter, said! that primary purpose of the chapter is to give accurate informa-: “tion about all methods of coping

(new medical discoveries.

| With Mr.

’ ‘Irresponsible persons,” Mr. Adair said, fake drugs for sale.

ing to try to prevent .such sales a RewWspapOrman..

in Indiana’

Dugan, Charles

Dr. Raymond Rice, Bruce Savage,

Howard P. Travis and Tobin C. Carlin.

U. S. Liner Damaged

SOUTHAMPTON, England,

Not by Science Alone—

For Afflicted Boy

{Jerry's return to ‘health.

‘|from the hearts of Jerry's play-

-{the Dunaways.

first known monocytic victim to receive the new drug. This afternoon a bone marrow test was to be made. It entails drilling into the victim's hip bone and extraction ofa sample of the marrow; which produces: blood cells: Jerry's mother was to visit him this afternoon between

2 and 4 o'clock. Hospital authorities said the boy expressed

In less than an hour the little Indianapolis leuke emia taBerness to return home so he can tell Jimmy—that's his

2-year-old brother—about the plane trip, and how the pilot gave him a card with his name on it. : . In a solemn conference last night, Dr. Schulman | warned the Hoosier mother not to pin her hopes on a “mir. acle” drug.

ACTH, he stressed, is not a’ “eure.” It has 2 bows known

Many Helped Times 2

Give Jerry His Chance

Phone Call a Month Ago Started Sequence —Of Events That Climaxed in Plane Trip —

The parents of 7-year-old Gerald Dunaway, 835 Eastern Ave., had all but given up hope. Jerry was ill with leukemia, being kept alive by blood transfusions. i Then they read that-a new, rare “miracle drug”—ACTH —was being used with some signs of success against the dread disease, in New York (City’s Bellevue Hospital. But -there-is no-ACTH-in-Indianapolis, or in Indiana.

month ago, on a Saturday atten Jerry's father, Earl | Dunaway, telephoned The Times city desk. “Can you help?”

Neighbors Pray

he asked. Interest Mounts

In Dunaway Case By CARL HENN Bcience isn't the only agency

Other Photos, Page 6

Jerry, but it just isn’t available, He had to have another transe

“| battling for Jerry Dunaway's re. fuston yesterday in St. Vincent's

|Hospital.” That evening's Times reporter. went out and talked to the Dun

covery. The éntire neighborhood surrounding Jerry's home at 835 . Eastern Ave, is offering its Pro} ened. Fw, pd The Sone found wishes and hopes for! esentatives in New York, The New York World-Telegram |and The Sun, Scripps-Howard newspaper, got in touch with the aM the P or Ja formal |} ospitals where the drug was bethroughout the day and night| 108 tested against leukemia.

The neighborhood has become! a powerhouse of prayer,

ing. Only. four patients could be treated at a time; only tiny amounts of "ACTH are available, Jerry's name was put on the waiting list. In the meantime; Jerry's Ine

mates and their mothers and fathers, friends. and- neighbors -of

But at St. Philip Neri School, the childrens’ prayers are being offered up every 30 minutes {throughout the day, éven though Jerry attends School 15 and is not a Catholic.

Interest Mounting

‘dianapolis Stadler, was trying to get ACTH from Chicago, but it was not available, Then, at noon yesterday, word

Neighborhood interest was cen tered on Jerry from the first news of --his affliction. The youngster had been one of the most popular playmates in a block where almost 30 children live.

Food Market, 2711 E. 8t. Clair 8t. Mrs. Dunaway kept the clerks nformed. and. the. news. traveled, quickly. ii The children held an afters school party” Tor Jerry on Tues day, Jan. 17. They brought gifts and played games, ate ice cream and cake, Jerry had ax wonderful! time. : 1 > Receive 50 Calls

peared with the news that ACTH had been effective against leu-

1 kemia, Mr. and Mrs. Dunaway:

and Jerry's grandparents, Mr. and

“IMs. W. TH. Willfams, “who tive!

next door in 831 Eastern Ave, received more than 50 calls about it, John Baldwin, mailman on | the route for 30 years, was a ‘constant {solicitous inquirer as to Jerry

: Information spread to all the housewives who trade with Kelly's

mortuary delegated’ an ambue When a newspaper article ap-lance to take Jerry tothe aire

was flashed to The Times from New York that there was an

Hospital. The Times staff went into action. Dr. Stadler approved the New York trip for Jerry. Trans-World Airlines and American - Airlines, co-operated, scanned, their reservatio

If was decided to put Jerry on a TWA Constellation; where & bed could be made separate compartme not travel sitting up. "The Flanner & Buchanan

part;-and-made-arra ambulances, with police escorts, to be Watting at both LaGuardia and Newark fields, Weather was bad, and it was uncertain where. the plane would have to land. Jérry's parents were * notified, and on brief notice Mrs. Duna=way packed her bag and had Jerry ready for his trip. ‘On équally short notice, Donna

condition. It was Mr. Baldw who suggested contacting in Mikels, Times: reporter, got ready

“wonder hormone.” Mrs. Joseph Mack, 844 N. Rural St, , brought Jerry a holy

(Continued on Page 3—Col, n,

Times Reporter’ s Presence Delays Course of Justice

FORMER JUDGE John Mec. | Nelis today askad for a con-

“have already offered|tinuance of a trial because he did We are go- not want to try the case before John L. Lewis today offered to

r. - MecNelis + told Criminal

JUDGE RABE, ho granted continuance, said he would not’ allow the postponement on] ‘| those = grounds. - However, ‘he| {granted the continuance because -| “it is my practice to give hoth the istate and the defense one con{tinuance without reason.”

Mr. McNelis’ client, Joseph|:

Times in an effort to locate the oa accompany Mrs. Dunaway and ry.

At 4:17 p. m. the big Constella= tion roared into the air from the Weir. Cook airport. Jerry Dunaway was away on “lhis flight of hope. What hap {pened Trom that point on is told lin the accompanying story by [Miss Mikels.

Lewis Offers

To Renew Talks WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UP)-—-

resume contract negotiations ‘with all’ mine owners, but union

Adair as chairman, | Court Judge ‘Saul I. Rabb he did sources predicted: he would turn other members of the executive NOt want to try his case while down President Truman's plea || committee are Dr. Browning, Dr.| Irving Leibowitz, Times reporter, for a 70-day , Donald J. Caseley, Dr. William was Present. 1 R. Keogh, | Bernard F. Lacy, Harry Reid Jr.,| the

‘no- -strike” agree= ment. A United Mine Workers spokese man said Mr. Lewis “still wants {to bargain” on a new contract {even though northern and wes ern operators broke off thelr talks yesterday: Other union ‘%urces said he would ignore or reject Mr. Truman’s request for 70 days of ‘normal production” while a

ith New ‘Miracle’ Drug

But ACTH is" as rare as.it is new. Made from the, than an hour last night the big airliner circled over New, perhaps because the boy had received a transfusion only pituitary gland of hogs, it- requires the extract from an York City, waiting to land at either La Guardia or Newark last Wednesday. sat up.in his hospital bed here estimated 20,000 hogs to produce one small bottle of the ‘airport. Ambulances were standing by at both fields.

a say ACTH might help

The report was not encourags ysician,-.Dr.-Harold-———

opening for Jerry at “Bellevue ok

i’

{Feb. 3 (UP)—The United States Hockett, 20, of 842 N. Capitol [special fact-finding board investis liner Washington was damaged Ave. was charged with operating|gates the dispute and makes set-

slightly when a powerful gust of a

wind blew her. against the

otor vehicle while. drunk. Tn he trial was set for 9. 30 a. m.

quay geh. 17. ' mond, where she appeared before with arthritis, with emphasis on Wall as she was docking today (EDITOR'S NOTE: Reporter Lei- proposal by 4 p. m., Indianapells. with. 62% passenger, tomo,

bowita will be Here.)

. i: Se

tie