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~ Father Rescues Infant From Crib as Flames Envelop Apartment

Fire Breaks Out While Parents Watch TV With Friends on Floor Below

A South Side father's quick action was responsible for his here broke the news of hig death) | ]

infant son being alive today.

wot © MYT and Mrs, Barney Simple, 1211 8. Meéridian St. last night to watch television programs in the apartment of their ward Muentzer, formerly a stu-| ‘landlord, Sam Nahmias, who "occupies the. first floor of the two- dent here and a*resiient of Vin-| story frame dwelling. They were accompanied by their three cennes, was fund slain in his; daughters, Norma 1¢, Mona, 9 ~—————— bachelor apaftment in San Fran-| and Stella Jo, 5. mate damage. Origin of the fire cisco Satyrcay night. He appar-|

In his crib on the second floor, was unknown.

6-month-old Nelson was asleep. Just before 10 p. m.,

noise.” . lverely damaged by fire.

With his landlord, Mr. Simple Vehicle and was not injured, po- planned to withhold news of the!

raced up the stairs to find hjs lice said.

apartment enveloped in dense. Approximately $300 damage ever,” they broke the news dast| smoke. The kitchen was a roaring Was done to the home of James night, fearing he would hear of

H inferno. Bingham, 33, “of 3317 Hawthorne it from other sources,

Mr. Simple grabbed his sleeping Lane, vesterday before noon.

son from the crib and fled to the

street. the cause of the fire.

Meanwhile, his wife and three

daughters vacated the lower floor. POPE UP AND ABOUT

were invited

Late Saturday night, a tractor| His Afather, Joseph L. Muent-| Mr. Simple being driven by Ernest Games, !zer, former Vincennes city clerk, | said, he was distracted from the 26, Bridgeport, in the 7300 blockiis 4 patient at Cold Spring Rd. | show by the sound of “a crackling; of W. Washington St., was se- Veterans’ Hospital, awaiting a : Mr. major kidney operation. Races Up Stairs iGames - leaped from the blazing Relatives and doctors first|

A defective flue’ was said to be

F * «sisters of the dead man, said they firemen, called by Mr. Nah-| VATICAN CITY, Feb. 20 (UP) broke the news “as gently as posmias, battled the blaze for almost _ Pope/Pius XII, who suffered ansible,” and that doctors Immedi- ident of the society, and Sen. Homer Capehart, past president.

—i-THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Hunt Brutal Killer First Hoosier Senator Honored

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2 Southern Author Urges

0f Hoosier Doctor

' Father, in Hospital Here, Told of Slaying,

While California police pressed! § {a search for the brutal slayer of | la Hoosier physician; — relatives

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ito his critically ill father. | The victim, 38-year-old Dr. Ed-|

|ently had been killed Wednesday.

tragedy from the father. How-|

News Broken Gently : -—

| Perinsylvania St., and Mrs, George flag, ‘places a memorial wreath W. King, 5640 N. Delaware SL.L gonator, James Noble, on behalf

two hours before ‘getting it under attack of influenza last week, ately put their father under seda-

control.

togk part last night in longitive. They said they did not go Builders Told ok Needs

“Two of the three rooms in the beatification. ceremonies for [into full details of the tragedy. apartment were gutted, Mrs8panish Sister Maria Vincenza! The slaving victim's parents

Nahmias said he could not estf- Lopez Vicuna.

recently celebrated their 50th wed For Low Income Homes

[Vg RNIN]

All rugs that are exposed to “heavy traffic” really NEED cleaning, after all these months of winter wear. Think, too, what a host of gefms may have been tracked onto your rugs!

Our Black-and-Gold Trucks Cover the City Daily

Telephone Riley 8321

ding anniversary. A newspaper

found’ in” the déad man’s apart- ing t. Relatives said his mother, i aL re ialives a “bearing up legislation favorable to mortgage i ' = and housing projects

|mobile as a-lead to the slayer. ca; Boester of the Purdue Re-!

case “a “old-blooded murder.

body was not discovered until. among panel experts, Saturday when the manager of the apartment house went to investigate an odor. He found Dr. Muentzer’'s body lying face down on a folding bed vo Police. ~~ believed = the slayer bludgeoned Dr. Muentzer with a a heavy wrench, then stuffed a piece of towel down his throat.

Government experts will also discus® tax problems, market analysis and mortgage financing

mMEOrrow.

| They said the towel caused death.’ mercial homes furnishings| |

An autopsy showed the physician center:

died of asphyxiation. More than 15,000 Américan|

The slayer tied the victim's, jars realtors, manufacturers, ankles to the foot of the bed with/ designers. to ured the!

strips of torn sheets, and bound the wrists behind the back. The upper part of the body was jgshed mouthéd at the largest display

‘length of electric cord. ers and home owners on opening A graduate of Indiana Univer-ijay of the convention. city Medical School in 1942, Dr Muentzer served in the Army Med Hoosiers See Exhibits ical Corps. He came to San Fran- M. L. Hall, president of the cisco, where he was a resident Marion County Residential Bulld-| physician in a local hospital for ers, led 57 Indianapolis delegates about a year after discharge. “through the eye-appealing exhibA first lieutenant in the Army its.

“blue” discharge. ifaucets, window shades, bonding) Attended Purdue First plaster, heating systems, cabinet! The Hoosier physician first :t- latches, lighting, household appli-| tended Purdue University, as a ances, building—any dream for Chemical engineering student, He comfort —in “homes imaginable. was a member of Sigma - Chi Several of the newest products fraternity there. After two years appealed to the wives of the Hoohe transferred to Indiana Uni- Sier group. versity where he received an A. B.! Among these were a revolutiondegree in chemistry in 1937. He ary water faucet which controls, received his M. D. degree from In- water at pre- -determined tempera-

cine in 1942. Has Two Handles { Relatives here said funeral ar-| Manufactufed ‘by a Michigan] {rangements have not been made. outfit, the faucet has two handles, . In addition to his parents and one for temperature and the oth-| ‘his two sisters in Indianapolis, he er for rate of , water flow, It's al 'is survived by five other brothers| |hot water saving device. {and sisters, Ralph Muentzer, Mrs., A combination window blind Robert McClure and Mrs. Jack! and curtain innovation attracted] Wiseman, all of Vincennes; Mrs. economy-minded Hoosier dele-

fen University School of Medi- tures. }

N. Y. and Mrs. Harold Summitt,! Made of vertical fabric panels

Cameron, Mo. . ‘of acetate ravon, the blinds were | - orem ep———— {

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As the total amount of money spent for food decreases, the proportion which is spent for milk should be increased for—"MILK does more for the body than any other food and does it more cheaply” —according to the Bureau of Home Economics, U. S. Department of

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Miss Leona Muentzer, 1215 N. Paul Hadley (right), Mooresville, doom of Indiana's state

Washington, D. C. Looking on: are Rep. Ralph Harvey, vice pres-

construction costs, federal strators. There were no tapes or

cords in the unit.

in closing afternoon sessions to- combination sink that doubles as|

grandiose halls of the Stevens Played a new double glazed winand Congress Hotels, open-/dow. Minus storm sash, which

to the headboard by a 15-f00t ;¢ pew products for home build-|tric switch. As the window dis-

- A package heating unit stress-

{Medical Corps, he received a! They saw new ideas in water, home building products rfom 177

Indianapolis

J. Albert Stoltz, Long Island, gates. {EVENTS TODAY |

"EVENTS TOMORROW : [Tadiana Soorty and” Boal SWew—Pertorm | an

North Side Kiwanis

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on the grave of Indiana's. first |

account of the celebration was (continued From Page One) Washed and replaced in the win-|

ow unit in 20 minutes by demon-|

well.” Another Michigan company disMeanwhile, in California homi- Join in Discussion played a cabinet latch eliminat-| cide detectives today were 100k- 4 (jpjc on modern heating ing “open door” problems in the

ing for the dactor’s-missing AUto- qystems | will be moderated by kitchen.

The device. contained a perma-

Police investigators termed the search Foundation. Heating En- nent magnet attached to the cab: gineer Joseph Bradfield and K. inet shelf and a small steel plate Dr. Muentzer apparently Was’ Milner of the Stewart Warner fastened to the door. The magnet kitted Wednesday night, but his 5 orn from Indianapolis, Will eld the door shut when 3 kissed the steel plate.

Exhibits New Type Sink

A Chicago firm exhibited 9

dish and clothes washer. China

Many from the Indianapolis can be washed in the appliance elegation plan to join tours offirst. Then a change of tubs and Chicago housing projects and water and the family wash can the Merchandise Mart, largestipe handled.

The unit is stored in the cab | inet below the sink when not in| ay * | Thé “wonderland” also ais-|

is raised-and lowered by an elec-| appears; a screen takes its place.

ing ducts which blend the furnace heat -and alr from the room warmed delegates in the highmirrored Stevens display halls, These devices were only a smalil part of the 600 different

[leading American manufacturers at the “wonderland.”

2 TOTS DIE IN 8S. D. FIRE DANTE; 8. D., Feb. 20 (UP) —Two small children burned to death today in an early-morning fire that destroyed a pool hall and the apartment of Jerry Konfrst Jr. Mr. Konfrst carried his 41, -year-old daughter, Sharon, to safety. Mrs. Konfrst also escaped.

Indiana Sports and Boat Show—Perform- | hoes, 3,730 and 9:30 eek day nd 3. 5 ahd, 83 Ry ww “Bundens| A aan Feb. 26. Fairgrounds Citywide observance of Na tonal Crims, Prevention ‘Week—Through Reb Displaced Persons Group Dis on - ’ a Cropsey auditorium, Central Li-

Brotherhood Jouth Counct}—7-8 pp. m, irshbaum Cente | Golden | Rule Aexiliars. OES--Noon, 1360 Prospect Chapter. OES—1:48 p. m.. Ball at Prospect and State. Service Clab— Noon, ay poo! Qorpurate Fiduelaries- Din nner, hance, Junto—Noon, Jashin Tratie © “lab—N ott North wide Optimist Clab—Noon Marott, {General - Agents snd Msnagers—Dinner, rot

9:30 p m, week dave and. 2. % 30 0 nd 830 Sundays through Feb. 26, Fairgrounds (Citywide Obseivanee, of open An

nite surance Women-—-Din ner. w ‘ashi eto or “Lutheran Service -C Tab . Line ol! ii

Held Not Too Good

New Conferences Set For Two Addresses

For Tomorrow By HENRY BUTLER { WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UP) ! | —Goverriment officials said todey segregation now, and not keep {the prospects for heading off ferring it. 50 GE

nationwide telephone strike this! That's the message Lillian | Friday “are not too good." ~~ Smith, author of “Strange Fruit” They said spokesmen fo CIO Communications = Workers and the telephone industry may Georgia. be summoned to new mediation’ Miss Smith yesterday was wri] {conferences tomorrow. ; cipal speaker at a mass meeting,

About 100,000 members of the IN thé Senate Ave. YMCA. ¢ union .have voted to walk out . ‘| Friday. Another 150,000, whose a luncheon meeting at Central) contracts expire soon, are ex- | {pected to respect the picket lines. The strike was originally scheduled to start. Feb, 8, but was {postponed at the request of F eral Mediator Cyrus;

During the “truce,” negotla- adequate expression in Southern man's own time and at his ewn tions were held with Bell System pewpapers, she added. convenience. But they're wrong. {companies Industry and union; Miss Smith believes the South A World Problem negotiators as well as federal me- has come a long: way since the “It’s a world problem, and it's of the Indiana State Society of | ators were to report to Mr. years wher “noisy demagogs” just one of the things w#'ve got [Ching today on the status of bar- ruled in some states. But the big to change if human society is to (gaining efforts issue of segregation still remains survive at all” she added. Mr. Ching was not talking unolved. | And she sums up the moral isabout his next move. But other! , A few Southern spokesmen who sue of segregation by. saying, |government _ officials sald new: have gained a “liberal” reputation|"Human. dignity is too important meetings with some union and in-|in the North actually oppose a thing “for any group to think dustry officials may be scheduledliberal measures, Miss Smith said. they ean take 4 away from RAY

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nd of Racial Seg

Lillian “Smith Here

The North and South alike] must face the problem of racial

r the and “Killers of the Dream,” here| lyesterday and today for speak-| ing engagements, brings from

To-! day she was scheduled to address|

MCA. Has No Expression “Hundreds of thousands of liberals in the South today oppose segregation, but they don't know Chink ed" pow. to make themselves heard.’ — Lillian Smith Ea . - E: {Miss Smith said. Southérn senti- ‘segregation is a purely Southern Will Report Today ‘ment against segregation has no Problem, to be solved in the white

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