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T— ~ [indicated strongly today that, Foreword |Gov. Henry F. Schricker ma Tite Tro ae Tn our WISIory. one = “ei form tire- leadership be most learned societies has EE thorough study of | Srganised hind Rep. Andrew Jacobs as) gambling in America. a candidate for the U. 8. Senate]

at the party's convention June 27. The American Academy of Political and Social Science, with These reports coincided with an| .. «..

‘headquarters in Philadelphia, has collected from hundreds of ,.... cement by Rep. Jacobs ‘sources the facts about gambling that have long eluded the lay- that he wo make a “formal man. The Indianapolis Times presents these findings in a series statement” at a special press con-

ference at 3 p. m, tomoryow. The . + of five articles starting today. They are excerpts from a 133 Indianapolis on: how-|

page report by 16 specialists which appears in the current Annals .... declined to diséuss in adof the American Academy. vance _the nature of his publie han : . . statement. . . But party leaders close to the By ERNEST E. BLANCHE. negotiations speculated that the - Chief Statistician forte Logistics Division, General Staff. United States Army only reason the Congressman FIFTY MILLION adult Americans gamble regularly. would have for a Jormal state. : A Eorat i ment wou e a declaration of They butt their heads and dollars against gambling odds his candidacy with the Governor’ 5 § and gimmicks that make it impossible for them to win. blessing, i ri i Follows Powwow But even continued losses over long periods of time | RE a lowed a do not deter them from pursuing the mythical Lady of | osededoor conference at the! Luck. Blinded by the prospect of huge returns from small 'Governdr's office yesterday, at-| wagers, they fail t lize that there are two reasons tended by Rep. Jacobs, Samuel gers, ey fall to realize a Jackson. Ft. Wayne, also a why they cannot win: . senatorial possibility, and Gov.|

Sch = FIRST, the odds in all gambling games. are so deter | CRE the conference Rep.|

“mined that only the operator or bet-taker can win during Jacobs said he was “more en- ji : “AG i couraged” about his candid the continued conduct of the games. This mathematical OD er. oand lacy] advantage runs from a minimum, of 1.5 per cent to a maxi- his position in thie party conv i “mum of about 90 or 95 per cent. That means-the proprie-— hi nein JFoutd depend upon | tor takes from 1.5 to 95 per cent of all the money wagered | yj aa Cents. game large!

by players. : seule Japneyvers toward putting : 5 3 e on e convention SECOND, the “professional” operators use Various |foor to oppose Alex M. Campbell,

types of gimmicks and gadgets to cantrol their games and | Ft. Wayne, former Justice Depart-| give the players no chance of winning. Such games are known to the “trade” as “fixed” or “gimmicked.” {date out in front for many weeks} he outdoor revival lost ight.

[wits National Committee Bingo, Lotteries, Raffles and Pools ehmaher ony : TWENTY-SIX million Americans play bi Jot Er thy s, take part in raffles, or attempt t ‘beat the =~ footbail and basebalt game pools tirkt-are so widely cir

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“sowment Slaied Jerry Owen Takes His Case fo Followers Vehicle Tax Returns = 2

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morning as he compiled figures that would show the state.

auniie. state. will collect $25 million: in : license will be expended by the state tol” {struck at more than 1100 Hoos- auto-truck’ license law, d in

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Officials Estimate Collections Will p Total Over $25 Million by End of 1950 . By IRVING LEIBOWITZ Indiana will have an additional $10 million to spend on roads. Secretary of State Charles Fleming, who also heads the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, made the estimate this

already had collected $5 million more than last year in ‘imotor vehicle license fees,

State Plans Fight This announcement was ]

hailed as “good news for | Indiana. roads” by State Highe

A ainst Polio + |way Commissioner Sam Hadden, |... Funds Urgently Needed ; |. “I'he additional funds sae 4 urgently needed,” Mr, Takes Lesson From Isald. “Perhaps even desprniiy Last Year’ s Epidemic | ~The Bureau of Motor Ve The sate mapped plans for a Pad collected Fo mln concerted campaign against polio amount collected by the departtoday as health officials reviewed "Wo 4 year.

the ravages of last year's eph State officials estimated “the

Dr. L. E, Burney, -state health tomo and thuck commissioner, said every effort aux mobile the year ends. Lt

“Mr. Fleming attributed the ‘ine control the dreaded disease thatl: crease in collections to the new

fers last year, ; A polio manual, the first ever the 1548 session of the Stats Lege

VoichH DO made available to ail hospitals mobile Ticense plates 52 and rated

and Institutions in Indtana within tuck licenses according to size. two weéks, Dr, Burney sald. At the time Sen. William

|ment attorney, who has been the What do Jory Owen followers think of the Romeo-revivalist now ¢ charged © on a morals count? {main Democratic senatorial candi- For an answer, take a look at these upturned faces of his flock, waning Soe to Jarry’ s pulpit at

cused Evangelist Holds

culated. A materia several months oral ; Faithful Cry Out Belief Exkigher ‘Bingo has siich great appeal because there is a win- ing the nationally publicized de-| Approves Extension Wrongly Blamed of Immoral Conduct ° {bates with GOP Sen. Homer E. 7 : ner in each game: But the players fail to realize that the |capenart. Of Bill to Dec. 31 By IRVING LEIBOWI

—— prize is usually worth less than half of the money paid by | Since then, the Indianapolis!

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WASHINGTON. June 2 (UP)=-| A cool breeze heaped dust and di

(Congressman “has bee ted “God's Grenadier” staged a he players. Thus, the bingo operator pockets a profit of een rate last night as 8 Grenadie g the playe € bingo ope p Pp The Senate Banking Committee °° TE + ru

rf 5top Evangelist Jerry Owen k™ outdoor revival meeting

-— 80 to 80 per cent. S (Senate race. jiaday B oimbully Bed Jo3 Yote, Denounced and accused of luring a young girl away with an Lottery and raffle tickets are e widely sold to people | i Not ‘Jelled’ trol until Dec. 31, and putting up| for immoral purposes, the former sparring partner of prize fighter.

who hope to‘win prizes that are worth somewhere between not “jelled” with any kind of tinue them foi an additional six followers.

However, ‘his cahdidacy” ‘had to cities to vote whether to con- Max Baer protested his innocence to more than 1500 ae health ‘centers exist: in: In-

20 and 40 per cent of the total proceeds. ; [state-wide leadership until the months beyond the end ‘of the! By car, bus, wagon, bicycle] Fe h I lotte the Trish: aw takes conference in the Governor's offi- year, nd on foot the faithful came or such large lotteries as the Irish sweepstakes, lice set the wheels of some party] The measure is the same as a| | Noblesville, Terre Haute]

racketeers print counterfeit tickets by the thousands, with’ machinery turn “and Indianapolis, pouring Into p y ry ng. | bill approved by the House Bank ‘the grandstand of the W. 16th St. Paint Warehouse

the result that most Irish sweepstakes tickets sold in the | ale Sour thiows the: [ing Committee with Oh Exception. Ab odor i 0 United Slates 2 are fraudulent. 3 PorsOiial Po- Hotels: NOW BOLD YT

litical following and that of the New York and Chicago, would be a ao I a - Even in the legitimate sweepstakes in Ireland, only 20 state government machinery be- removed from ceilings under the ing Bible” shouted. “I'll preach!

hind Rep. Jacobs, the Indianapo- Senate measure. Actually, the per cent of the total money goes to the Irish hospitals, and attorney Is expected fo give provision would only affect Chi- I Indianapolis if all Hell freezes; 20 per cént to the few winners. The remaining 60 per cent: the Campbell forees a stiff run cago in this respect because New Faithful SUR Faithfal goes to the operators and ticket sellers. for their money. York state has its own rent con-| p,nelist Jerry Owen faced! _

Two-Alarm Blaze ~ Fought’ Three Hours

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The manual will be used to (R. New Albany) and Sen. | supplement instruction hy state Gorrett a dla spore: | health officials on polio treatment duced 1 ~ a |at the various hospitals, oenat to on

More Research In addition, the state plans to|the state oti fe Ya pon research faci!

PATaIyne Dr. Burney said the state is also (endeavoring to ussist the local communities in establishing local [polio prevention groups. t As part of the program to fight en Josie and other diseases, the state - waging a campaign to have local. communities employ more full-time health officers, al Dr, Burney said only sine full-|®

diana today. More than 173! ns localities have part-time health officials, he ad he added.

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Getaway Car Driver

Gets 10-Year Term ~ | Dl Nuthinad Robert Benedict, 22, of 2714 4

Northwestern Ave., was sentenced - ST 5

Ho-10- years in the Indiana Re- Committee ‘Named i;

formatory today as driver of the o_o : getaway car in the robbery of the To Study Proposal : _Dady Market, 1802 W. Morris Bt! yere's good news for

mn sim ets itrol law. . rive i : Nov. 17,1949. ! dianapolfs whose pockets In football and baseball pools, the percentage “take” Chairman Burnet R.. Maybank mans na yy al irony in the! Damage was estimated at sev. plooqict was convicted of rob-{ Tae Indians ol worn thin by the operators éften runs as high as 80 or 90 per cent. U S. Ma Boost pe 8. C.) said hat at jeast three 0 te Lord” But his bitter de- ral thousand dollars today in a bhery in Criminal Court 2 before the multiplicity of * : Jermoerats on the committee re-|, 0 .iion to vindicate himself two-alarm fire which destroyed a Judge Saul 1. Rabb.

Trying to pick winners out of the football selections. right to oppose the

last night, before “my own peo-/warehouse of the Républic Creo-| His accomplices in the hold-up, Peis boss, his labor Toaden,

offered each week is a painful pastime. In addition to re- a months “local OPYon” sien made the open-air revival|yuno co. 1800. S. Tibbs Ave,|Fred Thomas Dean, 26,‘of 760.W.lyyyinessman down on the is . : one of his toughest. ~~ "26th 8t., and James Stevenson, 17, a eivi taining all money when there are tie games, the operators | 7 Democrats Approve last night. An ¢ leaders who bear : = » A .. | But the faithful remained faith: ‘of 2528 \N. California St., were brunt of fund campaign activities grab from 37.5 to 80 per cent of the wagers when there | Ach 0 Bi Seven Democrals and Se tu ful Several hundred tonk of of burn previously convicted on robbery i publican, Sen. Irv e didn't bel 11 that|in i enamel stored in @ charges, -~ are no ties, the percentage increasing as the player at- . eson Opens ast Y.), voted for the House bill, ay Sian oman ‘Evange. building sent sheets of flame 300 . al was sentenced to 10 _Nditoria), Page 30. tempts to pick more winners, On Russ Policies. “sponsored: by .-House . Banking yo» wna they shouted “mens” [eel Into the sky, and three box 7 on the robbery charge and an ad- are “banding together to { By JOHN L. STEELE . Chairman Brent Spence (D. Ky.). a5 Joudly as Jerry's voice re- cars on a switch track beside the ditional 10:25 years on an armed|a “one-campaign™ Aspirin-Tor the.

One Democrat, Sen. Russell B. ‘ : : i ' United Press Staff C dent ded r th iblic address building were damaged. robbery charge. He has since filed! cit s fund drive Gambling on Games and Elections | uti Sut Guvmsmimt |, O08 DCMACEL Son he apt jiounded Gver the public address 'puliding were damaged, J /robery charg A ves dache.

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SOME NINETEEN million Americans bet on the out- tary of State Dean Acheson said '0 support a different form of “Gray.hajred women sat along: took personal command of the under advisement by Judge Rabb. labor, business, professional ‘snd i oday that the administration legislation on the floor. Sen. Long sige hoys and girls and a sprink- fire companies which fought the 3 :

it come of athletic events and elections where there are Us- |... have to ask for more than Was absent, but Sen. Maybank

ually two contestiits and the wagers are consider ed to the $1.222,500,000 it has requested cast his vote by proxy. ent-crowd than ordinarily sits in| Cause of the fire was unde- BRIDGEPORT, Conn. June 2ii,neheon, after Indianapolis leads be “even.” . to arm our friends next year if Four Republicans and one Dem- the “grandstand to watch the termined. : : (UPj-—Former actréss Barbara ers heard Walter C- Laidlaw, vice Russia continues her present 0Crat, Sen. A. Willis, Robertson midget racers roar around the: Henry A. Persyn, superintend- Bennett lost out today in a legal) président and general manager of = However, when wagers are Hace with bookmakers. policies. ya), voted against die measure. track. mt. sad the uname), wi for Bitenpt P force hte ex Husband, Detroit's United Fund, tell t} p President Truman asked Con- e committee Dirsi killed w Before the curly-haired pugilist ©08ting pipelines, is piped .into a Morton Downey, to the man favoring Team A must put up 6 units against the _ (SEC a Ao Cs. (Out Protest a two-year extension strode atop a iruck to “HELt back MIXIng * mache at 370-degree to visit their five children more tow Detrait banded more thas

_/ookmaker’s 5. Likewise, the backer of Team B must put 500,000 for a virtual global mili- °f rent controls offered by Sen.(s¢ the moral cowards and yellow lemperature,. and the fire may often.

ling of elderly mena far differ- blaze for hearly three hours,

‘up 6 units against 5. itary ‘assistance program for the Herbert H. Lehman (D: N. Y.).\preachers” the crowd, sensing a Dave started from the pipes,

fiscal year beginning July 1. West-1¢ then rejected, 9-3, an RAMIKIS pew kind of revival, buzzed excit- Mr. Persyn estimated the loss If the bookmaker has sya! amounts wagErel on A ern Europe would get the lion's !ration-sponsored bill - by 8en.aqiy with the news that “our '© the 30x100-foot building at ap-.

: ; . " Ta. m... 64 11 a m... T8 [sibilities of instituting a & and B, then he takes one unit out of every 12 wagered, hare of $1 billion. aan, a (ol) to €X-ijerry” is in trouble, proximately $3000, - He cold not) - A.M" Co". 1% (Newn) 80 |unified: plan: hers which iar regardless of whether A or B ‘wins, Thus, bookmakers Testiiying Bt support: of the re Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R "A-bunch of lies from Hie devi] that was destroyed : fam... 1pm... SI (allow. only re. appest a year to . S x ; ; . . lake care of member X _clear at least 8 per cent of the money wagered. today, Mr. Acheson was asked ff 1d) voted against. the bill. (Continued on’ Page -3--Col. 1) a a ovr pas SOCIALIST PARTY MEETS | This was what ' gentle: nd Congréss could count on cutting = MUCHESS IN ACCIDENT DETROIT, June 2 (UP)-=Nor- Detroit. A strong coalition of in

Punchboards 7 jdows spending to provide. free, “Services for Tony Diggin Sa or Te erty

Those brightly colored punchboards displayed in restaurants, Mr. Acheson replied that the

adults who Jay nickels dimes, and quarters for chances to wit crease its spending “in the immecash or merc dise How many million children spend their pennies attempting’ JtCoutinuce on Page 3 —Col. 8) Jerry Dunaway, Fellow Leukemia Sufferer,

yesterday when her automobil

taverns, rfewsstands and small shops attract about 15 million [United States might have to in- To Be Monday Morning was rammed from behind in eity Truman's ‘welfare. state i | permit only the one solicitation]

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. to win candy on penny-boards will never be determined. Whether ~~ | + Will Not Attend Church Rites : or I Be a Banker,’ ’

it be adults or the children that play, the shop proprietor pockets | — + —~between 50 and 70 per cent of the cash paid for punches. pas Wani Ads for |

Last rites for 11-year-old leukemia victim Tyrone (Tony) Diggin | Says Ragged Boy

for a new trial and the appeal is! A committee of 18 indy

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| 166 separate. campaigns into a a ——— Emo siifgle appeal. a LOCAL TEMPERATURES ~ | Study Similar Plan 6am... 62 10a m... 7 ‘The committees will study pos~

€ man Thomas opened the Socialist! dustrial, business, labor and civie 'y Party’s 26th national convention'leaders banded together. The ine €:today with a blast at President dustries and businesses woul

CR TT TE tn their plants; the civic leade Times. Index | discontinued volunteer work fa About People .....oeeis0s 19 |any other than the one drive. , Amusements .......... oe 23 In its beginning, the Unit

Births, Deaths, Events, ; (Continued on » Page 8—Col. 3]

: * {in New York with the recently dis- 9” the White House announced totrying to beat the numbers same. This form of lottery is very _@ When you ‘want to hire -scovered drugs was. sponsored by day. -

popular In large cities and is generally Classified as the” pe ~ help, rent a room, sell -the Variety Chib of Indianapolis. En royte by train from’ Soin: The number OPErALOTS take beta 1 ing from one penny clothing or household ' Tonys close friend, 7-year-old bia, Mo. to St. Louis, the Presi-

| ys | goods, find. a dog, etc. . [Jerry Dunaway, aiso a Victim of dent will stop briefly at Mexico “ward on any three-digit number. Though there is only one | co. . let a BUNDAY |lukemia, will not be at funeral for a rear platform appearance,

of selecting a winning number, operators . h 400 to 600 to 1. depending on ‘the TIMES WANT AD do services. Jerry, who is in serious His brief visit to Mexico was ar

only the job for you quickly [condition at St. Vincent's where anged ‘with the White House by. Since Tuners S4uSt 710, per cent on win- | and at low cost... |poth he . and 2% 7 rs diagnose Robes 3. White 11, general

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