Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1950 — Page 1
FORECAST: “Showers anid thundershowers, cooler r toi Partly cloud y, ‘rather cool tomorrow. Lob tonight, 58 “High Freres ans
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Mrs. Lillian Egilmez and son, Philip . i Varker is fine, but Indiana is wonderful.
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Downpour Floods In Turkey Everything’ s
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{bordering the western Indian.
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. |senting more than 560 families to
County Residents Say Property Faces 50 Pct. Value Loss. -
By DAVID WATSON... - . Marion County residents
apolis city limits today pre-
{pared for a last ditch stand
in what they have described
erty and neighborhood. Lawyers and engineers have been hired by a committee repre-
bolster their protest of proposed contruction of a sewage disposal plant near W. Washington 8t., Rockville Road and W. Vermont
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their property will lose 50 per cent value if the plant is erected. Slum developments and health hazards would also result they contended, Area “Conveniént Speedway planners chose the area as most convenient for the plant because a sewage line already is in operation near the site. Contents of the sewer pour into Eagle Creek. A dump lis also near the building site. Before start of World War 1I, construction of a Qispossi unit —for- by state health authorities. Bids for
_{the job were not received until
last month. Walter Bradford, 2608 W. Michigan St, spokesman for the objectors, said his committees are prepared to take their case to court, if necessary, to block the| proposed building. ¢ Subcommittes were - appointed last night to solicit funds to finance legal actioA and engineer-
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Streets Here z 'Yavas," Hoosier Declares - Wife of Istanbul Businessman Reports = ° 1.75 Inches Rain Falls ~ “Living Cost High, ‘Little Things’ Missing In ‘6-Hour Period
By CARL HENN LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Traveling ions! The
. Mrs. Hakk! Eglimez, wife of a Turkish businessman, is equally; at home in the Near East or the Middle West.
6a m.. 66 10 a m.. 60 Mrs. Egilmez stepped from a Trans World Airline plane at fle Look in 7.a. m... 66 11 3. m... 67 [Weir Cook Municipal Airport yesterday with a happy smile and “8 a mm... 67 12 (Noon) 67 [the comment Hoosiers always seem to. make when they return 9 a m.. 68 1 p. m... 67 [to Indiana:
“I'm gl back.” Mis Ba a i former Egilmez said, “because Turkish Lillian Truax, of Indianapolis, who| mothers keep ' their sons in has been living for the last year dresses a long time, sometimes and a half in Istanbul, Turkey, after they have begun school. with her husband, “Tippy,” whom “And thére isn’t any such thing she met and married at Indiana 35 baby food there, nor ice cream University. She related her ex- S0das or soft drinks. I'm going
A heavy downpour flooded many Indianapolis streets shortly before noon today. 4 ‘South Side residents ‘reported the water covered front lawns in that area and threatened homes —as-the deluge continued. The Weather Bureau reported that 1.75 inches of rain had fallen |
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every day while I'm here.”
With her" yesterday was her| Mrs, Egilmez feels herself for-
{nine- month-old son, Philip Zekil
periences in stories in The Times. [to eat hot dogs and drink “Coke
in the local area between 6 a. m.
tunate to be the kind of person!
ling surveys for possible alter-
& ne settle the issue out of Sour. : — Plans Approved
Board of Health Pollution Control Board. Property owners charged that odors from sewage treatment woilld be present despite the modern design of the plant. To back their assertions, committeemen have traveled some 26,000 miles in Indiana, Illinois and Ohio, inspect~ ing modern sanitation units, Mr. Bradford declared. Alr within several blocks of! plants similar to that planned by Speedway often was fouled, investigators reported.
More than 250 persons met last night in Garden City School, 4800] Rockville Road, to plan final ac-| tion on the issue. They charged
_ Challenges Agency On 2 New Counts In Magazine Probe
By Scripps-Howard Newspapers
1 WASHINGTON, June 3—|-
The Justice Department, un-| der fire for its handling of the| Amerasia case, faced a blunt new challenge from Congress today on two chief counts: ONE: Why it did not fight the case through the courts in an aggressive prosecution instead of entering into non-trial agreements with two of the defendants, Philip Jaffe and Emmanuel Lar-| sen. { “TWO: Why it has not disclosed the FBI's side of the charges of “clumsy” FBI Investigative work
$8 Billion Each Year In Horse Race Betting |
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U.S: Bolder Hardie:
Tremendous Take Needed for Vast ~ Cost of Keeping Up Gambling Plants
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For-the first-time In our history, one of the nation's foremost learned societies has mide a thorough study of srgaAmand gambling in America. The American Academy of Political and Social Science, with headquarters in Philadelphia, has collected from hundreds of sources facts about fumbling that hive long escaped the ays, The Indianapolis Times ts the Academy's findings in series of five articles of which this Is the second, They hr excerpts from a 133-page report by the 16 specialists which is published in the current Annals of the American A Academy.
Todays’ article is a Sindy of bookmakers’ “sure thing” methods. ;
By LOUIS A, LAWRENCE 2 A Professional Handicapper; Formerly in the Insurance Business
THE BOOKMAKING industry in the United States occupies an unusual place in the national economy. Illegal -in all the 48 states with the exception of |
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The challenge was issued by| Sen. Homer Ferguson (R. Mich for 14 years a criminal court judge and before that a teacher of criminal law, in the first detoned review Congress has been given of the law and court opinions relating to the Amerasia| affair,
native sites for the oe amor iplant. Mr. Bradford said the alterPaes will be suggested in moves the law of search and seizure
Plans for the disposal facilities) umally handled? » Sen, Fer. have been approved by the State guson demanded ina Senate and Stream speech.
Clumsily Handled? i) “Do the facts in the case, and!
Atty. Gen. James that roel evidence was
{bear out Asst, -AiESirans
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{--“1f the faets ‘and the law do [not bear out that allegation, then the prosecution’s timidity in contesting the motion to suppress the evidence, and its willingness to enter a deal with the principal defendant, Jaffe, can mean only that the Justice Department had a single purpose in mind- to ‘whitewash the whole case.” Sen. Ferguson cited one court opinion after -another-to bolster. |his argument that - the Justice
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Nevada, the “bookies” conduct an annual business amounting to some $8 billion, _ Various surveys have placed this figure as low as $3 billion and above $10 billion. It is of course impossible to establish a completely accurate figure because of the very nature of the enterprise. Recent inquiries and checks from large as well as small cities point to $8 billion as acceptable as a minimum, . The horse-racing business, now legalized in 26 states, is in itself an enterprise of major proportions... The most recent statistics show a total of slightly
over $1.6 billion bet through the mutuel machines, accounted for by paid admis. a = sions of 25 million persons, FELL oi Fea, Revenues to the states per: aren Sxceds th mitting betting came to sits of number of empl wh $95,803,000. ‘make their livelihood at the
race tracks is over 33,000. All in all, racing is definitely a Business,” sand there is every likelthood that it will remain
Back of the actual track activities is the breeding industry, with its tremendous investment in plants and their upkeep. It
The Bookmakers ‘Off the Track’
: The rapid increase of wagering through bookmakers has kept pace with, ir it. has not exceeded the growth of its legalized “parent;
{ Department was not vigilant in| | progécuting the case. He acknow-|
Many approaches nave been used in trying to estimate the
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Landing Crash’
Craft Overshoofs Runway; Men
On Fishing Trip T Hoosiers were killed and a fourth was critically injured today when their light plane hit a tree while {attempting a landing at the Bedford-Miles Airport near Cleveland. The dead were: Sylvan Tonner, 48, Blutfton, the pilot. Ivan Moser, 38, Bluffton. able E. Dunaway, 35, of Libasty Injured and in St. Luke's Hos Cleveland was- Erwin
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Wott sdy i overs {shot an altjort Nunway and pane caked over on its back. The three victims in the wreckage of
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|Egilmez, who turned out to be the! most Jopulat passenger on the such the "Turkish custom of doing things “Yavas! miftent showers were preficied The two returned from Istanbul Yavas®” (slowly, bonis and the! tonight in London and New York (or an “air money that must ‘accomComplaints came from: all parts| J Truax, Mrs. Egilmez'| {any any en profes re of the city. The City Hall switch-| parents, and the rest of the family phos, Ie greatly board was deluged with .callSihere, They plan to return in Septhroughout the day from resi- {tember dents complaining of clogged | Vivacious, cheerful Mrs. Egiimez! passes’ from hand to hand and sewers, thas many fine things to say about disappears without ever being An East Side resident reported her adopted county. {mentioned in the purchase price. ‘the water was deep enough in| ,%fife is nice there because the Mrs. Egilmez expects her son to the 2300 block of N.: Olney Bt. Turkish people are fond of Amer- grow up a linguistic marvel, since! to launch a row boat. tieans,” she said.- “They want to her friends in Istanbul include} Mrs. Lena Sileox; 424 W. Nor-! give us everything on a platter. people of many nationalities with wood St., reported that the water| And when the U. S. Navy is in|the command of many tongue covered many front lawns in the town, they-really roll out the|But she has had little dioulty — neighborhood, temporarily isolat-| carpet.” so far in Turkéy, where English] ing residents in the area. | {has become the second tongue. Residents in the vieinity of 21st! ‘The home in which she lives! St. and Bosart Ave. said that| seems like a bit of her wn coun: | learning Turkish? water had flooded yards and gar-|try to her because her husband, | “Yavas! Yavas!” she = says, | dens in the neighborhood. One| who has a crystal and china laughingly, “never get to speak] resident reported three inches of hysiness, remodeled the roof of the language except with maids water covered his garden. __|their apartment building into an|2nd porters.” "" '
Water was reported ankle-déep| American-style-apartment, on the at Highland Ave. and E. Michigan | order of a penthouse. i ile 3 Hurt
8t. The water flowed over the| “ curbs on downtown streets at the| Same hinge, rot ; height Bt Bin is vee The cost of living is terribly high, Food prices are especially high.| Meanwhile, the Indianapolis In- of And Tuskish women ate 2b ich dians will be unable to halt their| © that T always feel forward Soldier Dies When" . canceled, Weather permitting, the| Where except in my home.” Thrown From Car Tribe will square off in a double-| Lack of the “little things” that! “Collision of a passenger bus header with .the Columbus Red-| America has in ‘abundance _ and two cars near Brownsburg birds at Victory Field tomorrow. | be a trial in Turkey, where, today claimed the lite of one. per] Clarence Miller, 2256 N. Penn- you manage To locate a car ith o .aylvania - St. reported shortly opener, it ppbably won't open S07 and injured three others.
. four-game losing streak tonight : EE as the rain caused the game to be| if I dare laugh out loud any > after noon that the water in that|the odd-shaped cans. -_ Killed was Sgt. Harry 8. Harto make most
and ‘noon. They said. they ex-| pected the rain to slacken off | later this afternoon, but inter-
ditions, as
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“Air money” seems to be the
Living Expensive
who adjusts easily to new con-|
kind that comes from nowhere, |
How quickly is Mrs. Egillmez|
1 [Eagle “Creek civic leagues.
Herbert Bloemker, Indianapolis jeqged that entry was made on| engineer retained by the propertyiinhe premises of both Br. Larsen owners, sald there was no 90:gnd Mr. Jaffe before the arrests jection to the design or equip- were made, but he insisted that | ment to be used in the new unit./the evidence available for prose-! The fault lies with the location.|cution was obtained later and, he stated. Mr. Bloemker - Will being incident to the arrest, was conduct investigation of other zjtogether valid for use in court. possible sites. The Senator quoted FBI Agent] Would Move Dead Myron Gurnea, in chargé of in-| Some residents "have declared] | vestigation, as saying no docu-
[ments were removed from Mr. Plans to move their dead ‘from {Larsen’s apartment at any time;
Neat: -by Floral Park Cemetery If other than at arrest—that doeu-! the inatallation is completed, Paul ments taken were “incidental to Buchanan, trustee and treasurer | the arrest.” lof the’ cemetery, told last night's] ‘Lada a Agent délegates. Other speakers ob-| "rhe FBI secured mo dbcuments jected to the plant's proximity to! ough any means uring - the, gle Creek Park - and -play-| course of. this investigation ex-| { ground. . Delegates, arguing for a shift | (Continued on Page 2-Lol. 3) iin location of the plant, said] i Speedway is expanding north and OLY MPIC STAR HU RT east, away from the site now| chosen. State health officials have ~Barbara Ann Scott, {not made the location mandatory. Hee skating champion; nursed | The-contested area covers about | bruises which she suffered in an 76 ‘acres, eastward - from the automobile collision. -| southeast corner of the W, Ver-| {| mont St. bridge. ! Besides individual property|
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WAR BRIDES STRANDED HARTFORD, Conn,
|attenided by representatives of| brides were stranded her today the Garden City and Tibbs Ave.- while enroute on a long- -cherished visit to their homeland.
Assert Document Contained Threat to Sailors’ Lives
Admirals Describe How Top Level Report Gave Location of U.S. Subs
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David known quantity, is an extreme
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number of bookmakers operating in the United States, and: in determining the scope of the operation, -
The best estimates come from the figures showing the number of “books” subscribing to the wire services. There are in the neighborhood of 20,000 subscribers. In addition there are some 40,000 books operating without wire services, ~The number of people ‘Who bet away from the track is a subject of conflicting estimates. They range from 3 to 15 million
persons who wager with some.
The true necessarily
regularity. figure,
An. unly large one. A bobkmaker has often been characterized as a man who never has a winning day but
{ rides about in a Cadillac.
While this is an exaggeration on both counts, it is a fact that most bookmakers won't admit that their profits are worth talking about. It can be stated as a positive
Half of Losses Are His Profits
fact, however, that no well- ~managed booking establishment has ever gone broke. The off-track book is in many respects in a more advantageous
position than the book that |
formerly ‘operated at the track. The factor which contributes most heavily “to the off-track book's profits is the tremendous diversity of play on races not at one track, but at four, five, or six tracks a day during the height-of the racing season. An indication of the profits expected by the book may be shown from the percentage the book is willing to expend n order to get business. Apart from whatever sums are to be used for the buying of protection from the local law enforcement agencies, any book
“1s ready to give up 50 per cent
of the profits to his agents for procuring business.
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EACH AGENT'S total monthly returns are tabulated. and
Once the agent has contacted a prospective bettor and furnished him with the telephone number .of the book, the customer
| merely calls the book and places his bet,
mentioning the name of
the agent who is to receive credit for the transaction.
"In a few localities the agent s commission is 35 per cent, but 50 per cenf is the gen “rule. 1 An agent with an active clien- | tele among the fairly well-to-do {| class has a sinecure which is I hard to beat. Where the handling his own customers he | will often propose to his larger clients a rebate of 50 per cent
bookmaker in
their business with him, These - facts might well give thé prospective bettor pause to | consider just what his chances of winning are likely to be. In
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“their net losses each month “ofi . condition that they do all
addition, there are wire services, telephone charges, office rental, and salaries to clerks,
and the very considerable ex- |
pense of protection.
The average horse player is | - at -a tremendous disadvantage. |
on the point of his available | capital as contrasted to that of the bookmakers. Even under the most favor- |
able auspices--that of an even |
chance—a person with $10, |
tossing a coin with $1 bet on |
each toss; would be an almost’ |
"certain loser if he played long
enough = against-another with | $50.
ayy i
s the greatest part of all betting with the books is done.on
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{ | last few races will show bets
bookmaker’s “edge” in terms 2
matter of coneern to the Navy| credit, with settlement the following day, a glance at a customer's | leaked to] betting shéet tells the whole story. | In the case of a small to moderate bettor, the first few bets | | made will be In amounts of $2 to $5 each. As the day goes on, and | “if the customer is losing on the balance, the bets increase until the |
<1 A player at a race track may | lose all the money he has |
brought with him and that's the |
| the breakdown of morale which-— sng, for. cash is required at the |
| is experienced by an enormous _percentage of ge of horse players.
(Continued on n Page 2 —Col, Ei
area had risen up to his front, “I have of riger, 24, stationed at Chanute porch: He complained that heiPhilip's clothes myself,” Mrs. Field, Ill. The Injured were Sgt. By Beripps-Roward Newsuapers ogi stg old Kemnethi Boucher, 23 Sn ind WASINGION, Juie'3— Ea contained! on relieving the sewer bloc . : ay that a threat.to ve sotimniiie. dna dl dg TR Times Index (Chante Field, Jean Outisw 20 ome-of the stolen Amerasta- documents. —————— 2 ill d - "AMUBEMENtS :oooovvnreen onamenl Ba : One of the secret documents—recovered in 1045 by the FBI Workman Ki e Birth, Deaths, Events, : Sgts. Becher and Harriger |i a raid on Amerasia magazine's office—dealt with a top-level. | Ship Movements ... ++ i i report which gave the location, as of November, 1944, of 25 U. 8.! In Concrete Mixer Book v [were drivi on State Road| | submarines in Tsushima 8 mime er— BE Satrereeren v134- when their car collided with lin the Pacific. ; at a State Department conference| A 37-year-old Martinsville man Bridge ea gened an Illinois Swallow bus driven by | 5 thé before 0d that part of it named aj died in Methodist Hospital this ghupch EWS r1ais \Ralph Mennick, Crawfordsville| That was eight mon $ 7 ore | gtvatt in which 25 American sub-| morning of multiple injuries sut-| COMICE +.vevsrsee ; land then crashed into another car | FSSl2 declared war On JaPan. ‘marines were at the time. Would] Most Bets Placed on Credit fered late yesterday when he was CrOSSWOrd ...........i.. .a driven by Bernard Alexander, 22,| This is among the documents i gr would it not have been a trapped in a revolving goncrete Editorials eee h lof Brownsburg. Neither were to | Shieh. Jam 2 Melnerpey. Sead off i AiR otal. sath [ Gardening =.....0n:-. =X [OPO division, had said id not/If that report had E The dent occurred at Hoosier Profile .......... 7 | There Were no passengers onoyie ie withdrew his denial Amerasid magazine, which symA Pe at st. : Erskine Johnson .....¢.T 9 TE | yesterday. = ————— Sathized with Soviet Russia's’ : on = EE Be . ni prin sit othe vite a 7 trom the car. ide, th anewer toa question,8i8 In Asia” the ant mixer Orly before, Needlework ......i.ie..s 3- | Sgt Boucher has been admitted asked of them by Bert A The replies: ; _quitting time to clean it out. An-| Obituaries .............. 7 [0 Billing's General Hospital with|of the New York Herald Tribune's Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, | other worker, unaware of Mr. Radio ........ccovvmvvee 8. {minor injuries. Miss Outlaw "was Washington Bureau. now serving inthe Navy Secre-| “Bennett's - presence in the mixer, Society ....:c.cesesseses 3 admitted to Methodist Hospital| His ‘question: 3 Itary’s office: “af course it would:| E - pushed : button starting the, Sports ....icciisvvivises 8 {with a possible skull fracture and. “Assuming that a secret report \ . motor. / WOMEN'S ..ocovvrenveses 3 (Miss Wingher was heleased, was given on a high-level basis (Continiied on Page 2 —Col. 8)
‘THE FRANK MCKINNEY STORY, BY EDWIN C. HEINKE, STARTS TOMORROW IN YOUR. Sypoar
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batted in to his credit in 48 trips to the plate. He is the second Indian within a week to be sent to New Orleans, Rookie Pitcher Jim Mims was the other Trib man sent down.
Kerosene Blast. Victim In Fair Condition Edward Jophlin, 65, of 2101 Gent Ave. was in fair condition in General Hospital today with biirns received yesterday when a kerosene stove exploded in his kitchen. The stove exploded as Mr. Joph= lin, informed by a neighbor of smoke in his kitchen, rushed in
from the back yard and threw {open the door. Part of the kitchen
June 3 50 per cent of the net losses of the customers dealing directly |and another room was burned. |owners, the protest meeting was| (UP)—Forty-three English war with him provides his compensation.
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