Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 June 1950 — Page 1

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"Hospital, began haying “pains

- might prove fatdl for thie reason.

_ diagnoses, Jerry’s mother, Mrs.

“was flown ‘to New York in Febru-

.out of school and rehospitalized

* Face TV Ban. If They Flunk

" Btudents at Valparaiso Technieal

“Hangs Over Jeet “Sick Jerry Dunaway

Leukemia Victim Suffers Abdominal Pains, Doctors Hint Drugs May Be Cause _

SPARC

By DONNA MIKELS A new crisis today confronted doctors attending eritic-

‘Appendicitis

s Threat

ally-ill leukemia victim Jerry Dunaway. Doctors today reported there is a possibility the 7-year-old boy may have developed acute appendicitis. This diagnosis is not yet confirmed. Jerry, already on

the critical list as an acute leukemia victim. at: St. Vincent's!

On the Inside

last night. Doctors summoned immediately feared that he might have developed acute appendicitis. - "There is an equal possibility, doctors said, that the condition might be an after-effect of drugs being administered to Jerry in the fight to give him a reprieve from death with the incurable cancer of the blodd. Medication Halted Medication was ceased temporarily today, pending final diagnoses on the new condtion. . Should the appendicitis diagnoses prove correct, doctors will be confronted with this problem: Jerry is a “bleeder” as a result of the leukemic cells: which have invaded his bloodstream. An operation to remove his appendix

Failure to remove the appendix, however, might also prove fatal. As. doctors continued observation today before making final

Ruby Dunaway, 835 Eastern Ave.,

sald J Jerry | seemed “a tiny | bit bet

Can't Sit Tp However, the boy is still not able to sit up. His mother said he had “gone downhill rapidly” in the last week and doctors confirmed that the boy for the first time is beginning to show symptoms of acute leukemia. Prior to this, Jerry was in high spirits. There was no outward sign of the relapse which doctors observed in clinical tests. Jerry was critically ill when he

hy 1 “tired Peeling” was

first diagnosed as leukemia in December.

Taken Out of School

Jerry was still feeling and looking good when doctors took him

him, after clinical tests showed hs was relapsing. His condition had worsened, and he was put on the critical list This was just three days after his buddy, Tony Diggin, died of leukemia in St. Vincent's. Jerry who knew he and Tony were ¥sick of the same thing,” has not been informed of Tony's death.

Valpo Students

VALPARAISO, June 6 (UP)—

Institute whose grades slip below standard were under orders today to ship their television sets home or put them in storage at the school, Joseph W. Alinsky, head of the television department, said TV

estar have Deen found 4 rent spioenson, 2 Pals Held

students must register their sets.

pany STUDENT Whose grades Degin to suffer is placed on probation and the school checks the esses to find out if too much V watching is the trouble. “We simply ‘want to eliminate 1 factors we can control which oy be contributing to the danger

a student flunking,” Mr. Alin pi said,

J. Parnell Thomas

Eligible for Parole WASHINGTON, June 6 (UP)— J. Parnell Thomas, former Congressman jailed for pay roll padding and avcepting salary “kickbacks” from employees, becomes eligible to seek parole today. Thomas has given no indica

Of The Times

Page Frank McKinney's life story, third of a series 11 America’s “tradition oflawbreaking”—why gambling laws are not enforced Are all popular girls “fast” ?7—Mrs. Manners 2 Ed Sovola goes to Washington .............. Women’s News... 6 and 7 Organizations, Gardening, women’s activities; Eat well for less; Counter-Spy; Blackwood on Bridge, Times Sports .... 14 and ~ Bargain bill in baseball tonight, by Eddie Ash; Spicy” AAU track carnival, by

Your fishing? Also baseball calendar, boxing, racing, softball, golf.

Names of Shortridge’s 401 graduates; Washington High honors ......... {Thirty-seven rescued, 28 missing, when airliner crashes at sea ........- 8

Indianapolis. events, ‘mars

births, deaths .... ‘ans -|Times Editorial Features Stalemate

Denny; Disarmament proposals, by Marquis Childs; editorials, Hoosier Forum. Church news ........:..

Untaxed colored oleo ready for race to stores,

Financial and business NEWS v.covasreseseess 16 About People s3seessesses 11 Amusements ....ccivevee 8 Births, Deaths, Events, Ship Movements........ 9 Bridge ...civeeriveiinne 1 Comics .....veennsneenee 21 Crossword ...evesiessacs Editorials ..,.eco00siviss FasBIONE +..cecesesenses Gardening ......eco0i00i, Erskine Johnson .veveee. Mrs, Manners sssansennes Movies sseiveessccsssene 3 Needlework seasncisncass Obituaries geass esnnese . Pattern sesssatnaar ere” RARI0 cin vnrssvissinens Side Glances ...c000004.. Society Css ssNrssRBssINs Sports .........cs0vv 4, Weather MAD «..eesnesos. Earl Wilson .....0000ues. Women's ..i.cicensnsess

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For Jury in Theft Case

A former state boxing champion and two companions were bound over to the Grand Jury today in Municipal Court 4 on second degree burglary charges. Judge Alex Clark set bond on each at!” $1000, The defendants were ” Johmny Alin-i Denson, 30, former Indiana heavyweight king, 619 8. Marion Ave,; Clinton Crabtree, 24, of 133 S. State Ave, and George Linder, 338 Beauty Ave. ' The three were arrested in connection with a burglary at’ the Speedway Tavern, 1061 W. 16th St, May 28. Police who investigated said they found Denson and Linder hiding in the basement of the tavern. Crabtree surrendered after officers fired one shot at

tion that he will ask for one.

‘Grandma’ to

—Times Comic Page Daily

' GRANDMA, the lovable character of the comic strip bearing her name, will become a daily feature of The Times starting next Monday beside appearing

in the Sunday color comic sec- :

tion.

Seven days a week the provo- . RANDMA of

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him as he fled from the scene.

Appear on

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-Jimmy Angelopolous; How's |"

Baby falls 15 feet, unhurt 3 ;

__riages, diveree- suits,

by Harold H. Hartley.. 16!

Fair tonight and tomorrows

- TUESDAY, J UNE 8, |

Warmer tomorrow.

Low. tonight, 62; high tomorrow, 86."

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice

Indisnapolis, Indians. Issued Dally

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ATE IN TAC

Blistering Heat Due Tomorrow

Steaming Gulf Air on Way Here

JOCAL TEMPERATURES

6a m.. 62 10a m.. 74 Ta. m.. 64 11a m.. 7 8 a m.. 68 12 (Noon) 78 9a m.. 70 1pm... 7

Blistering pre-summer heat will,

* » . ig f . ‘Il Wanted to Reach Out and Catch Him'—

Husky Veteran Sobs as He Tells Hoy Car

Fatally Injured Boy Riding on Bi

‘l Saw Nothing Else All Night and Today,” Declares Driver; Said Prayers Over and Over

By TED

“I saw Him fly off the bike as the car hit him. I wanted tol reach out and catch him or do something. . anything. But there! yo

was nothing.”

KNAP

A husky war veteran sobbed in his hands today as he described|

{how the car he was driving fata | bicycle yesterday afternoon.

return to Indianapolis tomorrow | Robert Bader, 802'E, Towa St. |

following a respite of several days. ; The weatherman said today would .be an jdeal day . : . near

Life lists another victim; Del{bert T. Neal, 28, of 1724 B. East i8t., driver of the car. |

What makes. it worse—if such

cloudless, not too warm, not quite 18 possible—is that Delbert Neal

as” chilly as preceding days. The mercury was expected to climb to

is a friend of Delbert Bader, fa-! ther of the dead boy. They. live

#83 this afternoon in comparison ‘Dre blocks apart.

to yesterday's peak of 79. A low! of 62 was forecast tonight. But ‘gentle northerly Srovies will give way to steaming Gulf alr tomorrow. High humidity and an afternoon high of 86 will combine to produce a “sticky” summer day. Here's the way the weatherman called the score on Hoosler weath-. er for the next five days: Temperatures near hormal, ranging from 56-81 north and from 61-85 degrees in the southern

~tportion Quite warm femperatires |

tomorrow and Thursday will he followed by coolér Saturday and

_|Sunday,

It's. difficult for Delbert Neal ito talk of the tragedy. But it's. easy to recall the details—too easy. In fact, he saw nothing else all last night and today .'. . the boy flying off the bike as the car hit ‘@nd brakes screeched. Didn’t Sleep at All “I didn’t sleep at all , , . just thought. about it all night. That's

Kills Mother of 2, Ends Own Life

ELKHART, June 6 (UP)—A

Heavy showers, amounting to 33-year-old mother of two small]

period. Showers or thunderstorms Friday afternoon will be followed

by general showers again-Sunday.

Henry County Farmer

Starts Slaying Term RUSHVILLE, June 6 (UP)—

“14-2 -ihches, are forecast for the children was slain in a tavern|

today and the man who shot her| committed suicide. Mrs. Evelyn Weldy was shot| as she sat in a booth at the Silver| Grill by Edgar M. Stephens, 44, police said. “You've taken ‘me for $10,000,

Vincent Slegel, 37, Henry County ang that's all you're going to farmer, began a two-to-21-year get,” Stephens told Mrs, Weldy|

~ He was convicted by a circuit jury at his second trial

| sentence for manslaughter, today. just before the shooting, a wit"Rush pegs said. Virginia Lawmaster, 36, who -

yesterday for the Nov. 10 shoot- was sitting with Mrs. Weldy when ing of Truman York, 34, New Stephens shot her five times, reCastle. Judge Willlam F. Mar- lated the conversation to police. shall sentenced Slegel immedi-|

ately.

a-week fun me pboidoed, your

him with a knife,

—Tof the tavern and shot himself

-Slegel claimed he shot in self- in the head after the sla defense when Mr, York ngs Coronor B. E. he Republican state ‘convention drinking wine and J 3 “yery

Verdict of murder and

Police records st the victim as I

lly injured a 89-year-old boy on

why I came to work today, ing to get it off my mind, But I just can’t,” Mr. Neal sobbféd. He

{Is an apprentice machinist at the| Navy Ordnance plant; Mr. -Diésal, was. drivi east on|

Towa St. at 2:21 p. m,/ A car was parked at the interséction on his {side of the street, 56 his view was obstructed. Coming down the hill on New St. was/ Del Bader on a bicycle he borrowed from a neighbor kid. “He was. ot in front of me bhefore I saw fim. I hit.the brakes {as soon as I could, but the right side of .miy car hit the left side of the bike.” That's when I saw him fly in the air and 1 wanted to

Ah, There

LONDON, June 68 (UP)

to discourage too much disrobing in public despite an ° unseasonal heat wave which entered its third day. "_ The meércury rose to 84 degrees and London secretaries took to the parks to . cool off. Some began shedding their stockings and sweaters. er The bobbies were ordered to see that this sort of thing isn’t carried too far. Pubs took .the unprecedented step of putting beer on ice. Traditionally, Brit::ish beer is served at room “temperature,

5 r —==PoHve-were nterted today {

Halleck to Take Helm

| Congressman Charles -Hallgck Pht “Maybe I wanted a little in the street take them to their Stéphens went out the back door, wus appointed by. State GOP excitement.”

Chairriin Cale Holder today to yp.

serve as permanent chairman oF panes that Sto

June 30.

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steel.

reach out, {Neal decl driving ¥

boo Aerrible. feelings on a thin like that.

Mr, Neal went to Bt,

vigil, He stayed until 10 o'clock,

an hour and a half before the boy

died.

| longer, ” he said, hope even then . you could do is pray. I sald the

Hail Mary and Our Father and Hosbrook St... was taken to Gen-

the rosary over and over, “I talked to the boy's father, and he was very nice toward me. He didn't blame me. But I can’t help but feel sick.” The boy's father had warned him about riding bikes. In fact, that's why Del Bader didn’t have his own bicycle. He borrowed one; from a pal lor hs last Me

Seized § in Plot To Derail Trains |

Times State Service RICHMOND, ‘Ind, June $—A

|| gravedigger ‘who wanted a little excitement was held here today {for the attempted derailment of

two Pennsylvania railroad trains. Authorities said Albert Stonecipher, 49, admitted putting heavy | |steé] plates and rocks on the railroad tracks early Sunday. The 8t. Louisan, . westbound passenger train with over 300 aboard, plowed into the rocks, and a 100-car freight struck the Neither was derailed al though both engines were dam.

aged. e Milton man was quoted as

Pennsylvania Raiload Detective er had been

Linda Jolliff, 10, of Elwood, killed

It's You can’t express

{After T got home I went to

Francis | yesterday evening to op-! {join the family in its nine-hour

“There was. no !street vendor. . the only thing |

Carl Boram exerts, 5¥ to. oud Gut What y

Classes |

f To Be Seen—Not

Youngsters Pose Constant

To Motorists as Fun Time Gets Under Way LOOK at the cartoon at the left. ~ =

Look at the pictures of That's today’s big story.

A warning of what can happen again Tey when 55,000 carefree children romp out of classrooms. . They will be at your mercy. ; $f The summer toll got started yesterday, though school . wasn't out yet. :

Nine-year-old Del Robert Bader rode hs bicycle out into the street to his death... struck down by an automobile near his home at 802 E, Iowa St.

Yesterday afternoon, even before his death, as he lay fatally

8% injured in St, Francis Hospital, a

Nacalio

Other Photos, Page 16

vigorous drive

was launched by the Indianapolis poli¢e department. : Every half hour, from 4 p. m. on yesterday, police dispatchers

dren from playing in the streets and to warn motorists to whteh for children. “Since noon today five children have been injured, one perhaps

“Honig Charen Ta death]

“ihstructed patrolmen to keep chil}

fatally,” the dispatcher warned patrolmen, +The: Bader-youth; Police Inspector Raph. “died in St. Francis hours after 8 Tost

ful bleyelist ; car today, Ten-year-old Jerry/Martin, of 2645 E. 18th St, way hit as he rode with a friend hear 16th St. and Coyner Ave. /He recelved minor In

by’ Harry H. Cook, 61, of 1630 Femple Ave, Four other youngsters had nar-

‘row escapes in the rash of Indian-|

apolis accidents yesterday. Elsewhere in the state another youngster died, The fatality was:

as she rode her bicycle across tracks into the path of a Pennsylvania Rallroad passenger yesterday, Other Indianapolis youthful trafic victims were:

N. Tacoma Ave, also a b

Hospital today. Police sald he was struck by Rr car driven by Harry Poll, 51, of 59 N. Rural St, as he rode his bike out of an alley onto Ave, Michigan Sts. 6-Year-Old Injured Helen Mae Redding, 6, was struck by a car driven by Clifton E., Barnes, 53, of 4500 Lane yesterday, “fiear her home at 2454 Carrollton Ave. Police said she dashed into the street to join her

{father, James, who was buying'k “Ffust couldn't stand it any|her an ice cream cone from a

James Michael Kennedy, 3, son | of Mrs, Carmelia Kennedy, 931

{eral Hospital with a broken leg after he was struck by a bicycle ridden by a 16-year-old boy yesterday. He was taken home after treatment. + Robert Earl Taylor, 3, son of

IN. Dorman 8t., was struck by a car driven by Matilda Hendricks, 1315.8. Hawthorne Lane, as he ran onto the street from between two parked cars. He was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

“With 55,000 Indianapolis ‘grade school children starting their vacations this wéek, special safety broadcasts were ordered at fourhour intervals on the police radio. casts = 7 “All cars: Pay particular attention to children crossing the street in the middle of the block. Warn them of this hazard. Explain the {importance of crossing at the cor|ners.: Also pay attention to chil laren playing in the streets. Order them and one parent into the traffic instruction school at 7 p.m. {daylight saving time, Tuesday evening. | “All cars, when not on a run, (stop and help old persons and {children across the street. Also, 'when children are found playing

f was struck by a car driven 5

train| J

Charles Blackstone, 12, of 304 ; feyclist,] who 1s In fair condition in General

between New York ‘and

| Mr; and Mrs. Matthew Taylor, 723!

Here is the text of the broad-|

es Gis io

the. accident victims, below,

‘You Have ro Look Out for Him, Too'

“It. could happen place — your own even your own small You could even: be

Robert Earl Taylor, | su ‘near m ss,

‘homes. If you can’t find the par-/ multi