Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1950 — Page 1

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. local investigation.

{followed political lines appeared

wing rent-controls Tiere, but doubts]

Council Lines

~~ Although four of the -council|

' tives of the Sixth District, com-

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Rent Controls

Action on Curbs

Another Story, Page 3

(wives boarded two 16-coach

~ Indianapolis Shriners turned Angeles today

.. While the marching

Pennsylvania Raliroad

By-D WATSON Congre nal action on rent control measures was reflected in comments of City Councilmen here today. ’

members were not available, former stands on the question which

to be wavering slightly.

In the last action taken by the council, which resulted in a delay of vote on a resolution to lift controls, a Republican drive to bring tHe issue to a head was stymied by the Democrat counteroffensive. ;

Of the five councilmen who commented today on control measures pending in Washington, two sald they were definitely against controls; one spoke in favor of their retention and two others, both Democrats, declined to take a definite stand on the question. Joseph Bright, Sixth District Republican, said the resolution pending in council will be the key to the city’s position in the light of the Washington action.

Will Rush for Action . “I for one will make every effort to bring the pending resolution up for a final vote,” Mr. Bright said. =e Donald Jameson, First District Republican, spoke in favor of lift-

ed the issue would have to be taken to the people in a referendum as provided in the measures being discussed in Congress. He also described the local decontrol resolution as the keystone of the situation here.

Favors Controls In favor of keeping controls was George Lupear, Sixth District Democrat. “I am one of the representa-

prised mostly of wage-earners. Most rent their homes and more rental property is needed there.

favor of retaining controls.” Joseph C. Wallace, Second District Democrat, said his vote depend largely on outcome of congressional action and further

He did say that “controls must die sooner or later” but that the issue rises in attempting to decide the proper time for relaxing the measures. : Council President Christian Em-

hardt, Fifth District Democrat!"

said he personally did not be-

trains at noon in Union Station. They will attend the annual National Shrine pilgrimage Sunday through June 22 draped Los . “But first they're off for a lightning tour of the West.

where they will present a gigantic torchlight review, practice for competition with other units in California. Other points on the western tour include San Antonio, El Paso and old Mexico. 5 Go by Car Seventy-five other Shriners are motoring to LOS Angeles where new officers for the coming year will be chosen and seated. Three special flights have been booked with Turner Airlines, Inc. - Theme of the Indianapolis marchers will be the 500-Mile Speedway. Wilbur Shaw, president of the Speedway, wil lead the checkered-flag-bedecked marchers in a Jaguar sport car borrowed from movie star Clark Gable for the occasion. Other members of the Hoosier contingent will include Fabien Sevitzky and Sigmund Romberg. Wives will be guests in the home of the composer and Indianapolis Shriners will take 'part in a movie based on his life, —Harold Lloyd, star and producer,iwill step down as imperial potentate of the

'stccessor “'bé “named. Baser to Be Honored In addition te Mr. Friedrichs, William Baser, of the Baser Machine Co., also of Indianapolis, will be elevated to high office in the ceremonies. He will become first vice president of National Shrine Oriental Bands. Handing of the gavel to Mr. Friedrichs will climax his 32 years of activity in Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He has served as recorder of Murat Temple since 1939. Elected second vice president of

Novi Cars Edging Toward 140 MPH In Speedway Runs

THE MIGHTY Novis were reported burning up the Speedway track today in an effort to prove they're the class of the auto racing world. . : Ope of the eight-cylinder beauties— Duke Nalon's No. 38, driven

lieve in controls on rent any more|PY Chet Miller, was unofficially

than he believed in controling what people eat or wear. “The onyl exception,” Mr. Emhardt said, “is during an emergency such as we had during the war, Then, I believe in Tent controls. However,

(Continued on Page 83-—Col. §) LOCAL TEMPERATURES

more inves-|’

clocked at 1:05 or in excess of 138 mph.

= = ” THE CARS are making tire test runs for Firestone and attempting to run consistently at 140 mph or better, According to Owner Lou Welch, the sleek speedsters will stay at the Speedway until they hit the desired speed. Both mounts were kept out of this year's 500-Mile Race when mechanical troubles prevented

6a m.. 66 10a m.. 72 7 a m.. 687 11 a.m... 715 8a m.. 68 12 (Noon) 79 9a m.. 7

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them from qualifying.

On the Inside

ycal Shriners Off "Ang

- Karl Friedrichs to Take High Office; : it to Tour West on Way to Coast - Un uy hike ed toward the “Mecca” of U. S. Badman

There Karl L. Friedrichs, recorder and building manager of Murat Temple, will rise to the: presidency of the Shrine Recorders

Not. Cr ized:

First stop will be New Orleans |

otion pleture,

North American ' Shrine and a

the national Shrine recorders as-|

(Continued on Page $-—Col. 4) | i eine since Tt Toft Olmstead| CIty; chief Assistant U. S. Dis-

Germans Look

eles Mecca jy Sewers for

| Oklahoman Flees (Photo, Page 3) MUNICH, Germany, June

14 (UP) —Hundreds of American troops and German police searched Munich sewers and Bavarian farms today for escaped Oklahoma badman Homer Cook.

/ “Shoot on sight” orders were issued. Radio stations blared warnings that Cook was ‘“dangerous and possibly armed.” The 27-year-old former soldier broke out of. jail last night for the third time in two months. He ripped a bar from a window of the Dachau prison library, scaled thfee high walls and disappeared In woods between Dachau

Karl L. Friedrichs I= Munch. One Shoe

ie S ane ADS cliques minim oF aR n st-war ermany 8 Die asPi Crashes on Peak

centered in Munich's sewers. It Charred Bodies

was believed that Cook might Taken From Wreck

have entered the sewers in an attempt- to throw baying bloodELKINS, W. Va., June 14 (UP) —State police reported a plane

hounds off the scent. Other searchers toured Bavarfan farms in the belief that Cook soon would try to stage a raid to get food and clothing, if not shelter, . A cold rain was falling and| Cook was believed wearing only |

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ville, They said eight bodies had been recovered. { Charred condition of the bodies {hampered identification. | The plane smashed {Monongahela National {vastness on Spruce Knob. . | The crash occured at about 3 a. m. (Indianapolis time) state {police said. But it was more than {six hours in being reported be{cause of remoteness of the area {and inaccessability of communica- | tions. ; A B-25 Air Force plane with nine men aboard was reported

no money. . C1 ay American military police assigned to track down the 200pound 6-foot former boxer were told: “Don"t ask any questions, Fil him full of lead.” ‘ Faces 19 Charges Cook is wanted for trial on 19 charges, including attempted armed robbery, assault, {illegal entry into the U. 8. zone of Germany, posing as a Secret Service| man, jail-breaking and resisting arrest. . James L. Greenhill, New York

into the Forest

trict Attorney, sald he may go ahead with Cook's trial oh schedule next Wednesday even iff | Cook still is ~ Embarrassed

Field at Harrisburg, Pa., at 2:24 a, m: en route to Offutt Field, Neb. . Gay

Army officers at Dachau released a 15-word state ment reporting that the Muskogee badman escaped from Dachau prison when his guard left him for a few minutes to look for his relief man.

PSC, Union Pact Predicted ‘Soon’

Officials Confer With State Aid

State mediators this afternoon’ expressed confidence that - the

Schricker Urges wage dispute between the Public Service Company of Indiana and ——

. 2 | A : {some 3000 AFL electrical workers - Display of Flag {will be “settled soon.” Trim Bud et Gov. Schricker today urged In-| oy, Schricker invoked the 1847

diana citizens to observe Flag compulsory Arbitration Utllties|

Organize Rescue Dayton Sprawder, a farmer, reported the crash. A rescue party organized by State Police Capt. Basil E. Wright, commander of the Elkins detachment, rushed to the accident. : ; Police or witesses were unable to determine whether the plane was a commercial liner or the missing B-25 bomber. ! Olmsted Field officials said the B-25 was transporting military personnel to- Alaska and had seven hours’ fuel. The ship was to have arrived at Offutt field, Neb., at 7:44 a. m. The flight normally requires five hours and 20 minutes.

Bid,

all public places. : and union reached an impasse in| i- In his official proclamation de- negotiations. | |claring today as Flag Day, the mp. utility serves 72 of Indi-| {Governor stated that the flag ana’s 92 counties with electrical (should remind every citizen ofl, pur covering central and south-|

Feeney, Bayt Veto -Half-Million Boost

{crashed and burned beyond recog- cotton trousers, an undershirt e nition today on a rugged peak of| one shoe. He had lost the 23nd $10,000 od: today as he granted ~Montatn at nearby Olrcle' ps4 early in his fight. He had| 30. ;

Thomas P. Rominger, just out of a hospital bed and still ovathod in bandages, files charges of {© said he “did not get clove So assault and battery with intent to murder against the Stuck brothers. Assisting are Deputy Prose- So see if he was still

cutor John W. Hannon’ (back to camera) and Sheriff's Investigator James M, Evans (left).

: . # ¥ " Day by displaying the flag andi sot known as Indiana's “no-| On Couple in Lover S Lane holding appropriate exercises Ing. ve Jaw” when the company d fi oar 0 :

Killers Admit Fright After ~~ | aa Bag

3 Arraigned 2 Hours After

Return fo ‘State

By, TED KNAP "Times Siaft Writer doi

NOBLESVILLE, June 14 —With heads howed, three

Indianapolis hoodlums , today: Fe heard themselves charged with the first degree’ murder of Albert W. Thayer, nent Indianapolis attorney, The frio was arraigned in Noblesville City Court as ff services were about to be Indianapolis for their ¥ Only one of the ' ers, Carrol Dooley, 25, of Central Ave, I ement to June hb

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camera) ordered Fred Stuck (left) and Albert Stuck (right) held on Attorney Lawrence A w (center)

fine, but I want to see my torney.” Kelly also refused. [talk until he saw a Jawyer.

to,

a] SL % . A ; e others ‘ nia, New Charge Filed in AHack «rai uma wrts

“What do you think we will get?” he asked, “Kelly and I are 100 Young to get the chair, aren’ 3 we?” % The Kelly boy the prisoners

Hearing Continued, for Brothers Nabbed

In Brutal Beating; Pair Faces ‘Life’ Two brothers identified by victims as the brutal “lover's lane”

looked dazed as walked ‘from

Of The Times

In Indianapolis

Earl Richert tells how the controversial Brannan farm plan has split the Republican Party into two warring factions. Other Editorial Page features include an explanation of the basing point system by Marquis Childs,

A al le ok portions of the state with the | unty. {Flag Day, and other days also as Ex0eption-of Ma ion co A of |evidence that we truly value ouri,,, yn¢enational Brotherhood of (SHRM a5 10 A7quet In (hers Electrical Workors. Theis Jagtes- | : ; expir r {fullness for the blessings we have ment With the wifiity exp Ta P {and enjoy because we live ini y.,.. Conciliator Hobart AutAmerica,” the proclamation de-| arson said the state entered the

| The Safety Board's budget proposal for 1951 was tossed back into the board's collective lap for

revision and reduction today. Mayor Féeney and Controller {Phillip Bayt said the request for next year’s operating funds was ia half-million dollars higher than

a Talburt cartoon and the Hoosier Forum...........Page 16 clared. dispute to stave off a strike the current schedule. Library employees may get a salary increase up to $180 a : Tm . “which could cripple the state's] This would represent a 9-cent year. If present rate of expenditure continues the ‘Goodfellow to Coach |economy.” iricrease on tax duplicates alone, school tax rate will have to be raised. Broad Ripple i . z J elf Meet Today Mayor Feeney said. ~~. - High School athletic field dedicated |. former School" Chicago: Blackhawks; “Uhilon “and company orHicIaYE Operation” of olite Sim) 61 building and lot sold . . . school news on..........Page 26 CHICAGO, June —— ~ met with Mr. Autterson and other genartments fs conducted under

Modern airliners make it possible for the person with a

| nézer. (Ebbie) Goodfellow, veteran gtate officials th) morning in a

the Safety Board budget. The

rapists were ordered held under $10,000 bond each today on charges of kidnaping and rape. y Before the ink was dry on this court order against Fred C. Stuck, 21, and his brother, Albert, 24, of 1250 Cameron St, additional charges of assault and battery with intent to murder were filed against the pair, They were scheduled to appear again in Municipal Court 4 to-

Jerry Dunaway

room a block away. Sk

ley with Sheriff Carey M. Davis about the all-night ride from Missouri, Combs His Hair : Sheriff ‘Davis lent Dooley his comb as they entered

morrow on the latter charge. s . » y They appeared in this court be- Still Improving fore Judge Alex Clark this| 1. emis ‘vietim Jerry Dun-|

morning for preliminary hearing : i { on the kidnap-rape charges but away was reported “still improv-|

10:30 a. m. June 30 on request of His mother, Mrs. Ruby Dun-| their attorney, Lawrence A, Shaw. away, 835 Eastern Ave, said | Face Life Terms doctors noted some improvements |

the hearing was continued tong” today.

court, Dooley appeared nonchalant as he combed his balding head while heading into the courtroom.

county jail to the City Hall cotirte

- Dooley limped and his left arm :

was bandaged from in which a truck dr tally injured near Springfield. The accident, in Mr, Thayer's

two-week vacation to see’ Europe or Latin-America. Richard - Joseph continues his tips on

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Irving Leibowitz has an interest

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ing story about Arnold

Jerome Atwood, a Hoosier transplanted from Kentucky who rose from the ranks of labor to become a prominent labor leader and secretary of Indiana’s Public

Service Commission, on ,...

“The Russian Iron Curtain was so effective bef:

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that not even the highly trained agents of the German

army intelligence were able to

get reliable information,”

says Dr. Nicholas Nyardi in his fourth article on Rus-

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*Mickale Madias, of Detroit, wants back the money he spent

[National Hockey League player conference room in the labor di-jmaver suggested a conference be---jand former coich of thé Amper-/vision's chambers in the State- {ween board members aM depart

ifecan Hockey League St. Louis house. ; {ment chiefs. Flyers, has been named Chicago! Management and labor offi-| - 8 ; : ; |Black Hawks coach, President cials also expressédfoptimism be-| Soméwhat Worried {Bill Tobin announced today. {fore entering the cemference room| In a letter to the board, the Goodfellow succeeds Charlesthat a settlement could be mayor said he was “somewhat {Conacher, who was Hawks’ coach reached beforé the state invokes worried by the tremendous - in{for the past two seasons. {penalty provisions of the law, . |crease” asked in the preliminary | peso leet ere { Penalties can include fines and budget submitted. Traffic Police to Get —tjall sentences against workers,| In urging reductions “in aeBrand New Sticker union officials and management cordance with needs of the city” | Indianapolis traffic officers face

officials convicted as violators. ithe mayor declared the tax rate Utility spokesmen have sald has become a serious problem. {a furture marred with an epidemic the current dispute is “one of thei — re ook. ihe Safety Board {of writer's cramp. -

dE : ate's | best” test cases for the state 8! indicated plans were afoot to seek

"The "combined charges now on, in results of a bone marrow test stolen car, resulted in their cape file against the pair carry life made Saturday. {ture and subsequent identification imprisonment-plus penalties. Con-| The bone marrow is the maru-{2f Mr. Thayer's body which had = | viction on the kidnap count car-/facturing center of leukemic| Pen found earlier Sunday. L ries a mandatory life sentence. [cells which threaten Jerry's life. | Indiana ‘authorities sidestepped 5 Conviction on the rape charge It was restored from almost. 100 &0 extradition fight by skipping 3 would carry 2-to-21 years and the! per cent leukemic to near normal Ut Of Missouri ahead of schedule i assault’ charge holds a possible when Jerry was treated with! . Lf 1-to-10 year penalty. The broth- wonder drug ACTH in New York. |(Continved on Page 3~Ool. 3) ! ers probably will be bound to the He later suffered a relapse. * 3 ee — grand. jury, after preliminary) He was on the critical list ust LOOKING for a

"he ray week. Je | Large Suburban E Meonldn’t forget” the antacker sii Judge,’ 9. Sees pi ‘Building Lot? i: :

on his daughter's uriconsummated marriage.” This and other interesting stories “About People” gathered by [Opal Crockett are on ...cesvovvvsanes tasaseesrreniune Page 13

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Republican Senators insist that the Democratic-controlled investigation of the Amerasia case hasn't scratched the surface and are pushing a resolution calling for & separate investigtion of the Justice Department's handling

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The Safety Board today or{dered 100,000 new sets of traffic

{stickers to rearm its officers. i (stickers to rearm ta offer. ne Remember When? {windshield decorations, donated ito minor trafic violators, was

awarded to the Joseph Rolles Printing Co. on 2 bid of $950.

Tips on How

compulsory arbitration law,

skin coats? , , , Flaming Youth carried hip-flasks? + ss “The Cat's Pajamas” was the slang-uage? ® Then you’ll remember when the Charleston was

To F all Saf ely the newest dance craze.

TE ce | @® Now a Charleston revival ?, { There 2% Yay ~ falt; . | threatens to sweep the

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\ | Board.

| construction of about six fire stations with funds which. probably would be asked this year, {

More. Police Urged Municipal Court Judge Joseph |M, Howard recently declared] | there was a need for more police-| men in the city, If more officers were-added to the department, {their -salaries and equipment {would be financed dy the Safety

Meanwhile, Mayor Feeneys operating budget for his own of-| fice has been submitted with a figure of $20,930 listed. The allocation to the Mayor's office”this yéar was $23.350. The (Mayor said he has abolished the office of executive secretary because a well-qualified man could

{not be obtained for a yearly|

salary of $4800,

land rape affidavits were filed last William. D. Bain along with his

and bruised, appeared in court] A nine-year-old fourth genera-| . i» SUTERT ........ : with her escort, Thomas Romin-|tion “judge” took the bench to.| ihard, pe A ger, R. R, 1, who was beaten into!day in Criminal Court 1. Sen bead "Wa. 10 ~ sethiconsciousnéss by the rapists. ? John O. Butcher, great-grand- : WitLIS » wei Leaves Hospital Bed - son of Millard F'. Cox, got a look! @ Thinking of bullding a Mr. Rominger left his bed in St. at the inner workings of the home in - the {Francis Hospital where he has court.in which his great-grand-| on a big wooded lot where been confined since the claw ham-| father was judge from 1893 to you have plenty of “elbow mer-attack early Monday, He filed| 1897. room”? If so, perhaps the

John was the guest of Judge above lots will interest

the additional charge. The kidnap! you. This Want Ad is

night by the yourig woman after mother and father; Col. and Mrs. | her tearful identification in the Joseph Butcher, and his grand-; County Jail lineup, ; |mother, Mrs. Margaret Smith. . umns of today's Tim As - soon as the younger Mrs. Smith is the daughter of .. (classification 51) off

‘ tcher - y brothér, ‘Fred, spoke the words, the late Judge Cox. Col. Bu ding lots “Where are we?” the rape victim is a member of the Marine Corps : suburban

, stationed in Washington, D. c. JWIng Ihe sheriff's lineup broke; snd is Bere i “ , ” ed. “| That's the man,” she cri placed on proba 3 (Continued on

find in the classified col-

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