Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 June 1950 — Page 1
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“Beat 'Most Wanted’ Fugitive to Draw By HEZE CLARK A bank holdup plan was - Blaze Sweeps Store (filed by FBI agents who: 4 Hours After Rdid; last night beat a desperado 3 Nabbed by Police to the trigger in front of
Side tavern. A spectacular fire razed the an East Burch Furniture Store in| Henry Harland Shelton, 41,
one of the 10 most wanted crimiBelleville early today four nai in the nation, was shot and
hours after authorities raid-jeritically wounded as he drew a
ht Belleville
" charged with operating the game.
gent to the scene, but shortage
et Sheriff Bayliss sald.
_ed a big-time bingo game on};
the second floor. * ~The blaze, which “broke out! about 2:30 a. m., leveléd the twostory building and a two-year-old, 11-apartment motel next door. | Sheriff Leon Bayliss of Hend-! ricks County was roused out of bed to answer the fire call -shortiy--after-he.and.Li.. Richard. Raub of the Putnam State Po-|
lice and squad swooped down on
ihe bingo game in which approsi3 £ oA Son
An Yndianapolis man asl:
Fire-fighting units from Plainfield, Clayton and Danville were
of water hampered their efforts,
Former Saw Mill in The furniture store was formerly the Cadle Saw Mill, later converted into a skating rink.
oh ho Ob Rn
automatic from his belt 5 a —vain-—effort—to shoot his | way. out of an FBI trap. The {Indianapolis native was in criti{cal condition today in General Hospital. © Two Others Seized
Captured with the prison escapee were two men. They were (taken to- the Marion County jail dg rdt-tdent ified ax" Vestal Ely, 42, of 1126 Park Ave. Hesbest Aflin, 37, of 821 8. New
ton the Poldup plan, but it was =
learned Shelton and his gang had
completed plans for robbing a He
Fountain Square bank, '
The robbery was ‘scheduled for
sometime today. The target was ~Fountain Square branch of Merchants National Bank, 1059 Virginia Ave. Ely and Aikin appeared before U. 8. Commissioner Alvin John-
Bank Holdup Plan Foiled as FBI Agents _|Shoot Desperado Near East Side Tavern
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_.| Philip Pagett,
Photos by. John Spicklemire. Times Staff Photographer.
Straight shooting FBI agents downed Henry Shelton.
Boy Cyclist, 16,
To Race Train Accident Occurs At Audubon Rd. Crossing of PRR A 16-year-old boy on a bicycle tried to beat a fast
train at a crossing today and lost.
Hope Dwindles as Fog Hampers DC-4 Hunt: Two Oil Slicks Spotted
Craft Vanishes on South Haven, Mich., and Milwaukee Hop; Indiana Police Alerted
. MILWAUKEE, June 24 (UP)—A DC-4¢ Northwest Aire liner carrying 58 persons from New York to Minneapolis was feared today to have plunged into storm-lashed Lake Michigan in the nation’s worst air disaster, The plane vanished while on a 100-mile overwater hop | between South Haven, Mich., and Milwaukee before mid-
train.”
was killed! morning when |
|St, Joseph St, {Instantly this
of 6037 E night, As the hours passed hope dwindled. 7 Hampered by fog that followed the raging thunder — storm, the Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force and National
struck by a speeding passenger Guard launched the biggest air and water search in the
{train at the Audubon. Rd gerossing. His body and the. smashed bike were thrown 250 feet, The victim's last words were: Lome ony-boye —let's—heat-the
history of the Great Lakes.
- " u {EAPOLIS, 24 | = Sald.. eo Const Guard reported at Milwaukee that an bjeck has been reached in 66 eet of
June He spoke them to two com-| °
panions on bikes Whe approached 1 the
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Charles Vogt, 13; of 3733 Oak 8t,,| diver will be sent down to the and Duane Whipple, 15, of 6030 oPlect” a of the tracks. | vania raliroad’s an, Fon Ele abe on Fo going from New York to St I L k Hi t
St. Joseph, stopped 15 feet Pi k + Bo $ The Jeffersonian, Pennsyl Louls, was stopped beyond Emer-
Search pilots and Coast ‘Guard craft reported spotting
(at least two oil slicks a few (miles offshore. from Milwaus--kee. There*were two reports of wreckage sighted, but it had not been identified definitely as Lin nt
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heard from at 11:13 p. m. boll :
dianapolis time) when the reported he was a few miles out over the lake from the shore and that he was heading
3 into a ‘thunderstorm. oA
Onrried If the plane stormy seas, +#pokesmen sald the
stay afloat only five to 10- por
* No complete estimate of dam-|S0n this morning on charges of % son Ave, a mile west of the utes under “the worst buoyancy 30me Chifiese age was available, but the sheritt| DATDOFIng or concealing a fugitive. Econom Will Grow. it U. S. |erash ~ scena. By JEFF BYRNE conditions.” ; worry about gaid both the furniture store Bail Of $5000 each was set and a Y The hoy is survived by his par “United Press Slag { ‘arrespon But Northwest Airlines ofeials A Step 1, and owned b Paul Burch and hearing will be held sometime | ents, Mr. and Mrs, Glen Paget, ABOARD A COAST G TARD said planes of the same type /=-A Tin Can y ’ next week. They were returned | and a 14-year-old sister, Caro- SEARCH BOAT OFF MILWAU-|y
~~ Homer Kirkman, were
—the flames could reach his quar-
the motel, owned by Mr. and Mrs. a total loss. Only the furniture from the motel was saved, Sheriff Bayliss said. Gen. Burch, 75, father of the furniture store owner, whe
BUCOPTER ET TOO TH TUE PER OTT
the building, was rescued before
ters. Residents of the community, attracted by the blaze, assisted in removing refrigerators, stoves and other furniture from the motel to a neighboring yard, police said.| Hint Cigaret Cause, . Bheriff Bayliss theorized that the blaze may have been caused by a lighted cigaret dropped by one of the bingo patrons earlier in the evening. Arrested in the bingo raid, which was staged about 10:30 p. m., were Chet A. Fowler, 55, of 3342 Orchard Ave.; (Menn Rich-| ards, 51, of 6166 Kingsley Dr., and | Euba Nolte, 47, of 47 N. Pershing Ave. The raiders identified] Fowler as the “operator” of the! game and the other two as “ems ployees.” Sheriff Baylizs said the raid
to the county jail.
Shelton’s associates have long | criminal records. Ely was arrested =
at least 10 times, and served a
six-months term for auto theft §
in 1935. Aikin's record shows 20 arrests... B of 3-1 in ‘1935 ‘and 1939, Harvey Foster, special agent in charge of the Indianapolis FBI office, said he heard of the holdup plot but had “nothing definite or specific” about it, Probe Holdup Plan
Local police also confirmed they were investigating a holdup plan * involving Shelton and others. Mr. Foster said local FBI agents have been on Shelton's trail for a few months.
declared. “This time he came.”|
, years each for burglary |
Henry Harland Shelton . .. . Yough, but the FBI was tougher.
“We've waited for him before, but he didn’t show,” the FBI chief | 0 ice dace eat 7
Mr Foster said the two agents were waiting for Shelton on al routine check. They didn't know definitely he was coniing to the|
tavern, but they were all set for| .
him, he explained. | ‘Both Ely and Aiken are listed]
“Ing"30 cards.
Of The Times
‘was completed “quietly.” When/as having criminal records; Mmr.| e walked into the room, one of Foster said some charges of harthe women participants was re-/boring a criminal were prepared ported to have said simply: by the U, 8. attorney against the “That's it.” Women outnumbered|pair. They were here to appear men approximately three to one.lbefore the U, 8. commissioner One woman was observed play. this morning. “Ely and Aikin were “With ‘ShelTop Prize $300 Fibs in a car that pulled up in According to-a-pubtictty—hamd=r front - of ~the—K-&-M-tavern—at out announcing ‘the game, cash 13626 E. Michigan St. about 8:40| prizes included $25 for seven/p. m. When Shelton got out and games, $50 for. two games and B walked into the FBI trap, his two
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On the Inside
In Indianapolis
—A new kind of politician is Indiana Public Counselor Walter
Jones , , , Hoosier Profile ..cevivicssarsacriivecasios, Page J Our Indians now lead the American Association by a game "- and a half, and Hal Gregg will pitch against Columbus
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Dig Furiously to Get
At Trapped Workers |
Two men trapped by a sewer hole cave-in escaped with their]
lives today in a short but dra-|
matic rescue scramble by city
polee, Quick work by ‘two policemen who braved the threat of Another @ollapse was credited with cheating death for one of the workers, who was completely covered by a pile of earth. The pit was 15 feet deep.
__Trappdd in the _cave-in were eyty he with go-to Independence; :
William ; Smith, 40, of 526 W, Chesapedke 8t., and Curtis Piper, 26, of 140 8S. West St.
tumble of broken ground. Leap Into Pit —Credited--with -saving the pair;
_| were Patrolmen Charles Adams|¢, jjities. and Roy Reeves.
They. jumped | {into the pit and dug furiously for
{a few minutes until an alr open-| country, had to overcome
ing was made for Mr. Smit After being loosened by the eh eling policemen, the two workers |
leconomy will
Mr. Smith] was completely enveloped by the
Plans for It, Truman Says
President Rips ‘Mossbacks’ Who Block Nation's Progress; Lauds Co-operation
BALTIMORE, Md. June 24 (UP)—President Truman today neer. The accident pecurred about! Leonfidently.. predicted. that the American. economy. will continua. to. | 10:30-8, expand as oad as the American people are willing to plan for
expansion. Speaking at the dédication of "Baltimore's new Friendship | International Airport, the President derided the “mossbacks” who, he said, "would hold back the| ey" progress of the nation. only foolish - prejudices and fears, “This airport has been planned but the opposition of those who on the sound assumption that our did not want its competition.” economy will continue to grow| “However, if we had listened! and expang. Mr. ums S214 to the mossbacks who complained Delicve Wi asymp on our about competition, we would never c continue to grow have given up the stagecoach,” he said. not hap-\ He branded as *
and expand. “Of course, this will pen automatically. Our economy .._. .. {will expand only if we plan for a, All of us make some
‘simply political ' charges that federal aid programs “weakening or defor the future.” jstroying state and local goven-
" iment.” ~Cltes “Point of View | “This kind of co-operation be-
wslile sald that if these plans are|tween state -and local govern: ased “on the belief that ouriments and the national govern: oases will remain static, on the ment js one of the most construc|expectation that incomes will fall, | tive aspects of our national life on the assumption that changes {sday” Mr. Truman said. in the présént situation will be! 71¢ made people more conscious |injurious to existing Interests— of the needs and problems of their then we may expect the economy local governments, he said, and to decline and contract. {by “helping to strengthen the pro“If on the other hand we base cesses of democracy throughout our plans on the assumption ofthe country, increasing —output, growing e-| “Such_development is of imciency and higher real incomes, Measurable importance today we can make continued economic When our country stands before progress.” [the worid as one of (he leading pee President Truman took off champions of the democratic way from the Baltimore airport for of life,” he said. ‘Kansas City at 11:05 a. m. (In- er, dianapolis Time). From Kansas Mrs. Osborn ,Gets Life
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In Poisoning of Mate COVINGTON, June 24 (UP)-
Mo. Mr. Truman said that alr trans- | port is becoming “an essential BASF oir Yay 2% living a tenced to life in prison today for American cities will have an in- the first degree murder of her creasingly greater need for airihusband, Amandus K. Osborn.
| "Mrs. Osborn was - convicted
ing the aviation industry in this Thursday night by a Fountain “not.circuit . jury which deliberated] — |#ight hours, of poisoning her husband who died - last Christmas (Day. Authorities said Mrs.
He said the government, iif aid-
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Mrs, Mary Osborn, 39, was gon]
line. KEE, June 24 Our little picket Officials sald flasher signals boat seemed to be floating on fog {were operating at the crossing, as we searched Lake Michigan to-
|B. BE. White was the conductor day for a lost Northwest Airliner|
{and William Hoffman the engi- With BS persons aboard, The fog was starting to clear,
EE mms Witnesses said the boy was| couldn't tell where the lake left thrown up in the air as high off and the fog began, fas the telephone wires. The con[ductor told police the train's bow peered into the gray wall of speed was B55 to B58 miles an |vapor, straining his eyes for a hour, | ign of the lost craft, Philip just completed his junior] When. we left the Milwaukee year at at Hows Howe High Bchool, Chast -Guard station, we headed
Describes U.S i sis poe om he Far East Policy
| beens sighted possibly from the! plane, «= ' State Department Official Talks at IU
Cirele Wider, Wider Then we began circling, wider| By DAN KIDNEY “Fintey SAN Willer
and wider, From time to time! we heard planes roaring low over |alone in our fog-shrouded world. BLOOMINGTON, Juné 24 |b { With John Foster Dulles, . De- Huge Ball of Fire
head. In the distance, through the fog, we heard the engines of! | fense Secretary Louls Johnson {and Chilef-of-8taff Omar Bradley. Observed in South
returning from a conference with Sfidraiag thom & esntsrencs wi Believed Meteor paratory to launching a new Far ~ Npw ORLEANS, June 24 Eastern Poliey, Charlton Ogburn| iip)._A spectacular ball of fire Jr. of the State Department to-\ which streaked across the southday told the final session of the | ern sky last night was probably a
Conference on Problems of Am-|jarge meteor, astronomers said erican Foreign Policy at Indiana, today,
other vessels on the lake. But otherwise we seemed to be
{sons in four states who reported | Boga. the seminar discussions geeing the flaming object said which followed, it was obvious they thouglt it was a flying, that the representative Hoosfers | | saucer, from throughout the state were, The celestial body, which flared the Far brilliantly for a brief time soon Eastern policy has been far from after dusk and then disappeared
The Coast Guardsman at the!
had beeri known to stay afloat several hours,
over the ofl slick In a C-47, re~ ported that it was long and a quarter of a
wide, . “4 Debris Found “There were several pieces of debris that looked from the air like large sheets of plywood” he said. “I dropped dye markers to mark the spot and contacted a Coast Guard cutter by radio to investigate the location” The second oil slick was smalls er and was. six miles out in the lake, also due east of the power plant and the airport. The of another Air National Guard ~which-
plane -Feported -theslick said he believed it could have been made by an engine of the missing plane falling int" the lake. » A Coast Guard cutter tool samples of the oll from the
raivamaity what that policy has, Some-of the hundreds of per. Srmine whe
plane, or whether it might have been biigewater spewed out by a passing ship. Search Plane
overall command of Capt. Henry
{a howling success. in a curving trial of vapor, was Blames Nationalists observed in Texas, Louisiana, Mis-| Mr. Ogburn, who is the policy| sissippi and Alabarna, information officer of the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, blamed] NEWSFAP! ERS in numero's ithe loss of Chinese confidence in| [cities in a 750-mile area said th ey ithe Nationalist regime of Chiang Were swamped with inquiries Kai-shek for the loss of China to|2bout the spectacle, the Communists. =» | - From desciiptions, the Harvard That Hoasiers and all American Ohdervatory surmised that if was citizens must. heth shape the for. caused by # large meteor, comeign policy of the future wag the Wonly known as “fireballs,” final Stafé Department word to Which “requently strike the earth,
Schmaltz of the 5th Air Rescus Squadron stationed at the Air | Force's Selfridge Field, Mich. Four planes from - Field flew here to join the search, One of them, an amphiblous set down in the midst of the big ofl slick and could not take off again because of dense fog. If was forced to taxi to shore, The DC-4 carried a crew of three and 55 passengers, many of them believed to have been stue
“The alr search was under the
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golf tournament . y 6 Mrs. Eileen Block Won Women’s Golf Derby Handicap title with net of 67 P 1 Brides-to-be plan summer - and fall weddings, - ‘ios Other news for women..... sear eas sesaniesane ? Page 8 4 «+.Page 8! coming next week at Indianapolis movie houses....Page 9
Reviews of non- fiction and fiction for summer reading. . What's In the Nation Justice Department will decide over the week-end whether to release the FBI record of a private conversation be-
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Immigration authorities are believed ready to arrest the |
leaders of a smuggling ring which has brought more than 80 aliens into the United States.....
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The sewer
| Mr. Smith and Mr. Piper were in
ropes. The rescued workers were in fair condition at General hospital. project is located |along Worchester Ave. at Brook{ville RA.
{the sewer diggings when the sides {of the hole collapsed shortly after)
{10 a. m, They had been fitting
{one pipe into another when the [collapse 88 occurred.
Johnson, Bradley ‘Back From Tokyo
WASHINGTON, June 24 (UP) |~Defense Secretary Louis John-| son and Gen. Omar N. Bradley] returned today from a two-week! visit to the Far East with “all the facts” about the U. 8. Military situation in the Communist-sien-| aced area. The four-engine Constellatio Mr. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff put down at the National] Airport here at 10:11 a. m. (Indi-| anapolis Time) to.gnd a one-stop.
Bradley declined further comment, Li they confer with the heads
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Intruder Stabs Servant
In Home of Queen Mary
Another Slugged by Pint-Sized Gardener Held for Trying to Commit Armed Robbery
LONDON, June 24 (UP)—A pint-sized gardener broke into the home of Queen Mary today, stabbed one woman servant and slugged another, and wound up in jail acoused of Invading the royal préTeincts to commit armed Tobbé Queen Mary, 83, slept through the hubbub, checked up later on the condition of her manhandled servants, and at midday hustled ~taway to a luncheon with the King”, . and Queen. The’ intruder, Gerald O'Brien; 126, was found cowering in the | basement of Marlborough House Attendants said Mrs, Knight five hours after he crept past the was suffering from superficial resplendent Grenadier Guards pa- stab wounds with a penknife on | troling the home of King rge's the head and shoulders. Mrs. mother. + Ralph was suffering from shock He waé charged with assault- and the black eye. ing Alice Knight, 66, hotsekeep« Scotland Yard announced that er for they Queen, while bent on O'Brien would appéar in Bow robbery.’ Police said the precise Street Police Jourt Monday. charge was that he “being armed Asked if police believed O'Brien; ‘with an offensive weapon, did as- may have had a political motive, sault Alice Knight with Intent to a Yard spokesman said “I do not . ‘think-g0."” He also blackened the eye of The prowler was Mrs. Winifred Ralph, assistant have entered the | n's . housekeeper, who appeared When dence: through a window,
Mrs. Knight screamed. Both women were recovering from their injuries in 8t. George's Hospital,
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Steamy Week-End
Faces Indianapolis
LOCAL TEMPERATURES m..7 108 m.. 79 Aa Mm... 18 11 a. m... 18 a Mm... 78 12 (Noon) 78 am... 1pm.
humid weather and scattered thundershowers are going to. keep Indianapolis residents steaming. this week-end. Continuing temperatures around 90 degrees with a high of 91 degrees for today were in the weatherman's predictions, Indianapolis residents aren’t going to be alone, however. Warm air coming up from the} Gulf is blanketing the entire ‘state. Beattered thundershowers were predicted for the northern section of the state with a possible chance of fewer showers in the
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home for vacation. Chicago weather forecasters said the plane had little chance of - ng the storm, which struck suddenly in the form of a line of thunderstorms up and down the lake. Mercury Takes Dive It was accompanied by high winds, some hall, flashes of light ning and a drop In temperature of 11 degreés in 11 minutes, The air search force consisted of the four Selfridge Field planes, two amphibious Coast Guard Pas tral planes from Traverse City, Mich, two PBY's Naval Air Station at Glenview,
I1l., a C47 and an artillery supe
port plane from the Wisconsin Air National Guard; and & on and .4 from Northwest Alre lines. 4 . In addition, the Coast Guard and its auxiliary forces sent-out ‘cutters, picket boats, crash boats, _even private
believed to degrees —~ the week-end. Lowa arn.” hit between 72 and 77 de)
from the