Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1950 — Page 1
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Jury Action In
Petition
Denies Signing
Of Party Seeking Spot on Ballot
By IRVING
The political battle about who signed what back in 1946 raged all over Indiana today. In 1946, the Communist Party filed a petition bearing trucks on 1 some 11,000 names asking to be on the election ballets. A few days later a letter, bearing 14 names, reached tgs Gov. Gates urging that the Communist petition be notel lobby and the basement, granted. One of the names then began drifting through the
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Protests Stench
"Appeal to Governor
For River Clean-up By LEON RUSSELL Residents of 11 communities whose air has been befouled by the stench-laden White River laid an appeal for relief before Gov. 8chricker today. Four Waverly women presented the Governor's executive secretary, Arthur Campbell, with petitions signed by approximately 1100 pergons. living between Indianapolis and Spencer. The petitions - asked the Governor “to use the power and influence of his office to alleviate” the “unsanitary and unhealthy condition” on the river. Persons living on the river
tion plant “have for the past month been exposed to unsanitary living conditions due to the pollution of the river, caused by the stoppage of work at the sanitation plant,” the petitions said. The petitions were taken Gov. Schricker's office by Mrs, Harold Grass, Mrs, Lonnie Saw-
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Four Hoosier Gls Wounded in Korea
The Department of Defense to-|
day announced the following Hoosier casualties in the Korean War: "WOUNDED Pvt. Verlin L. Tepe, husband
of Mrs. Helen Tepe, R. R. 3, Oak- to the prosecutor about it tomor-|
land City.
Pfc. James R. Thacker, son of!
Calvin L. Thacker, Bloomington.
Wilferd E. Lakeville. Pfc, Frederick Walton, son of Wilber H. Walton, R. R. 5, Box 383, South Bend.
Zimmerle, R. R. 1,
Continued Warm, Humid Forecast
It's going to Be warm and! “sticky” today. AR
|Inow Secretary of State.
{ing document is still t south of the Indianapolis Sanita-| E socument 15 stil 4. mystery.
to;
. (telephone at Columbia City, ‘the document
‘file slander suits against Sens. Pvt, Eldon R. Zimmerle, son of
Hints Guests Flee
Row
1946 Document
Coffee Shop ’ Blaze - Damage Heavy; Treffc Snarled
LEIBOWITZ in the Claypool Hotel Coffee.
smoke anal] out four fire o alarms shortly before noon today. Thick black smoke filled the
building into guest rooms, was that of Charles F. Flem- Guests were notified by switch-|
ing, then a State Senator’board operators when the fire be-
Traffic Snarled Chief Roscoe McKinney
‘It's a Forgery’ “It's a forgery. I never signed, Fire
lit, ” Mr. Fleming charged yester- said the fire was under control day. He produced statements of within a half-hour after it began. two 1
handwriting experts who But firemen still were having agreed that it is a forgery. ‘difficulty entering the basement | “If it was a forgery why didn’t/to check on a ventilator to which | he say so back in 1946”? coun- the fire had spread. tered several top Republicans he Pedestrian and vehicular trafcharged with mis-using the “sig- fic in the area was snarled as poBayre” in the politien] campaign. lice blocked off the streets. e document is now missing Ww, Bryan Karr, manager of the from the files of the Governor. Claypool Hotel, said Jag fire bePhotographic reproductions were gan just as he was discussing used by Republican Senators jngtajlation of new-type kitchen
E. Jenner in campaign speeches hazard of grease fires.
criticizing Mr. Fleming for sign-! Ha said he and E. J. Bieger.
ing the document. Fourteen other general ‘manager of the National
top Republicans gave the same pqte]
Co., were talkin about speech. £ ou
. } contracts for the new equipment New Developments when the alarm was sounded. Latest developments today! Damage to the coffee shop was ONE: The location of the miss- (considerable. Firemen smashed the door and several windows on
TWO: Republicans said the the Washington St. front of the document was in the files of the restaurant to let the smoke
Governor's office all during Re- escape. publican Gov. Gates' administra- Charles Ellis, catering manager, tion. suffered a minor injury when he THREE: Democrats’ hinted at gtruck his head against a ventipossible Grand Jury action, 10 jator chute while running through. locate the document. {a tunnel in the basement. He was Arthur Campbell, executive sec- given first aid and remained at retary to Gov. Schricker, said the the hotel. document “was not in the office, Mr. Ellis- was rushing to aid when we came in.’ Walter Dean, 3911 English Ave, Former Gov. Gates, reached by another hotel employee, who was said fighting the fire. Mr. Dean saw “was in the office the fire break out in the basement all the time I was there. I don’t ventilator chute and poured the
we left.” 2 Mr. Fleming said this morning he wanted the Marion County’ Grand Jury to look into the miss- | {ing document incident. “I'll talk
.'on the blaze, but without success,
French in Capita
|row,” he said. Mr. Fleming also said he would
Capehdrt and Jenner and 14 other” Republicans who made the same speech. He added that he would file libel suits against 13 Indiana newspapers who used the, document, The Secretary of State said th ‘Republican Party
Occupy Key Base
SAIGON, Indo-China.” el (UP -— French troops,
Oct. 2 driving
swamps in a 36-hour amphibious
(Continued on “Page . 2—Col. 1) offensive, have occupied Thain-|
Clayp ool Hotel
2-Klarm Fire
A grease fire which started|
‘Shop filled the building with |
gan, and many, left the building. |
ia large rock
Of Red Indo-China
Bodies of more than 300 civilians lie beside a shallow grave in Taejon, Korea. They were exHomer E. Capehart and William equipment which would reduce the ecufed by North Korean troops at a prison just before the town was retaken by United Nations == troops. Liberating forces prevented filling the "graves.
West Side Man Admits 2d Ship Strikes Slaying of Woman, 60 Russ: ‘Made Mine
Charged With Murder In Bludgeon Death
A 21-year-old unemployed man
today admitted the brutal slaying
‘Saturday night of a 60-year-old woman,
Thomas— Wallace May, Beauty Ave. ‘was charged with
murder after he was implicated
by persons who said they saw him with the prior to her death.
The
iton St.
He said he slapped her. hit her with his fist, and then picked up “and dropped it on
her” because he was mad at her attentions. ' 3 Found by Boy, 11 Mrs. Bovd was found Sunday
in Amphibious Drive afternoon by an 11-year-old boy
playing cowboy.
She was naked from the chest a should i, Ly through torrential rains and deep wrecked car in the rear of a ges T0I, IL IN MARINES
down, lying partly under
tavern,
May was charged with murder ja... Forrest P. Sherman,
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murdered woman just
blood-spattered body of know what happened to it after contents of four fire extinguishers Mrs. Pearl LaVon Boyd Batchelor {Boyd was found Sunday {noon- at the rear of the Five Tavern, 1005 W. Washing-
after Ten-0-
lies Dash Over Border On
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffics
FNAL HOME
ee i ~ |" PRICE FIVE CENTS
Indianapolis, Indians. Issued Dally. . " ~ cs
wr
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rders ‘To Step On It’
Thomas Wallace May
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Simp- P
kins, 973 W. Washington St. “Mrs. Boyd is survived by..a
brother, Elmer Pierson, 3030 6th Sherman pointed out that Russia
Ave., Mars Hill, and a son, Frank Howard Batchelor.
WASHINGTON, Oct, 2 (UP) chief
guyen, capital of Ho Chi-Minh's%early today after police discovered op Naval Operations, said today
Hurricane Spotted | ‘Whirling Out of Gulf
AME Fla;
spokesman said today. The spokesman said paratroop-|
of blue jeans at his address. Detective Sgis.
humidity 98 backed up the weatherman’s aijantic hurricane with winds of north of Hanoi late yesterday as received a terrific bea ing.
prediction of continued warm and humid weather for today and tomorrow, High today will be a warm R82 with a low tonight of 60,
LOCAL: TEMPERATURES
6 a m.. 61 a m.. 72 Tam... 683 11 a m.. 75 8a m.. 684 12 (Noon) 78 _» A. m... 68 1 p.m... mm
‘winds.
95 miles an hour headed slowly the first of three infantry coltoward Bermuda today as # Umns cloged in on the town from tropical storm 250 miles south of “the south. New Orleans was reported gain- = He said mopping up inside the
ing in intensity. town and in the The Miami weathér bureau areas continted. warned that the honeymoon re-| The French attack
prepare for hurricane force landing - craft In the inland
\swamps.
Lotherams Plan to Open Drive-In Church Here
First Service To Be Easter
‘By. EMMA RIVERS MILNER Times Church Editor Lutherans will bring Indianapolis abreast the times by opening the first drive-in church here. Restaurants, a bank, zmusements and other secular projects operating in the open spaces then will not outdo the denomination in up-to-the-minute equipment. The Federation. of Lutheran Churches, Missouri Synod, has voted to conduct regular Sunday morning worship in the -Shadeland Outdoor Theater, 2500 Shadeland Ave. The first service is scheduled for Easter, Mar. 25. Joseph Cantor, the. owner, will give the federation: use of theater facilities without charge, First Regular Service
While many congregations have
held special services and programs in drive-in theaters, the Lutheran-sponsored worship will be the first held every Sunday in this community. It will have the distinction of being among just, two or three drive-in
churches In the whole United
States.
The federation and its chair-
man, Chris C. Weiss, will arrange the Faster service for suntise.
But Sunday morning worship will
tully explained that the new children also may find such an; arrangement convenient. Tourists on their way to théir outings. If Ito draw from or interfere with may pause for worship en route/the small fry get restless or the! . baby cries, no oné will be dis- * |turbed in a church with the sky
take place at a later hour each | week thereafter. The drive-in _-chureh will close in October.
‘ Cites Advantages - The churches will erect a porte able platform and altar
theater
Arthur F. Eickhoff fle) wd the Rev. Walter C. Maas tale 3 ‘door Theater in preparation for Lutheran church services.
drive-in church is not intended
{attendance at worship in the to another point. churches. Pastor Maas ‘handles | be public relations for the federa- |
Will Advertise Service “The Shadeland Theater will
..crushed- by powerful ae. Blood was spattered over a 20surrounding foot area, and the earth had been Homes ‘Bring Mrs. was Boyd was found within a few feet sort island of Bermuda should launched at dawn Saturday from:
Police said the rigit Mrs. Boyd's head
kicked up near the body.
of her home at 989 W, Pearl St.
Bobby Couch, who discovered ran to his aunt “and
the body,
look about the Shadeland Out:
After worship. they will continue
for its roof.
rolled in and out, of the ay tion. Arthur F. Ejckhoff is federa-| flash announcements of services| Lutheran ministers will take
. area as needed. A Blass booth [tion vice president,
for’ choir and speakers is envisioned. This will preachers and singers from the weather and yet permit them to be seen by the congregation.
Pastor Walter C. Maas of the of service without - Trinity Luthéran Church care- the car. Hamlin with
“We ‘hope to influence - nofic will place 4 a sis ‘protect the church goers and mon-chureh inform members oy dr 2 the Boura
{Pastor-Maas said, and ill persons may take part nt this kind expected that some families may g out. of come to the drive¥in church ry small dressed for - lating or egies:
‘lon its screen. And the federation turns preaching. The churches near the road to will supply the singers. Approxi- ‘other | ng motorists of ‘mately 25 ushers will be recruited flower. © |from the federations 12 parishes. called him ‘names. It hurt. On beautiful summer days, it is All expense, such as the printing As’ Bobby told his story, he he one of the leaders in his will broke down and cried. Juvenile school.
‘of leaflets and hymn bok, be met. it is planne Hotkly © offerin 8
Carl Michaelis the Korean War.
Se of -
been Good Demand for
by the authorities ichiatric treatment. But the doctor Jor For Shenks Sanen,
Communist rebels, a French army bloody boots and a spattered pair ihe ‘Marines have suffered 1875
Navy 95 in It said the
casualties and the
Oet—2 (UP) Ap ers entered the town 55 miles and Forrest Eutiz'said Mrs. Boyd
morning.”
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"ment,
‘Biggest Ears | Ever Sow rn
Operation Puts Wayward Boy Back on Right Track
Taunts by Neighborhood - Youths
Center because “then folks won't have to look at my ears.
_ The 12-year-old boy.
they're the: biggest ears 1 ever saw.”
cussedness,” He would run away from school, his parents, and anyone who made fun of him, Bobby's ears ' wére odd. Orie | wag large: and flappy, and the! but more like a cauliThe neighborhood. boys
~Assembly’s Political Committee
9 Red Stand Expected’ fl 100 Miles From 38th
Marines Meet Resistance Near Seoul; B-29s Told to Avoid Manchuria , By FARNEST HOBEREC HE, TOKYO, Oct The 1) -e-wheeling South Korean 3d Division rolled on in North Korea today, under orders to get= as far as fast as it can.
3 nited Press Staff Correspondent
2
Opposition, when there w light. Advanced elements of the division were reported within 70 miles of Wongan, where the fleeing Red army was ex-
‘as any, was
pected to make its first stubborn stand on its own home grounds. 4 Wonsan, 0 miles north of the 38th Parallel, is regard-
ed as the Red hub on the east coast. Red POWs, captured by the Allies, have reported that Wonsan is where the Reds “hope to bring their flight to a halt Civilians along the line of flight estimated there were 25,000 Reds fleeing to Wonsan., But American military advisers to the South Koreans expected the num-
Times-Acme Feiephoto
ber to be nearer 5000. All of the South Korean 3d Division was already across the 38th Parallel, as was a regiment of the Capital Division. Find Light Resistance | Capitol Division units entered Yangyang, eight miles north of the line, only 15 minutes behind the 3d. Division. While the 3d rolled on north, the Capitol forces struck out northwest. They were reported to have advanced several miles against light opposition. At the opposite end of the front, U. S. Marines still were running into stout Communist resistance below vealed today that a second Ameri- Uljongbu, 18 miles south of the 38th Parallel. can naval vessel has been struck At 4 p. m. the Marines had only about a 300-yard adby a Rusisan-made floating mine vanee to show for the day. However, they were playing it
set adrift in Korean waters, ap- gafs depending on artillery and planes to break up the Com-
parently by the North Koreans. / He did not say who had sowed munist rear guard stand.
Missile Flogiting
In Korean Waters WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UP) Adm. Forrest P, Sherman- re-
the mines. The United States A small band of Reds attacked on the eastern outskirts a was Sumaged of Seoul at 10 p. m. Sunday, but South Koreans killed two
floating mine off the North Ko- and took 57 prisoners,
A Tth U. 8. Division patrol engaged a small group of Reds attempting to cross.the Han River this morning.
Ignore MacArthur's Demand {Communists may have sawn the Thirteen miles to the west, the 5th Marine régiment ine ERFVgre and =iet Tn advancing up the main Seoul-Pyongyvang highway sent ‘United Nations naval forces are patrols into Munsan, 10 miles south of the 28th Parallel. Patroling. The Communists still had not replied to Gen. Douglas Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee. Adm. MacArthur's broadcast surrender demands. Meanwhile, American commanders were taking care Had mgned the Hague Convention that the northward advance gave no opportunity for inci
[floating mines on the high seas. dents involving Communist China, Adm. Sherman said the Navy Chinese Communist Premier Chou En-lai warned yes«
‘has. recovered numerous floatin v mines in the Korean waters. 2 terday that his country would not stand by if North Korea a were invaded.
he was bluffi But *% Vishinsky Raps .., sired RSet Bibi 1. S. on Korea
able distance: —generally 20 to 30 miles” —from the Manchurian border. : > Opposes Plan For Unification
{rean coast, Nine crewmen were | killed, 10 were injured and five {are missing. Navy spokesmen speculated at {the time that the North Korean
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Both B-29's and American carrier planes were attacking the Korean Communist capital of Pyongyang and its environs. Carrier pilots destroyed the city’s main power station, ~ (Farlier “Story, Page 11) knocked out 12 anti-aireraft positions, destroyed two planes LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y.. Oct. 2 on the ground and set a government building afire. The
(UP)-—Russian Foreign Yer 2 B- 29’ s hit railway lines leading out of Pyongyang. Andrei Y. Vishinsky launched a South of Seoul, Allied forces were tightening their lengthy attack against United:
noose around the remnants of 30,000 Reds trapped by the junction of the Pusan and Seoul beachheads a
States policy in Korea before the United Nations today. ’ Meticulously correct from a
parliamentary standpoint, he con- week ago. ~ . fined ;himself to discussing the re- The ‘Allies rounded up 6765 prisoners yesterday alone,
port y: the United Nations Ko- most of them in the southwest trap. rean ‘omm S8sion the agenda : : : tern actually before the Zenda Eighth Army headquarters continued its silence on - ‘the crossing “of the 38th Parallel. ‘Correspondents even after briefly noting Russia's oppo- , e ho gav e South Korean sition to an eight-nation blueprint have been unable to learn w gave th t 3 orders to cross the Parallel.
Says Price Hikes May Force
wpe
ness firms are making plenty large margins, “Some business firms are taking what they can out of the Korean War boom. regardless of what it may do to the national economy, They are moving us
Russia, he sara; objets io the establishment of a commission for the unification and rehabilitation! of Korea because the resolution ' tes ereate it rovides that the ; n Li d group” should dc with Gen. Unjustified' Economy i S MacArthur's supreme command: Fe : . ae TIL will be the rommand that High Government Economist Warns Ee a ad. Continuous Increases Pose Threat ‘ise tevisions and: of Coarse. the WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, (UP) A high government econorfiist big stick is in the hands of the Warned today that the nation faces “unjustified” price and wage unified command, This-is no more controls because of continuous price boosts. and no less than taking orders Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin supported the statement. from the unified military “com- Mr. Tobin said in a news service interview that controls may be mand.” needed “for our own good to avoid the vicious spiral of an inflated ecenomy.’ Lo The economist, who refused to be identified, did not refer to any specific price nikes. But he said every boost produces a “more serious” danger of inflation. Orders Expected -: He said several “basic”
anti-
inflationary measures are urgent- to controls that may not have % “ix needed, including higher taxes, heen required.” : On Disfiguration Started Criminal Record stricter credit controls and allnca- = Bs me By BOB BOURNE hig Bid i Production, Ti es Index 2 Thiz is the story of & boy who wanted to stay at the Juvenile Authority may issue orders today Arousemens reeesae ILLS : 1s { it d 1 - Tees AEASA IE 2A YY y i who had just run away from his second I br OE 3 Dea Comics... oar@veeeenis 21: foster home, told juvenile authorities “my ears ain't mates, and Crossword «.seesssssssse 10. delivery of supplies in essential Editoriats TT defense industries, The NPA Te- *aA FOIA INN 2 Bobby had been charged with burglaries, thefts and “gust Plait fused fo “reveal details -of nthe Erskine Johnson ..svsses 43 {suggested an .operaton on the pending order. pas BUN + feisessrentiiy ears. i The government economist told ~ rs. ' an ie 8 = shes nns : That was two months ago, The the United Press that recent price Ireet eWOrk vseaftevnvanrse 1 (operation. was a big success. To-|increases in steel. aluminum, oe TRAN “asso ranes sasanns 7 day h#'s living in a new neigh-'home appliances and other com- AtIerD. Vesuesursnnennas ; \borhodd with a foster family that! modities: were unnecessary. Radio .iveevisnansians ? i= interested in him. He hasn't] “We don't see any justification Ruane seisassvegeasaas . 1
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