Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1950 — Page 1
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FORECAST: Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, warmer tomorrow. Low tonight 25, high tomorrow 41,
Times
Jury Scores
For Children
Report Criticizes Poor Discipline; Living Conditions By BOB BOURNE The Marion County Grand Jury, in its final report today, lashed out at operation of the Children’s Guardian Home.
Jurors charged children were poorly supervised, housekeeping was sloppy and the
institution was in a rundown condition. ; :
The report said “supervision of the children was apparently very lax, probably due to the fact that
vision of an acting superintendent for some time prior to Dec. 1.” Dailey E. McCoy, former superintendent of Julietta, Marion County Home, took charge Dec. 1. Miss Agnes Perkins was acting superintendent from Aug. 20 to Dec. 1. Prior to that, William Hennessey was superintendent for four years. Miss Perkins is now acting assistant superintendent.
“It is hoped that he will be able to correct the situation,” the report stated “We would recommend a closer supervision of the children, both within and without the Home. “In all: the dormitories . . . floors were dirty, beds unkept and clothing and other accessories in a jumble.”
Specific Charges Cited
Specific charges included: ONE: Lax supervision of children. TWO: Dirty floors and dormitories. THREE: Dirt and filth allowed to accumulate on the stairs. FOUR: Burned paper found on basement floors. FIVE: Plaster walls broken in food storage room and -throughout the building. SIX: A lack of recreational facilities. SEVEN: Plumbing in poor condition, ; “We would recommend close supervision be placed over the children at night to prevent abgsences by children without the knowledge of the house mother or supervisor,” the Jury declared. Two weeks ago, many Irvington residents made charges of vandalism and school absentee{sm against children from the Home. Their complaints were published in The Times. The panel also “urged a system of home entertainment to facilitate the moral uplift of the children and to occupy their idle hours.”
For Christmas
Jerry Dunaway received his biggest Christmas present today. The 8-year-old leukemia victim “complete| comeback,” his doctor announced. Jerry will be home for Christmas.
Although the spread of leukemias
has been temporarily ohecked, Jerry is “very weak.” His grandmother, Mrs. W. H. Williams, was at his bedside today and said Jerry “just les there sleeping.” He has taken little nourishment and has not been restored to the “peppy” state that has characterized his previous “reprieves from death.” Jerry is scheduled to be released from St. Vincent's Hospital tomorrow. Only a few days ago, his condition was critical. It was on Christmas Day last year that Jerry was found to be a victim of the incurable disease.
GETS ARMY TANK CONTRACT DETROIT, Dec. 22 (UP)— Chrysler Corp. has been awarded a contract to build $150 million worth of medium tanks at a new arsenal to be constructed in New-
‘|answer, his La Porte mail, got in
{he’s been working, got him to
61st YEAR—NUMBER 285
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A Little
Stiner’s love of guns cost
Stiner saw to it he never
. State Police Post. ‘Mr. Stiner went into t
ing toward his chest. hammer. It slipped and a into his chest. Trooper Delon drove
in his arms.
The tragedy crushed
family Christmas tree.
to put a special gift under It was to be a gun * wouldn't hurt anybody.
| Stiner,, who had been on Sheriff Cherry's staff only six onths. The boy fired the fatal shot i
Under the Christmas Tree—
Boy's
Gun Unfired
Child Kills Self With Dad's Pistol While Waiting on Santa’s
By GEORGE WELDEN, Times State Correspondent KOKOMO, Dec. 22—Two-year-old Garry Lee
him his life last night.
His father, Deputy Sheriff E. A. Stiner, has been especially alert about guns for Garry Lee always wanted to play with his father's pistol. Mr.
got the chance.
Last night the child was too quick for his father. Mr. Stiner was at home with his husky, darkhaired son, his wife, and his wife's daughter, Judy, 10. Then orders came to accompany State Trooper Gale Delon to arrest a man wanted by the Pendleton
he bedroom to put on his
coat. He dropped the gun and holster on the bed. Garry Lee followed him. Before Mr. Stiner could act, Garry Lee slipped the gun from its holster, ran into the living room. He held the gun by the barrel, its muzzle point-
With one hand he tried to push back the
.32-caliber bullet crashed
up to the house as the
frantic father dashed outdoors, his bleed” ng son
Sped to Hospital In the trooper’s car they sped to St. Joseph s Hospital, eight blocks away. Six doctors marshaled their skill to save the boy. But he died half an hour after he was admitted.
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ront of the
Deputy Stiner had arranged with Santa Claus |
the tree tomorrow night. and holster—a toy that
* |manding general of the Army Fi-
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1950
U. S. Evicts State Agencies At Ft. Harrison
Two Army Schools To Take Over Buildings Mar. 1
By IRVING LEIBOWITZ Uncle Sam today served a
formal eviction notice on Indiana agencies now housed at Ft. Harrison. The U. S. Army Adjutant
Generals School will be
moved there from Camp Lee, Va,, and "the U. 8. Army Finance School from St. Louis. Both will arrive Mar. 1. At a later date, the Army's entire finance department will be, moved to Ft. Harrison from St. Louis. The plans call for 5700 men on Mar. 1 and an additional 5000 men when the finance center is transferred there. Gov. Schricker was advised this morning that the Army wanted immediate possession of the building now occupied by the military properties office. This building has floor space of approximately 20,000 square feet. Other buildings now occupied by state personnel will be needed later, the Governor was informed. Gov. Schricker, in anticipating the Army’s plans, already had announced that 280 mental patients now quartered in a brick building at Ft. Harrison would be moved. They Would be transferred to a building at the State Fairgrounds if the Army needed their present quarters before the new Westville Mental Hospital is completed. . ““Brig. Gen. E. J. Bean, comnance Center and commandant of the Army Finance School, discussed the housing changes with the Governor this morning. Col. F. W. Crary, supply officer of the Fifth Army, said the two schools would be moved: here on Mar, 1.
Christmas on the Wing—
not for toys, but for his father’s return. The La Porte Retail Merchants’ Association, which helps Santa
touch with Northwest Airlines. It reached Mr. Hiner at the mine 75 miles south of Anchorage where
an airport and flew him here in less than 24 hours. Robert’s mother, who has" eon ill from overwork in caring for her family, was at the airport, shivering in a brown cloth coat. Robert's brothers, Theodore, 8, and Andrew Jr, 6, were there
So were La Porte Mayor Taylor Ray, Chamber of Commerce Secretary Leonard Kolb and Eldon Soetje. and Richard ‘Murphy of the merchants’ association. Arms About Boy The elder Hiner, hatless and wearing a jacket that didn’t offer much protection against the biting cold, rushed to Robert and threw his arms about the boy. Neither said a word. Then the boy started crying. The father began crying too. Mrs. Hiner touched a handkerchief to her eyes, Most everyone's eyes were a little moist. i “This is going to be the best Christmas I ever had,” Mr. Hiner said. “He's here! He's here! shouted Robert The Hiners and their La Porte friends left immediately for home.
ark, Del, it was announced today.
‘Santa’ Ends | Loneliness
For Hoosier Boy, Father
Nine-Year-Old Who Missed Father Who Works in Alaska Gels Surprise in Chicago
CHICAGO, Dec. 22 (UP)~—Little Robert Hiner stood on a windswept runway today and found out there really is a Santa Claus. A Northwest airliner landed and out stepped the 9-year-old boy's father, Andrew Hiner, who was rushed from Alaska for Christmas at home in La Porte, Ind, after a year and a half away. Santa Claus did the trick. Robert wrote him a letter asking!
cluding Mr. Hiner’'s flight home, was paid by the La Porte businessmen. Robert probably never will
Santa that did the trick.
Another Officer Shows His Driver's License
Another police officer today showed his driver's license to a! Times reporter. He is Sgt. Edward L. Clark. Fourteen other policemen and firemen showed licenses to Times reporters earlier this week. They were among 156 listed in a Times story as having no driver's licenses, to Indiana Motor Vehicle Department records.
Keep Your Eyes Peeled, Buddy
School is out for the holidays for 55,000 school chil--dren in Marion County. They will be darting across streets, sometimes not too carefully. Drivers were urged to be extra i careful. Parents should - instruct their children to look before they cross. Precaution will prevent a Christ. mas tragedy for some
All expenses of the reunion, in-
family. :
With This Foundation, Do You Get Picture?
know that little detail. Until he grows older, it'll be his letter to
Tentative plans previously announced call for the construction of ‘a permanent, bomb-proof building to house the Army's finance depa It is expected to cost $23 million. Whether state headquarters of Selective Service would be affected by the new plans was not determined.
Truman Hops Off In Snowstorm
Heads for Missouri To Spend Christmas
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UP) —Despite a heavy snowstorm, President Truman took off today at 12:08 p. m. (Indianapolis
Time) on a Christmas airplane trip to his home in Independence,
Mo. | The Air Force took unusual [precautions preceding the President’s take-off because of the bad |weather in the Washington area. A heavy snow was falling at National Airport and the big “flying White *Hotife,” the DC-6 Independence, was kept in a heated hangar unt until a few mo-
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The babies, alli healthy, are Craig Allen and Brian Donald, both three pounds one ounce, and Susan Kay, three pounds nine ounces. The mother, Donace Vantreese, also is doing well. The delivery, performed by Dr. Gerald Gustafson, was normal. Have Total of § The three new children make a total of five for the VanTreese family. There are two other boys, David, 4, and Michael, 17 months. Mr. VanTreese took a day off today from his job as a platform clerk in the shipping department]. of Eli Lilly & Co. He said he’d have to begin shopping for a super baby buggy to accommodate the three ar‘rivals. Mr. VanTreese wasn't too concerned about the expense tobe involved in buying three of every-
thing. Reasoned he: “Where there's a will, there's a way. We'll getj———— along.”
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The babies were born within a ‘period of 15 minutes. Wasn't Big Surprise Actually, the multiple birth was no big surprise to Mr. and Mrs. VanTreese. . They were conditioned to expect the big event several weeks ago. But asked if he was s
VanTreese exclaimed, “You know
it”
"Methodist really had a big day today. In addition to the triplets, two sets of twins checked in. They were born to Mr. and Mrs. George Gladden, Bridgeport, both boys, and to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rowlett, 1336 N. Park Ave., a boy and a girl.
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when informed by the doctor, Mr. :
Two Plus Three Equals Five—
Russell VanTiooss, 1627 Spann Ave., gets his first glimpse at this morning at Methodist Hospital. The infants, left to right, are
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‘Packages’
Arrive Early to Parents
Mr. and Mrs. Russell VanTreese Have First Triplets on Record at Methodist Hospital
By FRANK BARRY Three tiny Christmas presents packed in diapers arrived a little! early today for Mr. and Mrs. Russell H. VanTreese, 1627 Spann Ave. Mrs. VanTreese at 7:45 a. m. gave birth to triplets—two boys and a girl. They were the first triplets born at Methodist Hospital, according to records filed in the office of the adm administrator.
White Christmas Doubtful Here
New sleds and skates probably won't get a workout on Christ. mas day. Weather Bureau officials said Central Indiana is not .due for a white Christmas. Mild weather is in prospect tomorrow, and by Monday the area's blanket of snow probably will have melted away.
doubtful, however. Conditions are such that the) outlook could change, and the state could get real winter before the week-end is over, they said. A mild cold front from Canada moved into Indiana today, and temperatures began a gentle downward glide. But the weather-
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Appeals to Aid Their
By ART
Times Clothe-A-Child.
There still is time . . . because misery knows no deadline and the shivering, ragged children of Indianapolis are pleading for help. The telephones at Clothe-A-Child headquarters, 206 W. Marys land St. broke loose with a bed-
Biogest Saving Is for Home Consumers
Slash Coming Feb. 1 Is Initial Dividend 1 From Zionsville Link —4
By HAROLD H. HARTLEY Times Business Editor
The gas company cut rates today, saving consumers $675,000 a year. The new lower rates, effective Feb. 1, is the first dividend to be paid by the new natural gas connection to Zionsville, now being . installed. About 110,000 gas users will benefit on the average for domestic users to the extent of 25 |cents a month. Big Benefit to Homes Thomas L. Kemp, manager of the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility,
sald the greatest saving ($467,000, or 69 per cent) will go ‘to the
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Reds Hammer 2 UN Fronts
_Hint Big Push, Ban Cease-Fire Plea
4: Bidding for More
But the gas company has a bid By EARNEST HOBERECHT Dnited Press Salt = in for 15 million next year, 20
TOKYO, Saturday, Dec. 23— million in 1952, and 25 million in
1953. Communist forces hit both United Nations fronts in Korea with The company liming the Yate fresh attacks Friday and Geb.iene» to its consumers said the Douglas MacArthur warned they|ove ace saving. to Oe were preparing to launch a mas- would be 11.8 hs or and to insive offensive into South Korea. dustry 8.7 Jer <8 At the same time the Chinese The com pe will dilute the Communist government formally to the A of the pom rejected the United Nations cease- gas now in the mains at a temfire appeal and declared Gen. Mac- por mixi station. Late in Arthur had “destroyed” the 38th DO =» rmanent station Parallel as a “political and geo-| ih PP he o Define at the Prosgraphical boundary” with his pera
October offensive. jpect St. plant. Foreign Minister Chou En-lai Markets to Close
Forecasters were still a little: Communist China was not a mem-|
It Is Later Than You Think, But There's Still Time to Help Clothe Needy Children
Many Families Are Making Last Minute
There still is time to get those contributions to The
There still is time for individuals and organizations to make an appointment to take one or more children from Clothe-A-Child headquarters and shop for them. There still is time to put every spare dime on The
said in a proadcast that the vocnuse For Yule Holidays
United Nations request for a cease-fire was {illegal : The nation’s security and comber of the United Nations and modity markets will all be closed therefore could not be bound by tomorrow and Monday in observlance of Christmas. Some of the (Continued on n Page 8—Col. 8) commodity exchanges in New York ‘closed at noon today. HOURLY TEMPERATURES Most British and Canadian ex6a.m...36 10a m.. |changes will be closed tomorrow ~qa.m..36 11a m... 34 through Tuesday. Exceptions will 3am. oe » 12 (Noon) 35 'be the Montreal and Toronto
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Younagster automobile dealer, will oath oungs $ another boost to The Times Clothe-A-Child at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow when he devotes his
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