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62d YEAR—NUMBER 10
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1951
$50 Million
Airport “Expansion, ] Hospital Wing OK'd | A far-reaching ruling by
the Indiana Supreme Court|, today paved the way for In-|
dianapolis to “go full steam! ahead” with a $50 million! sewage program, airport ex-| pansion and construction of a
The Hoosier high court ruled|
this morning that a $300,000 bond | ]
Court Clears Improvements
Rouls Ouster Talk Tied to
Even War Surplus - Sewage Plan Officials Are Snzed
Bias all
gale to extend Hammond's sani-
tary system facilities was con-
stitutionagl, contrary to a Lake County Suberior Court ruling. The multi - million-dollar im-'
provement program in Indianap- . oli was snarled until’ the Su: .: ‘preme Court ruling. : Ar ume, the bieh crys deci sion allows municipalities ‘to es-
tablish separate taxing districts. « ‘Wonderful News'—Bayt Mayor Bayt. reached while he!
was in conference: with Police! Chief Rouls, said “this is wonder- | ful news.’
“This means full steam ahead) on all our improvement Projects: the mayor said. He listed as first on the Tist of | fmprovements the city’s long-nag-| lected sewage system, then $1.5
municipal airport and construc- | tion of a wing on General Hos pital.
ton" said the city’s sanitation department could float a $25 million’ loan under the Supreme Court's ruling. City have estimated the city should spend $50 million for a long-range; sewage improvement program. Another $25 million could be! raised in later years. City’s Share $2 Million
The city has been asked to contribute nearly $2 million fo expand the facilities of the Muniei- | pal Airport. The federal govern-! ment’s contribution wold be $1. 6 million. Mayor Bayt said because of the' high court's ruling, the city would | now be able to participate in the airport expansion program, “but only for $1.5 million and not the | full amount requested.” A proposal to expand the city’ s General Hospital has been a chief topic of conversation among city officials for years. They were not ablé to float hospital bonds until it became known that a separate taxing district was legal. The Supreme Court's decision, said Mayor Bayt, “will give us a real opportunity to build a wing on General Hospital.” The Mayor, explained that the city probably would float bonds on a new hos-, pital taxing district to finance the wing. Start ‘Right Now’ Asked when the city to start making the improvements, the Mayor answered: “Right now. As soon as we can, get organized.”
City Attorney Michael Redding: |
x sanitation officials
SIGNAL CORPS WIRE—New
COTS GALORE—A pile of cofs-and an airplane engine.
Mayor Race
Feud Over GOP Hold |
On Jobs Stirs Demos By NOBLE REED The threat to fire Police!
for Mayor Bayt's expected i (drive- for the Democratid: Imayoralty nomination i in the
-| May 8 pr imary. + The Mayor's ouster (against the “hief - re {years of smoldering feuds in the {Democratic Party and within the [City Hall's official family itself {over the hiring of Republicans in (key jobs. In the last three weeks several party leaders, including tdp Dem-| |ocratic candidates for City Coun-
[Ture ultimatums via the back door: “If Mayor Bayt expects support ' /from Democrats in his campaign for the mayoralty nomination he ‘had better act like a Democrat . and get rid of Republicans in his official family.” | Bitter Criticism Mayor Bayt took up the cause of party harmony seriously yes- | terday with some bitter criticism! ‘of Chief Roul$’ fdilure to enforce speed limit laws. against railroads Agllowiy or 5 crossing crash jn ‘which five tesri-agers “were Kiffed, “I have. not: &satv- satisfied with ithe way things are going at thé [police station, And if the train speeding laws are not enforced. [Tl get a chief who will,” cracked I" Mayor.
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It was an opening Mayor Bayt |apparently had been looking for jas a. wedge to force the Chief to ‘resign. | It has been known for several weeks that the Mayor has been A jwanting some “‘nonpolitical” way ito replace the Chief and the crossling accident gave him the openling. Feud With Saftey Board The feud inside the City Hall family has been simmering for
office and the Safety Board. | Safety Board President LeRoy Keach has been a stanch support‘er of Chief Rouls and has been ‘the key man preventing the Mayor from making changes in the Police Department. In addition to party pressure to fire Republicans, Mayor Bayt ‘has been irked by persistent rumore that Chief Rouls would resign soon-—right after his return
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Signal Corps Wire lies in.open.
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Optimism Buds. On Pessimist Spring
| Spring fever weather may be (just around the corner. | At least the weatherman today did not issue his usual pessimis-
|Chief Rouls, a Republican, be-| came the rallying point today!
{cil seats, have been issuing pres-|
{some time between the Mayor's.
INVENTORY FILE—Dongld Long checks new inventory file.
Goods Worth
$139,000
wea [Pendleton Warehouse
Director Says, ‘If Indiana Doesn't Take It, Some Other State Will’
‘tic prediction.
It was still cold for the second
day of spring, but
man said it
{46 tomorrow.
Meanwhile,
{flashed throughout
would be cloudy today and tomorrow with a high of 38 Jdagrees oday, of 26 tonight and a maximum of
the weatherpartly
a low
flood warnings
the
Midwest
{a8 an expected three-day thaw {may cause trouble in the snowMinnesota and
clad | Wisconsin.
states of
The low last night was 12 de-
grees Mich.
below zero at
Pollston,
In..the Hammo se, { - Sa state's highest i gn] By IRVING LEIBOWITZ FS ocAL TENPERAT! RE Judge Joseph Stodola’s judgment The federal government’ s free disposal of critically-needed equip- 7 > Pane ow I a. m... 3 and ordered a new trial. Ham- ment and materials to Indiana and other states as war surplus even 3 He a i Bs = mond sanitation officials decideq amazes the state’s war surplus officials. o 3 m.,. 3 h Son) 33 in February, 1949, to issue bonds Donald Long, director of the state's surplus warehouse at Pendle- p. m... to finance extension of sanitary ton, said he fuesiioned oe government's motives in putting some Latest humidity revere 517% the surplus lis | i Tactliiles 1d the 10WR of Munster, rene. os Ri offers the we didn't stop to take an inven- Ki I od b T 3 Joseph E. Solan objected to the/ stuff,” Mr. Long said. “If Indiana tory.” ne y Train Saje of Longs on the grounds that 1 doesn’t take it, some other state! Both Mr. McComb and Mr. rages State Servies nd! Walker said that in many cases, EVANSVILLE, Mar. 22—Wil-
Munster's indebtedness in excess of constitutional limits. The lower court then declared the sale! fllegal. But the Supreme Court today)
said the bond sale would be a of New Castle,
will.
So. I don’t concern myself
too much with how valuable it is
to the government.'l ,
Value Tops $139,000
Long, former police chief estimated that
Mr.
debt of the Hammond Sanitary the entire lot of property now in
District, not of the city,
Gl From Korea Stands At Bed as Son Dies
BALTIMORE. Mar. 22- (UP) Six-year-old Michael Honeycutt, gon of a U, 8. Army sergeant from Kannapolis, N. C., who had been brought to the Marine Hospital here for treatment of leu-! kemia died in his sleep today. He had not been expected to live through April. His parents, Sgt. and Mrs. Roy Honeycutt, were at his bedside | when he died. Sgt. Honeycutt, a veteran of the Korean campaign,! was flown home from the war zone to be with his son after doc-
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a short while to live.
Soviet MIG Damaged By Ft. Wayne Pilot
U. 8. 5th AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, Korea, Mar. 22 (UP)—Lt. Jack A. Robinson, Ft.
with = damaging a Soviet-buiit MIG-15 jet fighter. Lt. Robinson was flying one of
ithe |house has an approximate vale lin excess of $139,000. -
ithe
of Deane E.
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‘inventory and we never did know
Pendleton Surplus Ware-
Mr. Long is able to figure out approximate value of the surplus with ease since he has just completed making a com! plete inventory of the materials on hand. However, for five years—dur{ing the surplus‘ administrations Walker and H. C. McComb—there was no complete list of the property acquired by the state from the government. Dyring this time when no complete inventory was kept, the state was receiving bench lathes, blankets, cots, tools. copper tele-
|phone wire and. other material
(which is now on the tors predicted the boy had only ments critically needed list.
govern-
‘it Was Wrong’ |
Mr. Walker said: “We never made a complete
all we had out at the warehouse. We had such a conglomeration of stuff, we didn't keep a live in-
| ventory.” Wayne, Ind, was credited today,
Mr. Walker said, however, that “it was wrong not to have an in-
| venfbry.”
Mr. McComb aiso said he had’
four F-86 Sabre jets which prob- made no complete inventory of ably destroyed another Soviet the surplus.
fighter. uiju lasted five minutes.
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The air battle over 8in‘|tion,” Mr. McComb said,
“We had all sorts of informa-| “But, " ¢ ¥
e's,
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piles of surplus were
labeled liam Fisher,
29,
of Evansville, “junk” with no attempt made to was killed last night when his
|itemize materials and equipment. car was. struck by a Louisville
The state's first war surplus and Nashville train at the Bayou
was
grounds and now is at Pendleton. ! Through these warehouses passed millions of dollars worth including clothing, airplane engines leather gloves, refrigerators and even an electro
of ..surplus. blankets, cots, and parts, drugs,
therapy unit. All of this was part of
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Spring Time Is
Home Selling Time
Because of the higher de-
mand for homes in the Spring +
you should be able to get a bettér price for your home NOW!
If your present home is un- About People ......... 23 suitable for your family ...or Amusements ......o000 20 if you prefer another loca- Frank Anderson ....... 35 tion, then NOW 1S THE TIME Eddie Ash ....o000000s 34 TO SELL YOUR HOME. Keyes Beech ...covvves 10 List your home with any Bowling ..... tessssnens 36 one of the capable real uvstate Henry Butler ......... 21 brokers who place their ad- | Crossword ............ 36 vertising -in the Classified Editorials ....coivieei i 24 Columns of The Times. He Bill Eggert «..ccee0i0e 34 will advertise it where it FOrum ..cosnosssans seen M4 will be read by the majority Harold H. Hartley...... -30 of interested buyers. Hoosier Heroes ........ 7 Call A Real Estate Rroker Dan Kidney ........ “ie: 24 Now and get a free appraisal Frederick C. Othman .. 24 of your home : .. A CONSUL- Radio and Television .. 15 TATION ENTAILS NO OB- Robert Ruark ......... - 23! LIGATION. Ed Sovola ......oe0000 23
the
warehouse ‘was at Ft. Harrison. It Creek Road erossing four miles later moved to the Fair-| south of here.
On the Insicle Of The Times
Indianapolis major commend-
ed
in Korea . ..
Heroes” Christian and
for meritorious
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service
other “Hoosier
Sess asa sates
Jewish pupils
Cress essen
of School 84 plan inter-faith service tomorrow
lliard String Quartet's performance praised by Henry Butler «ocoovveannes ‘es
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{Otymps drop first game 'of playoffs as Mikan scores 41 33
Other Features:
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FINAL HOME
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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$20 | Million i in Bets
Laid in 1949, Carroll Tells Crime Inquiry
= let Police SR STMer Marine Saves
“For Drive on Train Speeding
Careless Motorists Also Face Crackdown
day were alerted for a night-and-day crackdown on speeding trains and careless motorlists who cross railroad tracks despite warning of flasher lights. 2 i
The orders today went out. by police ‘radiosinpil cars upbn the orders of -.Mayor Bayt. , Police
Chief Fouls. -andglerar, 3, Keac president of the Safety Board. «Police were ordered to make
immedate reports to Capt. Aubry: Jacobs. head of the traffic divi-! ‘sion, of the engine or train number of any speeding train and | ‘the direction in which it is travel-| ing. To Check Crossings They also were instructed to check railroad crossings to make
sure that flasher lights are work- ’
ing and to arrest any motorist ignoring the flasher warning. The radio message also informed state police and sheriffs that Indianapolis police would welcome any information on violation of this law or “any other Jaw.” The radio “alert” was to be rebroadcast every eight hours for the next five days, The universal crackdown order followed an . earlier conference between city officials and rafiroad representatives on the possible relaxation of speed limits on trains in Indianapolis. Jury Move Fails The conference came as Prosecutor Frank Fairchild quashed a demand by Mayor Bayt for grand jury action against the engineer of a Pennsylvania train which
(killed five Indianapolis teen-agers {in a car Tuesday night.
Mr. Fairchild said a grand jury cannot be called because no state istatute was violated. Railroad officials huddled this morning with Police Chief Rouls and Mayor Bayt in the Chief's office. E Complain of 20 MPH Mayor Bayt quoted the roaders as complaining that the city’s present top speed limit of 20 mph was too low for operating reasonable schedules. He added that police and rail officials discussed the possibility of raising the limit to 30 mph. No definite agreement on raising train speed lithits was reached, and there are neo plans to do so now, Chief Rouls declared. He said he will continue to press enforcement of the 20mph limit with a ‘reasonable” allowance. .of.. five or -six--miles over the limit.’ The seszion was attended by representatives of six railroads operating in Indianapolis:. Penn-
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Land That | [ove—
11 Trapped
Fire in Brightwood Business Areq Detected
By Gas-Seared Lungs
For 33 years an Indianapolis
the pangs of a gas wound received at Belleau Wood. Today it saved
his life—and that of 11 others.
Hero of a pre-dawn fire in the heart of the Brightwood Dus} ; All Indianapolis police - to- ness district was 52-year-old Harry Wells.
lungs warned him of smoke long
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HERO—Ex-Marine Harry Wells. |
1st Cavalry Gls Hit Roadblock -
Call for Air, Artillery Fire By FARNEST HOBERECHT
United Press Staff Correspondent TOHYO. Friday, Mar. 23—The U, 8. 1st Cavalry Division drove to a 33% miles of the 38th Parallel in central Korea Thursday before running into major Communist resistance. The Reds blasted a wide hole in the highway north of Chunchon
LONDON, Mar. 2 (uP The United Nations commander in Korea can not be reasonably | bound “in any tactical sense” | to stay below the 38th Parallel, | Minister of State Kenneth | Younger told the House of Commons today.
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and covered the Youdblock with intense machine gun and mortar fire, Tank spearheads that reached the roadblock fell back after a brief battle to let artillery and air strikes pound the Communists. ‘A late report said the advance was resumed but did not specify details. Dispatches said the Chinese rear guard actions were being fought by company-sized units of around 10 men employing small arms; automatic + weapons and mortars. The Reds abandoned one major hill . position bloody “Tombstone
Hill"—on the Hongchon-Pupyong ,uts down the flow of traffic to
road after two days of murderous attacks by American troops who had to crawl a mile forward on their bellies and kill the Communists in their foxholes.
Local Greek Couple Facin Deportation Granted Stay
Brownson Introduces Bill Urging Citizenship For Pair With Three Sons in Service
By DAN
KIDNEY
Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON. Mar. 22—
in the U. 8S. Army
The stay was granted when Rep. Charles B. Brownson
apolis Rep.
Ash, “Anderson Eggert Triple Play
What's going on in sports? The Indians are in. Kissimee, Fla., tuning up for the American Association campaign. Eddie Ash, Times Sports Editor, is there to give you first-hand reports.
" ” ” THE OLYMPIANS are playing Minneapolis in the pro-baskethall playoffs. Frank Anderson is on the | scene.
» . . THE CAPS are playing in Heépshey, Pa., in the Calder { Cup playoffs. Bill Eggert's been with the hockey team all year and Is covering the playoffs. These and other gportant sports reports are in The Times sports section. Turn to Pages 34 and 35.
Immigration authorities today promised to stay the deportation orders issued against Kitcoff. <Indianapolis, natives of Greece who have two sons Serving 4. gaid he needs no help fof work He said
the work will begin as soon as the introduced a House Bill to grant them U. 8. citizenship. weather is more favorable.
John and Helen
Indian-
No further moves will be made in the case until that bill is acted upon, the Immigration Service told Mr. Brownson's office. The Marion County Congressman took action after a con-
from The Indianapolis Sunday Times on Feb. 27 telling about the plight of the Greek couple who operate a restaurant at 329 E. Washington St. In Indianapolis Mrs. Kitcoff— speaking through her son Chris—
isaid she -feels very grateful for
The Times story which told of their plight and praved that the action to permit them to ‘become
‘citizens would become final.
Points Out Facts
The story was written by Joseph Allison. It pointed out that three of the five Kitcoff
(children were born in Indianaplolis. The sons in the service are Pvts. Nicola and Anastas Kitcoff. ‘Nicola landed in Japan last week.
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Calls the Horses ‘Biological Need’
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Mar. 22— The warning came in James J. Carroll, St. Louis
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His scarred, sensitive | before other in the building were!
time to alert four other families : . and send them to safety. odds-maker ’ said today that Burned were three business gambling is a “biological neestablishments. at 2333-37- Sta- cessity” and that catering to
Be ear OF er Bott gave his $20 million- bet-
“Aen 10 $750,000 in 1949. {Furniture = wap 4. Mr. Carroll ‘Went before the At the ane Ada: ars four ‘Senate Crime Committee to purge
J Lapa tmerd: © au SAT AROOr TREE TR Hh a ‘Pige ‘and one. of the Damage. 100 Owyer’ Yor ‘stock and proper br Sar est ated - ip gol lugen “nse 1
at more’ than $45,000. Mansatiam's Smash hit Smells Smoke closes with full house.... 19 Mr. Wells lived in one of the Ringside portrait of Costello 28 second floor apartments with his “The Show Must Go On”...
wife and their 11-year-old son, an editorial ...... Yoo 24 |Russell. As the first wisps of “Who's on 1st”...a Mullen {smoke curled upwarc< from the cartoon .....covviiabunns 30
basement under the sporting nimself of a ERR . charge
|goods store, his injured lungs de- voted for his previous refusal to testify before television cameras
tected something wrong. Aroused, he opened the door in St. Louis. from his apartment to the hall.. For his second appearance, the By this time the basement and committee gave Mr, Carroll the first floor were an inferno—the game concession it gave Frank hall was dense with black smoke. costello, New York underworld Power had already failed and figure by ordering the TV camthere were no lights. eras to show only his hands. Mr. Wells led his wife and son gon Alexander Wiley (R. Wis.) to the stairway. In the spirit of gyied Mr. Carroll for a guess on the Corps, he piled back into the the * ‘gambling take” in St. Louis. cloud and started thumping ON Tne witness answered that he the doors of his neighbors. As could testify about only “one op-
they tumbled from bed into the | blidding cloud of billowing smoke, NEW YORK, Mar. 22 (UP)==. he led those who needed help to Ambassador William O'Dwyer the stairway. Their shouts alerted #aid today that he was not the family on the first floor ang going to resign and was- not they, too, escaped. | going to Washington for ane When everyone was out, other appearance before the Senate Crime Investigating Continued on Page 3—Col. 2 | Committee. His future as sme
Street WItening Sivoo: oer an Plan Under Study
|eration”—his own—which “did a business of over $20 million in Works Board Eyes Project for 38th St.
“Mr.|
| 1949. “How many operations there?” Mr. Wiley asked. uldn’t have any idea,” Mr. Ep replied. Then he said he | couldn't even say whether there ‘are as many as “half a dozen.”
are
The proposed widening of 38th
ft. in two business districts today! was taken under advisement by
‘the Works Board. The project, expected to dost £21,805, is proposed to provide uninterrupted 4-lane traffic for
the main east-west thoroughfare. It was recommended by Mavor Bayt and Frank Gallagher, traffic engineer. Areas Listed The two areas are 38th St. between Salem St. and Kenwood Ave. and hetween Broadway and Carrollton Ave ; Mr-Galtagher told the board that the present diagonal parking in the two business areas often
one lane in each. direction because of the cars backing out of the parking areas. He said
posed one-way street plan is put into -effect.
The Works Board also approved
the hiring of. private contractors for street repair jobs costing less than $500.
City Engineer William H. Hunt,
who has responsibility for im-
proved streets, said this proceduts
the widening of the street and substitution of parallel parking will provide a steady twolane flow of traffic, which is expected to be heavier when the pro-
‘TI think gambling is a biological necessity,” he said: “It's the quality that gives substance .to their daydreams.” Questioned about the prafit on his $20 million annual business, Carroll said the gross profit was $740,000 to $750,000. Mr. Wiley asked what percentage “of horse players died broke.” Mr. Carroll replied that he wouldn't know but said “there are horse players who consistently beat them year after year.” When: Mr. Wiley asked whal percentage of the St. Louis popu» lation gambles, Mr. Carroll said track attendance indicated 10 per cent, or about 100,000 persons in an area of 1 million persons. Asked how many are professional gamblers, he put the figure at 1000 to 2000. Mr. Carroll began his testimony with protests not only against television but against newsreel camerds and their lights, press photographers, and smoking in the hearing room. He accused the committee of injecting a “fright factor” into the proceedings. He said he suffered from “mike fright” and was “speechless.” ’ Bans’ Smoking The committee refused to eject the newsreel men but told press
has worked satisfactorily in the photographers to get out. As a ast. further concession it banned Tony Maio, street commission- Smoking. : : Mr. Carroll. still protesting
on unimproved streets.
Judy Garland Granted Divorce
HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 22 (UP) — stituen{ mailed him a clipping y,4y Garland divorced her second husband, Movie Director Vincente today on _ her testimony her nervous and
Minnelli, that he made ill by failing to talk to her. The 23-year-old Miss told Superior Judge William R.
McKay that she and Mr. Minnelli Down on after
were ‘‘very-very happy" they were first married in June, 1945. | “We had so much together,” she said. “Then suddenly he became withdrawn.” He secluded himself without any reason that know of. “I had to go 0 many places alone, and rassing to try to explain why he Was not along. I became nervous, verv nervous and ill, and had to: have a doctor many times.”
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Garland
it was very embar-,
against the lights, proceeded to answer questionz at a rate that indicated he had recovered con‘siderably from his professed fright. Early questioning dealt with “layoff” betting of bookmakers who hedge bets to guard against heavy losses. Thiz discussion prompted Sem. Lester C. Hunt (D. Wyo.) to observe that he thought the coms-
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Stock Market to Shut Good Friday
NEW YORK, Mar. 22 (UP)—. {wall St. closes down tomorrow for the traditional celebration of Good Friday. This day has been observed since 1900 with the exception of 1906 and 1907. The market will operate as usual on the Saturday following Good Friday. ‘The next stock market holiday is May 30—Memorial Day. Three ‘days later — June 2 — the exchanges begin their summer at jurday closings.