Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1951 — Page 1

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"has increased 30-fold since "1981. But the city has spent

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FORECAST: tncreasig cloudiness and warmer tonight. Cloudy and wa rmer tomorrow with rain by night. Low ugh 35, High tomorrow 58. .

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MONDAY, MARCH 26, 395

Weir Cook Facilities Outmoded

But City Ties Up Purse Strings

Air Traffic

Up 30-Fold

Since 1931.

Runways Pose.

‘A Major Problem ||

By JOE ALLISON

~-Jndianapelis-air-traffic ‘at SE

Weir Cook Municipal Airport

nothing for major improvements in that time, airports

officials declare. The terminal and administration building was designed to

handle two airlines. In 1931— the first year—only slightly more, than 11,000 passengers went through the airport. Last year, seven airlines car-| ried more than 335,000 passengers in and out of Indianapolis.

Runways a Problem | The only expansion terminal facilities, made by the city was! the construction in 1946 of a temporary addition to the main, building’ for ticket offices and . coffee shop. Runways also pose a top problem, airport superintendent Col. Philip Roettger declares No runway is longer than 5190 feet. Allison jet testing planes require a minimum of 5200 feet

City Councilmen will be asked next Monday to vote a $2 millon bond issue for expansion 'of Weir Cook Municipal Air-

port. Col. Philip Roettger, airport superintendent acting with the Board of Aviation Commissioners, will submit an ordinance calling for immediate appropriation of $1,930,620 as the city’s share of a $3,855,604 project. The U. 8. will meet $1,695,988 of the expected cost with “matching” funds.

Allison in test rosy By The 5190-foot runway also is Jn serious danger of cracking up, ‘Col. Roettger declares. It was constructed by tha depressionfamous WPA and core tests made recently indicate material was| shorted. Runways at the field are approximately six inches thick and| were designed to support approx-| imately ' 20,000 pounds gross weight of aircraft. | i {

Cites Airliner Weight Modern demands call for the runways to have a gross weight! capacity of 120,000 pounds to han-, dle today’s huge airliners, Col.| Roettger declares. He points out that the weight of a Constellation, | largest liner serving Indianapolis, is 92,000 pounds. Also linked to the expansion bid will be the future of Indian-, apolis as the home base of Indiana’s only airline, Lake Central Airlines. Present lack of terminal facilities may force the line to, move to another location. Present plans of the Aviation! Board call for a $3,655,000 project of expansion of the terminal buildings, construction of new hangers and one runway, and the reconstruction of two present runways. The U. 8. through “matching” funds, would meet $1,696,000 of the cost. This work has been termed

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Nurses Threaten

Strike for Pay Raise

STAMFORD, Conn. Mar. 26 (UP) — Stamford Hospital's entire staff of about 60 nurses threatened today to quit unless) their wages are increased to $1.50 an hour. The nurses, including Director Sylvia Mertin, said they would remain on duty for two weeks to protect patients, but then would leave in an “orderly fashion, on a staggered shift schedule.”

Real Estate in Big Demand, SELL!

SELL YOUR HOME NOW because: This Spring there is a big demand for homes of all kinds, and you should be able to get a better price than ever before.

For these reasons, now is a good time to dispose of the home that is no langer suitable for your family.

To sell your home fast and at the best possible advantage to you LIST YOUR HOME WITH A CAPABLE REAL ESTATE BROKER.

In the real estate Classified olumns of today’s Times you will find the ads of many, many licensed brokers. There are well over 200 of them who place their advertising in The Times. Any one of these real estate brokers will gladly . give you a free appraisal oh our property and a consula NO OBLIGATION!

PLANE PARKING JAM—Eight big airliners must maneuver carefully in limited ramp space a Weir Cook Municipal Altport, Sometimes airpart has as many as 13 here at same time.

Chase Reds Out Of South Korea

Enemy May Make Stand Along 38th

By EARNEST HOBERECHT United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, Pureany, Mar. 27—

American tanks and Infantrymen drove the last large body of Communist troops out of South Korea Monday, but there were indications’ the Reds were preparing to make a stand along the 38th Parallel Two American tank and infan-| try columns, linked up north .of

Red troops to flee or across the Parallel rather than be

trapped. Bed Run Halts The two columns joined above Ulijongbu, 10 miles north of Seoul, in the area where the Chinese Communist 26th army and remnants of the North Korean 1st Corps have been holding out.

Late front dispatches said, however, there were indications {the Reds have > halted their

| pellmell withdrawal along the 50mile central front. These reports said Communist troops who fled before the savage

FUTURE AIR TERMINAL?—Col. Philip Roettger, airport su- | United Nations attack are ‘filter:

perintendent, points out sun deck of proposed new terminal building to Edward Petro, operations manager.

Chalfin Slaying Trial Lags; First Jury Panel Exhausted

Sheriff's Deputies Seek More Veniremen

In Robbery Death of Albert M. Thayer

Times State Service

TIPTON, Mar. 26—Opening® day «of the murder trial of James

|ing south again and taking up | positions on high ground just | below the 38th Parallel. Fight Tapers Off Fighting tapered off to brief; | clashes as the 8th Army advance [Slowed up at points about 10 | miles south of the border all] along the western half of the | 140- mile front.

Tank patrols clashed briefly {with camouflaged Red outposts|

dug into bunkers on hill slopes ‘northeast of Chunchon.

Other Allied patrols foun

Edward Chalfin, accused with two others in the robbery-slaying of small Communist blocking forces/

Albert M. Thayer, Indianapolis attorney, dragged as the first panel| on high ground overlooking the of prospective jurors was exhausted before the noon recess.

attorneys and a few straggling spectators Hane and scattered them. marked time while Judge Cleon Wade Mount sent sheriff’s deputies,

The defendant,

about town summoning additional veniremen. Miss Frances Neal, Hamilton County prosecutor, said at noon that selection of a jury may go into the second day unless usual speed” is shown during the afternoon hours today.

Sits With Parents

Tipton Prosecutor Troy N. Hutto and Noel Neal, the prose-

cutor’s father, were aiding in the

prosecution. The handsome young defendant sat with his parents and Defense Attorney Ernest M. Maholm as |court opened. It was a re-enact-

|ment of the same scene exactly,

{a month ago when a continuance was granted on motion of the prosecution. The youth was involved with wo others in° the ‘“lover’s lane” |robbery-slaying of the attorney in | Hamilton County June 10, 1950.

| Dooley Serving Life

" Garrol Dooley, 26, is serving life in the Indiana State Hospital for the Criminally Insane for his| |part in the slaying, and Earl | Michael Kelly, 17, was convicted 'and sentenced to life last month lin Hancock County Circuit Court. Dooley, Kelly and Chalfin were {arrested in Springield, Mo., one day after Mr. Thayer's battered body was found. Their arrest followed a collision on a Spring{field bridge while they were driv-! |ing the car‘ stolen from Mr. | Thayer. A truck driver was killed in the crash. Both Dooley and Kelly con: |fessed they beat the attorney on the head with their shoes and! robbed him of his automobile and $28. ‘Move Right Along’

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James Edwin Chalfin

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Highway Dept. Chief Reveals Resignation

Says He Sent It In 6 Months Ago By IRVING LEIBOWITZ At the height of a long: smoldering feud in the State) Highway Department, which

today, it was learned that Highway Commissioner Sam-|

{uel Hadden had tendered his resignation to Gov. Schricker. six HORUS RRO.

Gov. Schricker’ has not acted on Mr. Had den’s letter of resignaThe high-' way commission chairman reported, however, that the letter was still in the Governor’'s hands. The latest squabble in the State Highway Department:

Mr. Hadden

Donald of Knox and Albert J. Wedeking of Dale — reportedly joined forces with Mr. Hadden and professional engineers to “fight the political dictates” of Democratic Commissioner Jap Jones. What started as a ‘‘revolt” of adequate” salary increases, turned into a department-wide squabble. Mr, Jones, commenting on the charges that he was injecting politics into highway department operations, said: “That's pure bunk.” He added that he also helped “promote” the wage Increases for highway engineers. The Highway Department feud-

blazed - into the open again|

came as two Republican highway | commissioners—Thomas B. Mec-/

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FBI Boss Big CrimeRings

‘ " By NOBL The nation’s political eyes are

in 102 Indiana cities this year. Although most of the issue problems, a large part of the — mayoralty campaign, especially of the Republican side, will spread to national issues as a vote-get-| ting strategy. “| Shift Is Predicted | The majority of Indiana's cities, now have Democratic mayors, but political analysts are predicting| a shift to the GOP side in many| Hoosier cities. Democratic leaders are admitting privately that ‘several’ Democratic cities will go Republl-| can next November. At the same time, Democratic!

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Mayorality Voting in Indiana Captures U. S. Spotlight.

~Natiegal Leaders to Look to en For Trend; GOP Gains Predicted -

E REED as turning to Indiana this year “for

a sample of voting trends that may indicate some “straws in the! wind” on presidential balloting next year. ° Hoosier voters will elect mayors and other municipal officials

S wil centér around municipal

10 Seconds to Go

WASHINGTON, Mar. 26 (UP) — Galleries crowded with Easter visitors saw the Senate set a record today with a 10-second ses-sion-—-the shortest in recent recorded history. Hundreds of sightseers saw President Pro Tempore Kenneth McKellar. (D. Tenn.) break up the session ‘almost before they knew it had started.

analysts are predicting a few of the GOP mayors will be defeated,

Going into the election cam-| paign, Republican administrations. Indiana cities back in the 1047

ing is not new. The State Senate became aware of it when a special com- | mittee investigating roads recently reported: “We are convinced that the pres- | ent bipartisan commission is not! functioning as efficiently as might be possible. Constant bickering - between members of the commission leads to unieasiness and a feeling of un-

ing the efficiency of the depart. ment. ° Hands-off Policy

to intervene in the feuding, has maintained a hands-off policy. Mr. Jones was characterized by commission members and profes-| siohal employees as being a “thorn” in the side of good highway work. He was criticized as “a poli-| tician meddling politically my highway work.” One commis{sioner reported that Mr. Jones {had done “irreparable” harm to the Highway Department. Mr. Jones and Mr. Hadden have been feuding all during the time they served together under Gov.’ !Schricker’s first and second administrations. Mr. Hadden, former president

of the State Highway Department |

|OoMctals Association and a noted | national authority on road construction, has been known to have! appealed to the Governor to end|

{Jones. Take Sides

d The two Republican commis|sioners and the professional engi-! |neers took sides with Mr. Had-! |den recently when Mr. Jones re-|

The Governor, repeatedly asked

the bickering by replacing Mr. |

mayoralty elections when 33 Re-

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Probe Fatal Train Crash, PSC Asked

Bayt Acts Upon

“Mayor Bayt today asked the

Public. Bervice Commission to ih-|dicates could not be | eombated

vestigate the Pennsylvania Railroad accident in which five teenagers were killed last week.

advice of Frank Fairchild, Coun-| ty Prosecutor, who had been con- | sidering the filing of criminal | charges against both the railroad| and the train crew. Asks Report | Mayor Bayt said he was asgk-| ing the PSC to. make a full in-| | vestigation of the tragic accident! and to return its findings to him.| Although the one incident only] iis involved in the request, the! general situation of speeding trains may crop up in the PSC Iniquiry, the Mayor indicated. No further action on the filing] of any charges will be taken until! after the PSC probe is completed, | the Mayor and Prosecutor an-| ‘nounced jointly. |

Precedent? Earlier, City Prosecutor Milton {Craig had cited ‘an Indiana court decision which he contended pro-| vided a precedent for the filing of! {Involuntary manslaughter charges against the train crew.’ i This decision, he said, ruled

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angye, 15 miles east of Chun. POTtedly fought putting the High-\ pat any violation of a criminall {statute which involved a death

Clearing weather sent Allied | warplanes into the air in droves again. The 5th Air Force flew

{way Department on a profes-| sional basis. During a similar dispute several] {months ago, Mr. Hadden charged|

685 sorties. |that the Highway Department]

Spring 's Finally Here—It's Alleg ed

i Weather conditions in egec (olis and central Indiana will be! ‘somewhat ‘‘springlike” tonight {and tomorrow, if clouds and rain! ican be considered on the sprin ng| side. It will be considerably warmer, | and the mercury will remain! above freezing tonight with a low of 35 predicted. Tomorrow’s high

temperature was fixed at 58 de-

grees, Clouds to Increase According to the Weather Bureau, clouds will start gathering this afternoon, increasing tonight. The rain was expected tomorrow afternoon probably = continuing into the night.

jury selected in time to commence, shine and climbing temperatures

| testimony tomorrow morning. “We expect to move

|along,” she said.

There was considerable specu-

relieved wide areas of the state

right Which were blanketed with snow

or ice last night. Weather Bureau officials re-

lation during pre-court talk as to ported a snowfall of four inches

whether Dooley would be brought at Scottsburg, in southeastern In-!

to Tipton as a defense witness. He! diana, where the mercury dipped was charged with being a “homo- to a low of above zero. sexual psychopathic” at the time There was a three-inch snowfall

of his conviction.

at Bedford and varying amounts

Meanwhile" today’s bright sun-,

was “cursed with too much poll-| tics. ”

Demand Curb

Acheson's Staff | Reported Miffed

By United Press WASHINGTON, Mar, 26—-The State Department has asked. the Pentagon and the White House to curb Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s activities in the diplomatic field, it was learned today. The State Department's request was said to have been worded “fairly strongly.” The department acted as a result of Gen. MacArthur's dramatic announcement late last week that he was willing to confer in the field with a North Korean army leader to arrange a cease fire,

Border on Diplomacy . Gen. MacAarthur's lengthy statement had strong diplomatic overtones—and left State Department officials miffed. Even before the incident, State

Defense Attorney Maholm pre- fell at Vincennes, Shoals and Bd | Deparment officials had wanted viously. announced he would seek wardsport,

to have the

brought from the prison.

criminally qualified witness.

The prosecution's case was ex pected to follow the same lines as! Virtually As the Chalfin trial opened to- the same officers and other wit-| |day, Miss Neal announced she nesses assembled here today as [fully expected to clear all pre- the case opened.

in the trial of Kelly.

¥ : a

convicted man| Some, conditions early today in Putnam-| ments which occasionally border | attorneys said they doubted if ville, Seymour, Jasper and|on diplomatic proposals. a man from the prison for the Charlestown districts, but the sun! Gen. MacArthur's latest stateinsane would be a cleared the hazards before noon. ment, which reached Washington

State police reported slick road

LOCAL TEMPERATURE

64 m..2 10a m.. 39 7a m.. 31 11 a. m... 41 8a m.. 35 12 (Noon) 43 9 a. m.. . 81 1p m.. 44

Latest humidity ...... 49% »

MacArthur to curb his InGen ola to make public state- |

Friday night. was not cleared in {advance by Washington officials. | These officials, who were trying, | to negofiate their own peace set- { tlement in Korea, felt Gen. Mac-, | Arthur’s announcement might en- |

{danger thelr sitorts,

| terday.

{would be the basis for the man-|

slaughter charge,

The City Prosecutor pointed | city ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to op-| {erate a train faster than 20 mph

out that the

| within city limits.

He indicated that if the County! Prosecutor decided against filing| he would prosecute!

the charges, {under the city ordinance.

but not enough- to off-set = Fairchild Ur py Democratic loses. 54 Indiana cities have! Democratic mayors and 48 have, . Crime

Democrats made big gains gi :

Maximum penalties under the.

Upon MacArthur pon dC ur lordinance are $200 fine and 10

days in jail.

Bone to Pick—

Wires Kefauver

Lays

On Local Police

Can Blot Out

~All Gambling - =

In 48 Hours

Opposes Trends To Federal Police

By JOHN A. GOLDSMITH United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Mar, 26 Attorney General J. Howard McGrath and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover told the Senate Crime Committee tos day that crime is undermine ing local self-government. Mr. Hoover said flatly organized gambling—a backbone of criminal rings—would die in 48 hours if local officials went after the violators. “Blast the foundation of the local gambling czar by vigorously enforcing the statutes against gambling without fear or favor, and he will collapse,” he said. “And, like a house of cards, the vast pyramid of gambling wilt collapse.” Mr. McGrath said the mob lead~ ers of 10 to 20 years ago have

Of ‘Local Pressure’ {been supplanted by a new type.

Prosecutor Frank Fairchild to|day wired Sen. Estes Kefauver LD. Tenn.) urging federal legislation to curb gambling through- ! out the nation. The Marion County prosecutor cited the failure of the recent General Assembly in Indiana to

These, he said, combine the “worst features of big manipulations with violence and Soruptian, n e suggested a broad program of federal legislation to swing the full force of the federal govern. ment against these elements. But

pass an antilottery bill in asserting that “too much local pres-

sure” was Wrought Sgainet the

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he and Mr. Hoover voited the strong feeling that local responsihy is the Hirde line of agtion,

He sald a om syn- would - create | ig

with “weak His telegram yh

“Testimony before your com- , mittee today from certain witThe action was taken on the | nesses Indicated that the respec-

* At one point in his testimony, Mr. Hoover remarked without elaboration that the Senate come

tive states should regulate gam- mittee itself “has not been free

bling by their own legislation. “That would be fine if state legislatures did so but too much local pressure is brought on them to refuse such Jeislation, Witness our recent legislature which failed to pass an antilottery bill which : would have made possession of baseball pool tickets unlawful. ‘Tremendous Pressure’ “Tremendous pressure brought to bear against it and it failed on last day of session. We ‘definitely need federal legislation because you cannot fight a na{tional crime syndicate with weak local laws. “Congratulations to your committee for bringing to the general public a realization of crime-law enforcement tie-up. This good work must be contnued. ”

Tickets Ready For Big Game

Over - the - counter ticket sales for The Times Charity Basketball game between the Indianapolis Olympians and College All-Stars from Indiana schools will open tomorrow at the Marott Shoe Store, 18 E. Washington St. The second annual All-Star cage tilt will be staged Apr. 14 in Butler Fr:ldhouse. Ticket prices, including tax are: MAIN FLOOR ...... IST BALCONY .......$150 2D BALCONY

Looks Like Easter's Going

To Ham Up the Whole Week

Here's Food(?) For Thought

By ED KENNEDY (Get a big ham, we heard last week. Get it big because the bone is the same and you get more for your money. Ha! We got a big ham. Everybody ate ’'til they were stuffed yes-

ham snack before hitting the sack last night. And what did we find between the bread in our lunch kettle today? Well, friend, it weren't peamuit butter. Now what do we have to look forward to? Chopped ham in scrambled eggs. Creamed ham on toast. Ham salad and deviled ham.

| Ham with beans and more ham

for snacks. Ham-flavored bean soup and ham with cabbage. Then some ham croquettes and ham en casserole. Peppers stuffed with ham and, of course, ham hash. Ah yes, there's getting a big ham.

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nothing like

Then we had a little,

Please call em ground beef burgers this week friend. We? can’t even stand the other name, : And for next Easter? “One duck please, -small.”

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of threats of violence.” Mr, McGrath said the investis | gation, due to close next Saturday, has rendered =a valuable service in exposing crime and should ‘be continued. Sen. Alexander Wiley (R. Wis.) asked Mr. McGrath if he knows jof a “tie-up” between Commu. inists ‘and crime, pointing out {there was evidence that Communist vells in New York City used narcotics “in carrying out their nefarious work.” Mr. McGrath offered to supply a list of narcotics convictions: .to check against names of known Communists, Mr. Wiley also said he was “disturbed” over slowness of gove ernment checks on tax frauds, He cited recent tax fraud indict. {ments in San Francisco investi gated by the committee and asked McGrath why the Justice Depart« ment hadn’t discovered them. Mr. McGrath replied the come mittee probably got the cases from among those his department already was working on. ' McGrath Hits Back

{ - Mr. Hoover said the defeat of racketeers, hoodlums and similar {persons preying on the nation {depends on the people themselves, | In other developments as the |erime committee under Chairman {Estes Kefauver (D. Tenn.)

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