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FORECAST: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Showers tomorrow night or Saturday. Low tonight 42. High tomorrow 70.

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By ANDY OLOFSON Police patrol car officers today were labeled as “indolent” in traffic enforcement, and Police Chief

gizing” instead of producing. Dr. R. N. Harger of the Indianapolis Traffic Safety Council charged: ONE: That traffic arrests by patrol cars were a ‘miserable pittance” contribution to traffic law enforcement. TWO: That Police Chief Rouls should get more results in traffic enforcement or be replaced. “We think our police chief should be able to do more about traffic safety than to apologize

62d YEAR—NUMBER 45

Rouls Rapped for Traffic Laxity

AT LEAST TWO DOOMED ?—This camera view of the Crossroads of America, Meridian and Washington Sts., shows 255 pedesfrians and many other persons in cars and busses. At the current 195] Indianapolis traffic casualty rafe, at least two of these | ersons will be killed or injured in the next 12 months. The current annual rate is one casualty for each 131 residents of Indianapolis.

Need More Arrests Need $19.5 Million to Relieve Chicago Receives Safety Head Says Hospital Bed Shortage Here poy, jy rym siwos Pavol Cars | | By 1953 To Take Core of Requirements = 1+. |

.. THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1951

~Times Photo hy Dean Timmerman

~ +3 Million Line

«(Artist's Sketch, Page 18)

Indianapolis today faced the necessity of raising approxima $19.5 million by 1953 to relieve an acute shortage of hospital

facilities. i A thorough

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quire hospitalization.

of all kinds by 1975.

Of that number, 1327 are needed for “general acute” patients— mgt ‘all those who are not suffering from nervous or mental, tubercu- age here. He said the need “can! {losis or chronic diseases but re- not be exaggerated.”

Sucond Hospital Possible Another 300-bed hospital is rec-| hospital people had told, us we | ommended for construction in the needed 500 new beds,” Mr. Book! {Northeast area between 1953 and said. “Nobody dared estimate we!

| Parade Route

{On Prices

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Truman Asks Tighter Curbs

Seeks to Freeze | Farm Parities

Is Farmer Bad Oft?....Page 26

By United Press

dent Truman today asked Con-i__

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PRICE FIVE CENTS

Parking Meter Experts Given ~The Brush-Off

gress to freeze farm parity and

In a long message to the, House

sidies” in the future: Those were major points in his recommendations for extending) and strengthening the defense production act under which con-| trols are operated. | The President's new economic Apr.

bnew o 26 (UP)—Associated program was embodies in seven 11: 5 basic recommendations: Press Correspondent William : | ONE: Extend the life of the! N. Oatis has been arrested on emer At or poe Cliarges of activities hostile frears. to the state, the Communist

{June 30. | TWO: Authorize the govern- government disclosed today. iment to build and operate defense; Dr. Bedrich Runge, assistant ‘plants. Ichief of the foreign press section THREE: Permit the use of of the Czech Foreign Ministry, subsidies where necessary to notified the U. 8S. embassy of Mr. ‘boost essential production by|Oatis’ arrest. ; thigh-cost producers without in-; The 37-year-old native of Maricreasing prices. This woouldion, Ind., has been missing since

Marion Native

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia,

|apply largely to certain metals. late Monday. 1 4

FOUR: Tighter credit controls over housing and regulation of speculative commodity trading.

Dr. Runge told Tyler Thomp- :

telephone that Mr Oatis had been arrested on three charges: ONE: “Activities hostile to the

Missing Since Monday

son, counselor of the embassy, by

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Now You Know

WASHINGTON, Apr. 26 (UP)—Girdles just aren't “full-fashioned.” That's the word of the Federal Trade Commission, * "which today ordered Wispese, Ine., of New York to stop misleading the public by calling its girdles ‘“fullfashioned.” To be full-fashioned, FTC

Czech state.” i

THREE: “Spreading malicious information regarding Czechoslo- ¢ vakia = through illegal news organs, for which purposes he used Czechoslovak eitizens.” “The Czechoslovak government has witnesses to eonfirm the

TWO: “Gathering and dissemi- | nating information considered ac : secret by the Czech government.” . : to the city's No, Says Truman: =.= yA : 101

Gives Free Rein to

charges,” Dr. Runge paid. ~~ | "*7

Dr. Runge declined to elaborate on charges against Mr. Otis but said:

said, girdles must be “shaped in the knitting by

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a narrowing process involving the transfer of loops or stitches from one needle to another during the dropping of the needles in such knitting operation.”

“The case involves Mr. Oatis alone. The Associated Press is not involved.” | Mr. Oatis told U., 8. officials]

tely BYR. D. Quigg United Press Staff Correspondent i CHICAGO, Apr. 26 — Chicago;

survey, just completed, reveals an immediate need greeted Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Rouls was under fire for “apolo- for construction of hospital space for 2763 beds of all types.

{today with one of the biggest and! ! heartwarming welcomes: ‘ever extended in the Midwest. | The General, his wife, and their son, Arthur, landed from New His warning was echoed by York at midday for a triumphant

The survey recommends erec- William H. Book, executive vice two-day visit here and at Mil-| tion of a new 300-bed hospital for president of Indianapolis Cham-|waukee. ’ { “general acute” patients on East ber of Commerce. Mr. Book said | Almost 6 million persons were| Side by 1853. Provision should be the extent of the shortage was expected to see the Pacific War made for an additional 825 beds/not realized, even by interested hero, either in person or on tele- |

vision during his visit to Chicago]

jave groups. “The doctors in this area and

WFBM-TV will air 15 minutes of televised scenes of the | parade honoring Gen. Douglas |

Indianapolis 1975, if the city continues to grow needed as many as this.” | MacArthur in Chicago today. . in that direction. Mr. Hamilton, whose firm has Their program will start at Traffic Casualties All other beds would be added made surveys all over the United, 4:13 p. m. (115 Days) to existing hospitals, if survey States, sald Indianapolis lagged " KILLED recommendations were followed. far behind 8an Francisco, Boston, and Milwaukee, where he lived as AOB0 c.ciinnesvne rss 21 Made by James A. Hamilton & Cleveland, Minneapolis and other/2 youth and still maintains his 1981 souiiieiinens veee 28 | Associates, Minneapolis, the sur- large cities, legal residence. INJURED [vey yesterday was presented to! Former Administrators Thousands of Chicagoans 1930 +osssscsscncncess 878 {hospital administrators and last Only in mushrooming areas SY ded the airport area to see 1051 ..ecessneesseesss1020 njght to the general public at an| where defense projects expand he MacAstie arrive and Hare | : Si {than 3,000, rsons lined a for the indolence of his district | Pdianapolis Athletic Club dinner. |,op)a¢i0n at fantastic speeds do|23-mile parade route, |

car men,” Dr. Harger asserted.

| It was begun last fall on amore critical situations exist, Mr.|

The MacArthur 40-car motor-

“The responsibility for traffic $25,000 fund raised through con- Hamilton said. lcade moved at a rapid pace from

safety rests solely with the police | tributions by Indianapolis Founchief. He should either get results dation, Eli Lilly Foundation, In- poygias or we should get a new man who dianapolis Chamber of Commerce, vised the survey here,

can.”

Chief Rouls, commenting that dianapolis hospitals and by Ed- Continued he did not want to carry on a ward Gallahue, president of Indi-'—— Development

“newspaper argument with Dr. Harger,” said:

“We are trying to devote as} much time to traffic conditions.as| seriousness of hospital bed short-| time will permit and at the same]

Both Mr. Hamilton and A. the airport to the Loop. Kincaid Jr,

There | who super- the cars were joined by marching! are former units that escorted them down

‘Indianapolis Medical Society, In-

anapolis Hospital Association.

Mr. Hamilton pointed out the

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liture was destoryed or damaged.

“Apparently there are no elastic girdles on the market” made by this process, the FTC said.

and two others disappeared. Arrived Last June

These four may be the “witnesses’ to whom Dr. Runge re-| ferred.

Furniture Laden Truck The AP bureau here now has

Damaaed by Blaze wants and to say what he wants. 9 4 lonly a Czech-speaking mechanic 4 he said, the same thing ap-iformed at the request of City plies to Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney, the deposed General's personal adviser

SULLIVAN, Apr. 26 (UP)—A and a girl translator. | big truck loaded with office equip or Oatis’ arrest Svayce the : _ g. [Western press corps ague to en burst into Saints on Ls three, Robert Bigio of Reuters, near Carlisle today, an "Gaston Fournier of Agence France men who fought the blaze for| Presse, and Russell Jones of the three hours said most of the furn-| United Press. Mr. Fournier present is out of the country. |

Driver Cyrus Hicks, 37, Evans- « ville, said the fire might nave U. S. Seeks Permission been caused by a cigaret dropped into the truck during loading at Evansville.

To Talk With Oatis |

WASHINGTON, Apr, 26 (UP)—

bound for Terre Haute.

Red China to Send

More Rice to India HONG KONG, Apr. 26 (UP)— Communist China will start ping a second 50,000-ton consign- would be informed “later.”

ment of rice to India this month,| Peiping radio announced today. [rniot comment further. The bulk of the first 50,000-ton;

shipment in exchange for jute al-| » ready has been delivered, the ra-. eS Ul dC dio said.

U. 8. Ambassador Ellis

was given to the deputy chief of o the Czech press section. The reply,

Its Bed Proposed as

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adide—even

Briggs said in a message to the where thev might go. ‘State Department that a request Truman said

The State Department would Arthur at the present time.

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last week that he believed he was President Truman said today he being followed, Two of his Czech has no intention of trying to gag employees were arrested recently Gen. Douglas MacArthur: or his | nically could be made subject to (military orders. The President told his weekly |news conference that Gen. Mae-/Duncan Co. {Arthur .is free to go where he

pokesman.

Mr. Truman conceded that he still has a lot of strings on Gen. at MacArthur, still on active duty|refused to make the reports as a five-star General of the {Army, and on Gen. Whitney, {that he would not pull them.

Doug Awaits Assignment

This was a reference to the The truck, a total loss, was The U. 8. embassy at Prague has fact that Mr. Truman, as €OM- nica} committee, Nathan W. Brinasked the Czech government for mander-in-chief, | permission to talk to Mr. Oatis. chose—attempt to restrict the two phere. reported: 3 O. men on what they might say or. “We recommended the two But. Mr. Duncan company meters becaise » he has no intention we felt they were superior ‘¥®

f doing so.

he In response to a question, Mr. disappointed that our reco 8hip- ne said, was that the embassy Truman said he had no new as-'dations signment in mind for Gen. Mac- don’t apnreciate it at all. There He is something unusual about this {said thie after recalling that hejqeal” - : {had brought

Gen. Dwight

WwW M D : T i 3 Miles f trther | Mr. Truman declined to discuss |served on that committee, ‘sald || | {the controversy over the policiesiine committee found the new 1 e ay rive to own on Cana {and proposals which led to Gen. mark Time meter is “inferior™: 4d i MacArthur's ouster. But he made ihe old one. : these other points: {

and frequent

but ward A. Gardner:

could — if he gon of the Naval Ordinance

D.. Once before, another technical |Eisenhoweun and Fleet Adm. Ches- committee of the Technical So(ter W. Nimitz—also permanent cieties Council recommended the {five-star men-—back to working/mark Time meter of the Rhodes idutv, |

meter—<The Automaton, also made by the

8 Months Without Pay ~~

Hall and worked without pay for more than three months, . The committee submitted findings to the Works Board:fa @ two reports. gal 2 The Works Board this morning

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“The reports were Sontidsniial i {We can't divulge the contents.” ‘Something Unusual’ 7: But the chairman of the fech-

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‘all other types. We ‘are naturally mms weren't followed. “We

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time to serve the taxpayers ver ON the Inside

an enforcement program cover-

ing all phases of crime.” “Not Enough Arrests”

Rouls’ report to the

yesterday “confirms the fact tha district cars” are not making,

enough arrests.

Chief Rouls told the Board that | ifn March the district cars made] 1300 arrests with 900 more made]

so far this month.

“This is an improvement,” Dr.| Harger said, “but this is only a small fraction of the 12,966 traffic Harold Hartley r

arrests made so far this year.

“Since there is a shortage of motorcycle patrolmen, the extra Henry Butler saw a preview

activity by district cars is abso-|

lutely imperative.”

The Chief said he repeatedly; had ordered shift captains to in-| struct district officers to make arrests for moving or parking

violations.

“A check of the past month,” he continued, ‘shows 1104 mov- 3 ing arrests and 661 parking vio- Some of Al Lopez's former issued by uniformed district officers alone.” | On Monday, for example, the! Chief said that the motorcycle] to The|

lation stickers

patrol—assigned exclusively traffic—made 146 arrests.

Of The Times.

Dr. Harger contended that Chief |

Safety Board! : i ‘ t| Indianapolis Navy Lieutenant

Traffic Super-Road

By NOBLE REED A rapid-transit, super-highway Page Without a stop from Broad Ripple lall the way to downtown Indian|apolis, was proposed today by

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awarded Bronze Star for

| “meritorious service’ in [George Freyn, candidate for the KOMR ...:iiiesse. anaiatinn 5 Democratic mayoralty nominaew flatware table service (tion, as selution to the city's

patterns have a sleek look . + « two caréer fashion productions featured at local store

[traffic cBngestion. | Mr. Freyn had a blue print imodel of the through highway seis ias viveerssesss 6, 8 Which, he said, could be conports “Today |structed on the bed of the canal

in Business” . . . other finan- that runs from Broad Ripple to

cial news ...... RL 18 Washington St. at West St. underpassing all the cross street y {bridges. of the IU School of Music's |!" production of “Rigoletto.” la Everybody knows something He reports that it will be ex- as to be done soon to solve in-

{creasing traffic congestion and rises tomorrow tee y i; 3 22 this is the only plan that would Three Butler University men . Void costly underground thorcompete with three coeds in {oughtares, Mr. Freyn sald. a cookie baling contest— " Follows Canal Bed guess who won? .. A super-highway following the (bed of the old canal for about 15 {miles could handle as much traffic {in one rush hour as all the other north-bound streets combined.” | Mr. Freyn, a plumbing contracgame touignt a a, Desoy [tor and engineer, said there would Stakes t0daY ............31, 39/0, NO Stops anywhere and no

cellent when

ssvasves 35 players will meet his present team when the two Indian teams meet in an exhibition

district officers—in addition to attending to other duties—made| 61 arrests. Gives Recommendations !

Dr. Harger recommended that the district cars concentrate on four specific types of violations: | ONE: Violating automatic sig nals. ! TWO: Failure to come to complete stop at preferential streets. THREE: Reckless driving. FOUR: Failure to give pedes-| trians right-of-way. |

Meanwhile, the continued police

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Other Features:

{pedestrian crossings from Broad {Ripple to Washington and West

Sts. Jim avs jused by pumping stations of the Siniiie Angcloro fous, n Entrances and exits to and|/Indianapolis Water Co. south of| Births, Deaths, Events. 40 from the through highway, from| Washington St. and also by the] CTOSSWOTA ..ovevvesees 20 {the major East-West streets such/Indianapolis Power & Light Co.,| Editorials +......v..... 26 |&8 Northwestern, 30th St. 16th | would be continued, under the Harold H. Hartley...., ‘18 |St, Michigan, New York and plan Mr. Freyn . said. through Hoosier Heroes ........ 5 {Ohio Sts. would be through flume pipes installed under the Frederick C. Othman ., 26 | clover-leaf” style ramps, Mr. concrete base of the highway. | Radio and Television... 23 |Freyn pointed out. | The road bed, he said, would be Robert RUATK Sv eveeess 25 | Over-Pass Bridges lcut down a few feet to provide, Ed BOVOIR coeevecenses +35 These ramps would take traffic plenty of clearance under the

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Earl Wilson Sars ranarrn

|oft the main road and circle to) bridges. ; : {the right up to the over-pass, The old canal, once used. by | bridges. flat-boat freight lines using mules,

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The flow of water in the canal, (on tow-paths to pull the barges,

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On Pukhan River

By FRANK TREMAINE | United Press Staff Correspondent | TOKYO, Friday, Apr. 27— | United Nations forces on the west central Korean front withdrew!

{in the west they stopped Red

| Field dispatches said the new withdrawal placed the Allied line {on the Pukhan River, a branch of {the Han River running northeast {to Chunchon. { “The latest withdrawal brought ‘the number of surrendered miles ito 27 since the Chinese Commu{nists mounted their new thrust,”

fcent statement that {Arthur does not know to this day {a,e whv he was fired. Mr. Truman), .: tted bids said drvlv that everybody else (Po es Sgbmitied 3 knows why.

{another five miles Thursday but! caving a lot of things that are

ONE: As to Gen. Whitney's re-

Gen. Mac- on more than 2000 parking. me-

Five parking meter com-

Lowest bid was that of the ‘Rhodes company for the Mark has been mime meter. Here is a breakdown of the bids

TWO: Gen. Whitney

interesting and should be said. armies 17 miles northwest of but the President declined to dis-/S.".8 the exact amount eseh

{company would charge for the

| Seoul. cuss them. ’ : An officer said United Nations| THRWE: Regarding a NewiSilullation of sagh Ue > forces were “trading ground for york Times storv last Saturday Rhigdes COs vnres ayers ORR fo A Leg her rneq (Dt Gen. MacArthur apologized: wcGee-Hale ........ 30008 { sh 3 eit ; |vielded. Continued on Page 2—Col. § | Nichasls Ant a

Right to Hire and Fire . :

LOCAL TEMPERATURES | Each of the firms said they

6a m.. 46 10a m.. 2? | would have special parking meter 7am. 47 1p m.. 31 maintenance men aid city repair Ram. 48 i’ (neon) 4 men in the repair and mainte9am. 49 Pe Meas {nance of the meters. Only the

|Rhodes company demanded they ‘have the right to hire and fire

United Press Correspondent 'Wil{liam Burson reported. Set Up New Line / { United Nations troops fighting / jrorth of Chunchon pulled back to set up new lines north of the / // |Kapyong-Chunchon highway after

p/p blowing up the Mojin bridge 7 across the Pukhan. | J Other forces defending north of

{the Kapyong junction, 32 miles northeast of Seoul, continued to|

starts at White River in Broad hold their lines. They sent 1ank Ripple and skirts southwestward infantry columns into No-Man’s-| near White River at some points Land to shoot up the Communists. | and ending along West St. in the; Army Combat Correspondent downtown area. {James Brogan. of Newark, N. J, “Indianapblis will be forced to said the decision to fall back on do something constructive about the Pukhan River was made “be-

{its trafic problem and this plan cause the right flank had become

would be a big start in the right insecure.” direction,” Mr, Freyn said. “The Chinese kept well hidden He said he didn’t have a cost in hill positions,” Mr. Burson re-| estimate on such a projéct but ported. “The artillery was silent said it would be cheaper and more for the first time since the Chi-|

city-appointed repair men. Before the new meters are for{mally purchased, City Council {must approve the Works Board's {action. It was understood, however, that the Council will give “speedy” approval to the puychase. Tear Mayor Bayt. defending ‘the Works Boards action in seleé¢ting the Mark Time meter again said:

Small and Large Homes Sell Now

All sizes of homes are selling well this Spring, If your present home is not just the right size for your family, now Is the timé to list it For Sale. Since the DEMAND

The city recently asked for bids ;

Re REIRESs

IS GOOD you will probably be able to get a better price now. : In the Classified Real Bstate Columns of today’s Times you will find the ads of nearly 250 capable real estate brokers. Call one of these licensed brokers and make an appointment for a consultation. . . . He will give you a free evaluation of the present market value of your home. . . . NO OBLIGATION of course! i

practical than any other solution nese offensive began Sunday! to the trafic problem. night.” { i. a 4

“They made the choice on the basis of performance and results. We are very satisfied with the performance of the Mark Time meter company.” oY He added that City Council and downtown merchants are all | “very, pleased” with the parking | meters now in use. ; A tentative order for the metérs has been placed with the Rhodes Co. depending upon final of City Council.

Other members of the (Continued on Page