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SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1051

All- Night Eite Guts Theater New Cline

Guests Must Flee Nearby Hotel

Only the old brick walls of the Paramount - Theater remained

standing today on the site of the °

1000-se#t movie house at 411 E. Washington St. Interior of the former burlesque house was gltted by an eighthour conflagration last. night, origin of which had department officials shaking their heads. The night-long blaze sent out drifting showers of embers which threatened nearby buildings, and intense heat which endangered the lives of residents in the historic Tremont Hotel, 405 E. Washington St. Police and firemen helped 110 hotel guests to evacuate the hotel, some in their nightclothes. Ralph Fender, fire prevention

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chief, “said destruction was So complete it was difficult to determine cause of the fire. Fire Chief Roscoe McKinney theorized a lighted cigaret may have been left berind by a patron after the show closed .at = a 11:05 p. m. Traffic was blocked off in all directions. Several hundred people watched the two-alarm fire, in which four companies laid 17 10se lines. One injury was reported. Patrolman Roy G. Troutman, off duty when the fire began shortly before midnight, offered assistance when he passed the area. He suffered a cut leg while helping extinguish embers on railroad property south of the fire. No damage estimate could immediately be secured from John Cooper, Zionsville, and Mrs. William Gavin. 5879 Central Ave. co-owners of the property. Theater a loss Chief McKinney said the theater was a loss. He estimated value at £30,000. Slight damage was reported to the roof of the Tremont Hotel, on which firemen had to throw continuous streams. First alarm was given at 11:51

_p. m. by Ralph McCarty, 56-year—

old night clerk at the hotel. His call reported the hotel on fire, since. choking, frightened guests already were beginning to stream by him out of the building to safety. Oscar Corlett, 63-year-old night

clerk, was one of the first to see! _

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the flames from his third story Landmarks—

room window facing the theater across an 8-foot alley. “I looked out the window and saw smokes and flames shooting| out of the open fire-escape door,” Mr. Corlett said. “I could feel the heat right away,” he aded. “I nearly scorched my hands trying to close my window.” Called Out Alarm Mr. Corlett ran along the hall.

and the Tremont interesting roles

By HEZE CLARK Both the Paramount Theater Hotel played in Indianapolis

knocking on doors and calling an history. alarm. He was assisted by Ed- When the theater was built ward P. Hart, 78-year-old ex- more than 50 years ago, it-was

Marine, who was awake in his second-floor room when he, too, noticed a burst of flame from the theater. “It looked like a ball of fire popped out,” said Mr. Hart, who fought in the Spanish-American War, the Boxer Rebelliop, and World War 1. Police who helped evacuate the hotel said many of the elderly guests were confused, and resisted leaving the smoke-filled building. James R. Miles, 41, of 303215 E. Washington St., was convicted in Municipal Court 4 today of driving over a fire hose while firemen were battling the blaze. Judge Alex Clark withheld judgment on that charge, and on charges of drunk, reckless driving and disregarding an officer's signal. But he fined Miles a total of $80 and sentenced him to 10 days in jail on conviction of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. License was suspended for one year.

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Dr. Sumner LL. Martin, chairman of the local chapter of the American Christian Pal-

moved on to other spots, renamed the Bijou and made a vaudeville house.

fore the Civil War, building used hotel purposes in Indianapolis.

in there, too, and many other famous figures.

lager of the Trmeont, little ceremony is held there every vear on | honor of slept in the hotel.

rison, well-known figure in Indianapolis,

named the Gayety. It was the top burlesque house in the city. After the burlesque queens

it was

I remember John L. Sullivan

bringing a troupe of athletes to {perform there, when the theater featured athletic Reynolds and a fellow named Nelson wrestled there for the world championship.

events. Jack

In fact, I wrestled there myself

in my younger days, before I became a police reporter for The Indianapolis Times.

The Tremont Hotel, built beis the oldest

continuously for

It once sheltered Abraham Lin-

coln when he came throuhg Indianapolis on his way to Washington and dent of the United States.

inauguration as Presi-

Stephen Douglas, Lincoln's rival their historic debate, stayed

Paul M. Waterman Jr., man-

told me a

Lincoln's the

birthday time Mr,

in Lincoln

I remember Col, an early

Rill Alec Morresident . and

n a on

John L. Visited Paramount, Lincoln Slept in Tremont

He was a famous fisher-

man. man, and the brother-in-law of Mr. Murphy, of Murphy, Hibben

& Co., who built and lived in the

and Michigan Sts.

Wrestling Tactics Used by Thugs In Robberies Here

Yeggs are beginning to learn something from those televised wrestling matches In two strong-arm assaults during the night, attackers used a rassler’'s ‘“head-itock” to subdue their victoms. William Keene, 54, of 1002 N. Capitol Ave., was siezed by three men last night in the 700 block * W. Walnut St. He was headlocked by one man while another struck him. Stolen was his billfold, $6 and a watch. The same hold was four men and

used by two, women early

today in the 300 block W. New York St. They attacked Harry Pyatt, 71, R. R, Zionsville. a

nightwatchman. He wallet and revolver. At 19th and Yandes Sts. three men attacked George Walton, 22. of 1903 Cornell Ave., early todav. He lost nothing. : : A few blocks away another victim reported he was Knocked to the ground by several men who then kicked him in the face. He was Robert Hendricks, 40, of 1538 E. 15th .St. His assailants took $3.

yielded his

returns a decision on the

Marion County Ain't West, But Man Admits to Rustlin'

tumbled out and. broke its neck: This was a sure-fire crisis. It

thief not cattle rustier in all of 41dn’t stop Mathes, though. Police

helped him sooth the rest of the stock and helped ge) the cows to the Stockyards, where all were sold. Then he came to Indianapolis. That wasn't so good. The men’ with the shiny badges were looking for him. Tattooed brands on the ears and lips of the stock helped the owner trace them and put the law on Mathes’ trail. Judge Steckler didn’t take any action after he heard ‘Mathes’ guilty plea. The defendant is 46. but the judge is letting probation officers do a little checking up before he sentence. It could amount to $5000 in a

i y ho died in the Tremont Hotel $ Committee, will be w : Solin speaker at luncheon Where he Rad lived as an old meeting of Hadassah - —_—_——— rs EER TR 3 Wednesday . You're Branded, Podner-— After the ballots are counted next fall, Mrs. Alice Stratton, Beech Grove, may be Indiana's only woman mayor . read Hoosier Profile . .". by Noble Reed.. 3 Henry. Butler finds the Jordan : Players’ production of By DAVID WATSON “Who'll Pay the Rent?” hi- THERE'D BEEN NARY a hoss l1arious fare ...cececeeanane 6 Kon-Tiki . .. another chapter 'Marion County for nigh on two in the stirring saga of six 5 vears ‘til yesterday. men against the sea....... . Trail dust had settled and the . {local posses could sort of take it Other Features: flocs! fioatcs sow son) of fake § Amusements ....... «..s 6,9 vestigations to go on. BOOKS +essssessrvessaere "8 That's when Tyson Mathes told Bridge ....... vessessasvs 3 1a federal judge his plea was Henry Butler ....coeveee 6 |Ruilty to a charge of transporting Churthes ..... cersveeee 4, 5 [stolen cattle, Crossword ..... roeves A Now, Mathes didn't take any Editorials c..c.00. vessess 10 cattle from here. He didn’t bring FOTUM ..vivicennss ~ooor To Tany nere efther. Hoosier Profile «ccoiveees 3 Fact is, he got 'em {in Holly Erskine Johnson ........ 3 Springs, Miss, on a farm where Movies ........: voues . 6 9 he worked. He hauled them to Frederick C. Othman %... 10 Memphis in a truck. Pure bred Radio and, Television .... 8 stock too. Society ..... .o seessed Be 8 =a Sports ..... renesers . 11,12 | FIRST TRIP went off fine. But| WOMEN'S sovesesnesssrses 3

with the second load, the tail ‘gate fine ° and five years in the pen): fell a the truck and a cow téntiary.

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Times Photo by John Spicklemire.

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY—Firemen poured and poured this morning in quenching the fire which gutted the Paramiount Theater Building, 411 E. Washington St. Water was hosed from pump-’ ers on the ground and (right) a fireman plays another hose from the top of a ladder.

City Sues to Get * Overpayments In Bond Case

Pssaults Hit Stone Wall

Reds Bleed Badly; Attacks Taper Off

By EARNEST HOBERECHT United Press Staff Correspondent

| TOKYO, Sunday, May 20— ‘The Communist hordes ran linto unbreakable resistance Saturday at both ends of the United Nations line in Korea. The Chinese Reds hurled

thousands of soldiers into a new, bloody, fruitless attack on the U. 8. 2d Division in eastern Korea. A North Korean daylight attack on Seoul's outer defenses ended in failure. The massive second phase of the Communists’ spring offensive {was weakéned from the blood-| | letting inflicted by the 2d Di-| vision. With the aid of Dutch, French and South Korean troops, | the Americans halted a Communist breakthrough to within, less than 10 miles of the vital road junction of Hongchon. 48,000 Casualties? United Press correspondents) Robert W. Gibson and Glenn A. Stackhouse reported from the east central front that the assaults by waves of Chinese tapered off yesterday afternoon. They said there was speculation that after four days the Chinese

of 96,000 men and had run out of steam. Richard Applegate, United Press correspondent covering the Seoul front, said the Reds launched a fantastic daylight attack on the former capital’s outer defenses. battalions of North Korean in-

been abandoned but were beaten pack with a toll of hundreds of! casualties. One American company counted 135 bodies in front of its bar wire. The fighting raged ob both| sides of a ragged ridge that runs

the - South Korean capitol. Told Allies Had Fled Many of the 80 dazed prisoners) taken by the GIs said their com-|

—w— manders had told them that the!son, John, was bitten by a stray. WAL es had fled Seoul and all they Police failed to locate the animal. ‘had to do was brush aside a

screening force and enter a deserted city.

The Reds attacked

“had lost half their striking force

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due south into the city almost to!

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Indianapolis, Indiana, lssued Daily.

Rookie Driver 1 In ‘500’ Trial

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A Dog Owners Held as Police

Push Rabies Drive

The drive against rabies and {roaming dogs continued today | (after police announced the arrest ‘of four dog owners charged with! {failure to obtain licenses.

Six persons were reported bitten |

vesterday. Three dogs were shot! by hunting officers.

| Fifteen-year-old Larry Stewart,

(1609 W. Ohio St.. was nipped in the left arm at 349 N. Tremont Ave. by a dog -belonging to {Thelma Cunningham, of that address.

The dog's owner was slated into municipal court for failing to purchase a city dog license.

One dog was shot at 2300 Schofield Ave. and another at 1100 E.! Market St., both on complaint of /dog packs in the neighborhood. At 1915 Southeastern Ave. a

He said a scant four dog wandered into a parking lot I

and fell dead. Police said the |

.|fantrymen thought the city. had dog seemed to have been poisoned |

rather than disessed. Mrs. Maurice Harvey, 853 N. [Rural St, failure to purchase a dog license (after her dog bit 68-year-old Mary

ithe child wandered into the Ha {vey yard.

However, Mrs. Harvey said she

(had a license at the time police :

were there, but couldn't find it. Mrs. Virginia Hunter, 3561 W. 11th 8t.. reported her 3-year-old

Treated at Hospital Mary Lou Thompson, 23, was Hospital

Seoul at 6 a. m. in bright sunlight|after a stray dog bit her in the and found themselves almost im- leg as she walked up her front

mediately in Allied mine fields

and barbed wire entanglements. rom eiab infantry opened fire

from elaborately laid out positions was slated for failure to purchase : veeervneess JOBS and cut down North Koreans with|a dog license after her dog bit |

steps at 3717 E. Vermont St. Ada Williams, 738 W. 12th St,,

The first of a series of suits to jana & machineguns, bazookas, Julius Dobbins, 10, when he ran Murphy mansion at Pennsylvania recover about $1 million in over- Mortars and recoilless cannon. across the back yard.

payments under ,

perior Court 3. The complaint charges Sheehan Construction Co.,

in overpayments to retire Barrett Law bonds through a ‘mutual mistake.”

The City asked for an accounting of its dealings with the com-| pany to determine the exact! amount due. The suit said the amount is now “in excess $25,000.” The firm received the bonds from the City in 1939 for payment of sewer construction on the East Side. Yearly payments were made by the City to retire the bonds.

Later, an Indiana Supreme Court decision in a similar case changed the bond-retirement proeedure, whieh resulted in the City's overpayments to .the company, the suit stated.

The complaint also charged that the firm had refused the City's demand to return the

amount of { overpayments,

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that

Holi-{the east but hit back so hard that! {Illinois St., was slated for failure day building, received $27,383.29 the flaming front soon simmered to purchase a dog license for his

Artillery and air strikes added to!

improvement (ho slaughter. bond law was filed by the City!

of Indianapolis yesterday in Su- more a complete unit after remov- 1422 KE. LeGrande ing three battalions and at least!

two companies from Chinese pock- failure to purchase a license,

The fighting 2d Division, once,

ets, made slight withdrawals in|

down. ‘Considerable’ Build Up At nightfall, the division was holding a line astride the Inje-| /Hongchon highway, recuperating’ from facing and fighting off the | greatest concentrated attack on! any front in the Korean War. On the central front, South Ko-| reans fought their way out of an| enemy trap while the Communists| |appeared to be building up for a| mass assault. Officers described! the enemy buildup as “considerable” and said the Reds could

launch a “large, orderly attack” at any time.

Parcel Post ‘Going Up

WASHINGTON, May 19 (UP) —Parcel post rates will go up 25 per cent on Oct. 1. Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson re-| ceived clearance from the Inter-| state Commerce Commission late yesterday to put the boost into! effect.

throughout tomorrow.

A dog owned by Bernice HerIman, 41, of 1439 E. LaGrande St., {bit 10-year-old Melvin Bender, ' St., in the

abdomen. She was slated for

Robert Hughes, 42, of 1125 8. |

|pet. He was warned to keep the |dog penned. ¢

‘Weatherman Still

In Good Humor LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am... 65 10a. m, .. 79 7a. m.. 688 11a m. 84 $a m.. 71 12 (Noon) 86 9am. .. 75 1 p.m... 87 Latest humidity ........ 51%

The Weatherman smiled on Indianapolis Speedway today, and promised to stay in good humor The forecast called for “fair— continued warm” weather. After tonight's low of 62, high {tomorrow was set at 89 degrees, with a southeast wind of 12 to 18 miles an hour. Prediction included a possibility of thundershowers Monday, with continued high temperatures.

' Man Killed, Another Hurt In County Car-Truck Crash

One young man was killed and lanother injured seriously in a

car-truck crash in Marion County t

early this morning.

Killed instantly was Philip Mec- Jersey St., suffered injury to his

Cown, 22, Ellettsville, The car he |was driving struck a tractor-|. [trailer at the intersection of Ind.

29 and Ind. 100 northwest of In-|

|dianapolis. In General Hospital with a skull ‘fracture, a fractured left’

collar bone and possible internal Killed

injuries is Carroll

20, R.R.

Stottlemyer,|

which they were riding overturned on Fall Creek Pkwy. near the Sargent Road intersection early oda

Yovk Leer. 20. of 5755 N. New

right leg and possible internal in-

“INDIANAPOLIS TRAFFIC _ CASUALTIES

(188 days) ot 1950 1951! Accidents ......... 2991 2865 Injured. ...... . 1068 1261 “ase Pr 26 25

7, Box 23, Anderson, a juries when he was pinned under

passenger in the McCown car, the automobile.

His condition is reported as tair. | Mr. McCown, driving west on! 1100, apparently failed to stop at| the intersection of 29. His vehicle crashed into the right rear of a northbound tractor-trailer driven by Lyle Andresen, 28, | Benton Harbor, Mich, wedging under the trailer and overturning, it. ;

Stewart, <Ireceived arm and face tions.

Driver Is Injured Driver of the car, James T. 19, 4070 Boulevard PI. lacera-

A third passehger, Thomas E. | Bates, 20, of 2070 Boulevard Pl.

was not injured. He also attends Butler Mr. Stewart told police his

vision was obscrued by dust from

Damage to the truck, which. is'gnother automobile as he came

owned by the Holland Motor Co., was estimated at $2500. The auto. mobile was demolished. The accident occurred at 2:40] a. m. y Two Butler University students | ‘were - injured when the car in!

over a hill. Passerby released Mr. Leer, who was trapped under the vehicle. - The injured youths were taken| to Methodist Hospital for treat- | ‘ment. ~

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-Scarhorough Averages 135 For 14th Spot

Schindler, Hellings Also Qualify By BILL EGGERT : The 14th, 15th and 16th drivers have qualified for the [1951 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Speedway. Carl Scarborough, Bill

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CARL SCARBOROUGH Schindler and Mack Hellings La (MeNamara Special) spi (had earned places in the fleld in p : the first 45 minutes of qualifies Ceteisnee c+ 1:07.10 134.128 000 ) chvn bese ek 1:06.44 185.461 - 3 eereinirens 1062S 238870 Third Qualifier 2” 4 tieiinseeis 1508 187.028 | Hellings was the day’s thidd

|qualifier with an average ‘of 132.925 mph in the TuffanelliDerrico Special. = Fourth qualified was Cliff Griffith of Indianapolis in the Morris Special, a car driven last year by Jerry Hoyt, now in the Army, Griffith's average speed for thse four laps was 133.839 mph. Griffith, who lives at 4108 Spann Ave. qualified the Sarafoff Special last year at 129.014 mpt. I'Thé speed ‘wasn't enough to get him in the starting field and he was first alternate. Griffith's speed today was almost four miles per hour faster than that turned in by. Hoyt in the Morris car last year. The second fastest 10-mile run in Speedway history today earned Carl Scarborough the 14th qual[ification Zpot in the 1951 Indianuo apolis 500-Mile Race here May 30, | Scarborough, a Clarkson, Mich., {hotfoot, churned the four laps at lan average speed of 135.614. His

Total «0 ‘4:25.48 185.614 |

BILL. SCHINDLER (Chapman Special)

|Lap Time MPH (fastest lap, the fourth, was a ] treevsie cess 1:07.85 133.630 blazing 137.028. That fourth lap cesessaceae 1:07.24 133.849 effort put him just a shade under : 04.43 134835 Pole Winner Duke Nalon’s 137.049 sesssvvnese for a single circuit of the 214-mile Total ...... 4:28.50 oval.

134.083 | { The speeds turned in by Scar borough in the McNamara Special set a new record for four-cylinder {rear drive cars. 15th Qualifier Minutes after Scarborough’s run, one-legged Bill Schindler be« came the track's 15th qualifier, He zoomed the Chapman Special around the four laps at an avere |age speed of 134.033. His fastest lap was the third at 134.630. * Scarborough was lightly ree garded by Speedway railbirds. He passed his driver's test here last year, but did not qualify for the irace. During practice sessions last week he claimed he'd had this car up to 133 MPH, but no one took him seriously. He'll be taken |seriously now. | Al but four of the 56 cars in the Speedway garage area have had their wheels on the track’s bricks and asphalt.

MACK HELLINGS (Tuffanelli-Derrico Special)

Lap Time MPH Two more rookie drivers passed °* au . 1:07.30 133.730 their driving tests yesterday as Breda ROTRE 132.626 Leroy Warriner got the okay in B rirrnene 1:08.02 132.314 the No. 75 George F. Heller en« 4 ivnesieees 1:07.85 133.138 try and Bud Sennett finished his in the Auto Accessories Co. MasTotal ...... 4:30.83 132.925 erati, owned by Joe Barzda of

New Brunswick, N. J. No other freshman driver may attempt to pass his test until Monday. Blazin’ Bobby Ball, a Phoenix, Ariz., driver who comes here with a speedy reputation, had hoped to start his test, but was fouled up by an overheating engine. Elsewhere in the garage area

there were signs .of driver switches as owners went after ' sure-pilots rather than battle

time with rookies.

CLIFF GRIFEITH (Morris Spec

Lap Time MPH E cries ernnnns 1:07.12 134.088 == BN iii 1:07.27 133.789 '§ 3 iterereinine 1:07.00 134.325 8 sieeve 1:07.59 133.56 Total ...... 4:28.98 133.829 § >

BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, May 19 (UP) ~The Senate committee inves-

CARL FORBERG (Auto Shipper’s Special)

tigating his ouster “very likely" Lap Time MPH will recall Gen. Douglas Mac- | 1 .......00.« 1:07.98 132.392 Arthur. for ecross-examination 2............ 1:07.58 133.215 on his Korean War proposals, 3 ............ 1:07.48 138.379 Chairman Richard B. Russell 4............ 1:07.83 132.587 said day. (Earlier story on p—— Page 2) | Total ...... 4:30.90 182.890

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