Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1951 — Page 1
Y 29, 1951
A Human Spectrum—
LONG AND COLD—The face of John Devine, St. Louis, Mo., tells exactly how he felt atoll the night he spent outside the Speedway track.
62d YEAR—NUMBER 89
tickets (free, of course).
WEDNESDAY, MAY
Pat, Dee, Joanie, Irene and Wanda?
Dazzling Sun Dazzles | pies Punch Gaily Colored Crowd
By ED KENNEDY A dazzling sun reflected a thousand hues from around, p= 4 pNEST HOBERECHT an oval of red and black at the Speedway today. It was a ribbon running through a spectrum—a human | spectrum formed by thousands of gaily colored spectators. But it was a featherfoot crowd this morning that slug- separated sectors of the 120-
gishly streamed into the Speedway. Despite beautiful weather,| the overnight parkers were, : fewer in number than oe. eat oll Dips vious years. Only the efforts of| massed police, however, made pos-
a gible the herding of slow-moving |G Memorial D overnighters into the 33-acre lot| within an hour after the oe I ; Ww
ing bomb exploded at 5:02 a. m. By United Press
“Hit the lead—hit the lead.” was the plea of police to drivers as they waved the motorists to hurry along and clear the road. The nation observed Memorial ALTHOUGH the crowd was Day with especial solemnity toglow to start, once the signal/day as Americans fought and died
| Reds’
30, 1951
LOOK OUT, LI'L DOGGIE—These six Speedway High School girls were out to lasso some Scarce as they are, who could resist the appeals of (left to right) Darlene,
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FORECAST: Sunny and warm, with light winds today. Fair and warmer tonight and tomorrow. High today 80, low tonight 55. High tomorrow 80.
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|WALLARD LEADS ON FIRST LAP WITH SPEED OF 122.582 MP
—Times Photos by Dean Timmerman FOR SPECTATORS, TOO — Afier being (dents and foul weather inter-
bruised in today's jam at the gates, race fans |ruptions it was expected that know why helmets are popular.
Columbus, Ind., sells them.
J
Aima Price,
\eylinder cars against the powerful pair of Novis which
Reds Hit Back
Times State Service
North of 38th |
TOKYO, Thursday, |— Communist troops
spreading counterattacks in yrother watched from the bank
BLOOMINGTON, May 30—An|a 8-year-old boy and his 5-year-old Charles Willlam Thacker said as he described the death of Robert] Jr. and Carolyn Sue.
Calls Baby Sitter
sister waded hand in hand to a United Press Staff Correspondent | watery death in Cherry Lake at May 31 nearby Morgan-Monroe state forlaunched oq yesterday while their younger
Brother, 4, Describes Tragedy—
Hand in Hand, a Little Boy |, . And Sister Wade to Death Quit as Democrat Start Shakeup
The first shakeup of the Marion|
| \County Democratic Committee throttling for is the 121.327 miles lin a general reorgshization for|an hour Bill Holland averaged to . After his brother and sisterithe November city election has! Win the 1849 classic. .|“went away,” little Charles ran peen started by Chairman Paull
imile Korean front Wednes-
day as United Nations infantry- . men fought their way through! ll ge Nn ICd (A) rain and mud against stubborn opposition.
age ® w The enemy rallied from what Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway called, “a major, severe defeat,” and|
fought back from bunkers and foxholes of the old Communist {defense line seven miles north of {the 38th Parallel. United Nations infantrymen advanced slowly through heavy A gunfire to within 12 Chorwon-Kumhwa assembly area in the central sector. Planes Grounded
| “They just went in and slipped nd went away,”
4 - year - old
to the house to tell a 12-year-old McDuff.
Six Ward Leaders
EVANSVILLE, May 30 (UP)—
miles of the vanderburgh Circuit Judge Ollie {C. Reeves appeared to hold the] 1947 Indiana utilities compulsory at work in the forest and while
baby sitter.
into the water.
turn when
could swim.
tempts to revive the boy failed.
The ‘sitter, Carolyn Brown of ers resigned, some Wilbur, ran to the lake in time to! pressure, for what Chairman Me. Mobilgas Special today, was to be see Robert's hand disappearing Duff explained was for “the good She ran into the of party efficiency.”
Most significant of the “resig-
lake toward him, but had to re-| was that of County Das won approximately $125,000.
she almost slipped nations” from one of several step-offs in Commissioner William Allison as’ the water. None of the children chairman of the 23d Ward. | His area was the only one Mobliloil Special that won two The bodies were still together which turned in a majority for|Taces for Mauri Rose in 1047 and, when they were recovered a short Mayor Bayt's opponent, George 1948. time later by state troopers and E. Freyn, in the recent mayoralty| ruling made yesterday by workers in the state forest. At- Primary balloting. Commissioner Allison fought the McDuff maThe children were left with the chine all the way through the
baby sitter while the father was Primary.
In the shuffle,
was given they were impatient at| in Korea. Supported by the heaviest ar-|arbitration law as unconstitu-|the mother, Mrs. Thelma Thacker, In the ward also resigned. They | no. Driver Car ye delays caused by other motorists.] Thousands of persons visited tillery barrage they had hurled at|tional. was in Indianapolis receiving out-| Were Mrs. Clara Gill, James Cross FIRST ROW It was hurry up and wait.| cemeteries to decorate gravesithe Allies since the start of their| Judge Reeves ruled in a sult|patient treatment at Long Hos- 8nd Mrs. Esther Draher. {18—Duke Nalon Novi Purelube Spl. 136.498 Sprints of 50 feet—with a stop—| with flowers or place miniatures spring offensive Chinese troops|filed by Attorney Wilbur F.|pjtq) | Another who resigned was Her-lo0 1 ee Wallard Belanger Spl. 185.089 followed by another sprint was|of Old Glory on the resting places counterattacked against Canadi-|Dassel on behalf of Local No.|" The parents returned to their Pert Spencer, former prosecutor 8 Jack McGrath Hinkle Spl. 134.308 the pattern. {of the nation’s heroes. ans in the west and American 7th|878, AFL motor coach operators. home located on the forest pre-/2nd ex-judge of Superior Court, P More gas was consumed by the] The weather was cool and Division on the central front. The suit challenged the “anti-\gerve minutes after the tragedy.2® Seventh Ward chairman. His| SECOND ROW engines of racing fans than will| cloudy and many families aban-| In the east, a North Korean strike” law’s constitutionality. | resignation was described as hav-|27—Duane Oarter Mobiigas Spl 138.749 be used by the 33 super hotrods doned their plans for holiday force estimated variously at from Judge Reeves granted the . |ing nothing to do with the pri- 1g—Maurl Rose Pennzoll Spl. 133.423 in the main event. | outings. two companies to four battalions/ Union's motion for dismissal of Housewives Wait |mary campaign. (98—Troy Ruttman Agajanian Featherweight Spl. 132.318 As in years past. the fans] The accidental death toll struck back at South Korean Evansville City Coach Lines as . . Mrs. Mamie Badger quit as T streamed to the infield and many|dropped off, accordingly, and the units astride the Parallel south-|/One of ne Setengants, However, Out Holiday in ui ad vice chairwoman. HIRD ROW started to work erecting their pre-| National Safety Council expressed east of Inje and punctured their he on od §ismniees mol onal th ps h Shangsy ale exhected In 83—Mike Nazaruk Jim Robbins Spl. 132.183 fabricated bleachers and seats. (the hope that it might fall to a lines. ed Ly orney General J. NY Store Battle e 8th. 11th, 13th and 15th wards. 3—Johnnie Parsons Wynn's Friction Proofing Spl. 132.154 Farmers’ hog trucks and plush recorc low of less than 85 dead The counterattacks were be- gv 2 .3AU5M0N on vena) ERR SR a Shu 5—Tony Bettenhausen Mobiloil Spl. 131.950 Cadillac convertibles vied with in traffic for the holiday. lieved to be part of a stiffening * "| NE ORK, a 3 sl: | each other as equals for pole Since 6 p. m. yesterday, 18 per- delaying action rather than a new|tration panel Gov. Schricker ap- Bar W - Bay 30 (UP) Maggie and Lilibet FOURTH ROW positions along the rail. ° sons had died in highway acci-' Red offensive. pointed in a bus wage case last PArg unting housewly LONDON, May 29 (UP)-—Mar- 4—Cecil Green John Zink Spl. 131.803 From atop the pagoda the in-|dents, five in California, four in, A solid cloud cover grounded September. fretted today as the Memorial garet Truman probably will at- 38—Fred Agabashian Granatelli-Bardahl Spl. 135.029 field was a seething sea of shin-| Michigan, one in Missouri, one in Allied planes and restricted aerial] Court observers presumed the pay holiday forced a temporary tend a dance with Princess Eliza-| 26—Sam Hanks Schmidt Spl. 132.908 | ing cars and surging hassaptiy.) Oregon with two each in New observation. 3lings Means the state had Bros) in a department store war Jel and Margaret during her | FIFTH ROW In the center of the sea, a tiny| York and Pennsylvania. In ad-| et —————— ns ! ! {London visit next week. The i green island, part of the golf dition, one person drowned in : prove the. union's attack on the [HAL has KIOKed prices dOWN president's daughter will arrive ea Nal Bows Festet) Tugmedriy SE 151307 course, is the only thing that re-| Oregon and another in California. F@W Accidents law's constitutionality was un-| Bul the Datiie: wi at by ship at Southampton late! alt Faulkner Agajanian-Grant Piston Spl. 136.8373 mains untouched. The nation suffered its worst ¢ sound. A . start again gaturday. 18—Carl Scarborough McNamara Spl 135.614 g 4 # Memorial Day death toll last ver Reported Here This, in effect, would seem to tomorrow between R. H. Macy & TT SIXTH ROW THE MAGNIFICENT Purdue when the holiday fell on a Tues-| mean Judge Reeves held the act Co. and Gimbel Brothers, tra- _, . 10—Bill Schindle C Sol. 134.088 University All-American Band of | day, giving many persons a four-| Despite the crowds which unconstitutional, they said. ditional 34th St. rivals. Dies as Truck Hits Tree 1—H Ba — Bt ae pe k Plug Spl. 138.899 160 pieces fell into the theme bY day holiday. A total of 577 per-|jammed Indianapolis for the 500-| The U. 8. Supreme Court held| Yesterday they knocked dollars ,,, 1. yooer nighway fa- TB CUR Grim Morris Spi. FT 1888 playing as their opening selection sons died in accidents, including Mile Classic today, only six traf-|recently that a similar law in and cents off thousands of “price-| = 10 Mere aa in “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”|334 ir traffic, 16 in plane crashes, fic accidents were reported by the Wisconsin was unconstitutional. (fixed” items which had been day was Carl B. Brown Jr., Nash- SEVENTH ROW Leading the huge precision unit 101 by drowning and 126 in mis- Police last night. No persons were retest —— [{Tozen 5H May 21, when the ille. Tenn. who was killed to. 8—Chuck Stevenson Bardhal Spl. 138.764 which contained 16 glockenspeils cellaneous accidents. jinjurea, State Supreme Court ate NpYetts Coury invalidated day when his truck crashed into 31—Bill Vukevich Central Excavating Spl. 133.728 : were eight high-stepping drum S———————— One other accident was re- fi H . slate fair trade” laws, t 1 22 George Connor Blue Crown Spark Plug Spl 138,358 L Lib d Macy's made a 6 per cent cut & tree along Ind. 67 near Spencer. majorettes. The majorettes car Dri H S d ported in Marion County, with LOW LiDrarian Fire 2, i — ried brown-and-gold flags similar river urt Satur ay no injuries. Miss Genevieve Brown Indisriale ars Jaipirads ems. Gimbels| LOCAL TEMPERATURES ed v ag ROW oie Ei 193168 o those by the starter. As the ; | Traffic officials were n I , : . pa ania; Force rown higtop Lar opt . Be Be air per. Released From Hospital ihr Se Ofricisld » 2 Xeeping Supreme. Court law Viearian fob Merchants across the country a.m... 58 10a m..70 | 19—Mack Hellings |, Tuftanelli-Derrico Spl. 132.925 formed tricky dances, waving the] Mike Salay, driver injured Sat- ficers said they could not remem- fron, her $4500-a-year post in Walehed the pries Yar. ? 2 Mao 81 68—Carl Forberg Auto Shippers Spl. 152.300 flags. {urday during the practice sessions her another Memorial Day as| 4 . 3 3 a.m... 6 ih anit mareied the fut ay his. ear. crashed inte the ot 0 y whet appeared to be a Republican! 4 p. CHAMBERS, a Memphis, 9 a. m... 68 | ’ SIVIY. ROW 34.867 f the main stretch, paus-| southwest wall, will be at the AY Suakeup Dove. Tenn., department store executive, yq¢et humidit gz, [15—Rodger Ward Deck Mig. Co Spl ; length of the n pans! jsoutinwest wall : Everyone seems to be taking Republican majority jurists oni gaiq “we're not going to start _ rete humidity ....... 62% |12_Johnny McDowell W & J Spl. 133475 ing at intervals to play for the Speedway today for the big race. extra caution because of the|the Supreme Court bench ap- 3 bok Ml OROHE 0 AT feet tose : oD Davie Paths Oculiagser Spe. 133.516 rapidly filling stands. He was released last night from y,.,yy traffic,” one police official pointed Mrs. Mary Schubert, for- Y price war, ie 8d : x4 Methodist Hospital after treat-|g,iq mer secretary to U. 8. fen. WiL.|Po Sito. Skirting the Law— TENTH ROW DOZING IN CARS both before ant for chest injuries. rt : J + Ny . Nathan S8hainberg, head of N Purelube Spl 185.798 . ened and after choice | might be the lull before the llam E. Jenner, to the post. = [another large Memphis store, said PHOENIX, Ariz, May 32.Chet Miller Novi Purelu pl the gates op a storm—police were hoping not. rng: h , ’ ' [52—Bobby Ball Blakely Oil Spl. 184.088 _ - spots in the infield had been found kt ML we're very happy about it. | 30 (UP)--Ten women sher- 30-.Joo James Estes Lincoln-Mercury Spl. 188.910 was widespread. Grass sleeping, Some Boy | They Know “All this fair trade stuff made iff's deputies upheld the common in years past, was held Draft Board Quits merchandizing cut and dried”, law and their family in- ELEVENTH ROW : to a minimum this morning by a BUENOS AIRES, May DELPHI. M 30 (UP Th PUSAN, Korea; May 30 {Mr. Shainberg said. ‘It never comes in Maricopa County 35—Andy Linden Leitenberger Spl. 182.226 heavy dew. 20 (UP) —Senora Eva thos peat Car] p! ( 2 1 (UP)—United Nations sol- made merchants out of any of us. today. 6—Duke Dinsmore Brown Motor Co. Spl. 131.974 As in years past, the loads taken Peron today described her Tite JAR atte Sommy dnd diers stood with bowed Now we'll see who's. a merchant. The women, wives of the 71__Bill Mackey Karl Hall Spl. 181.478
bv cars and trucks into the Speed-
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Superstition Doesn’t
Bother These Thieves
WAYNESBURG, Pa., May 30 (UP)—Thieves didn’t worry about superstition when they rifled a Greene Céunty service station of almost $600 yesterday. Don Kelley, operator of the station on route 88 near Greensboro, told police the loot included $130 | to $150 in 2-dollar or so-called i “bad luck” bills,
a
husband, President Juan D.’
Peron as “god,” when speaking to a group of 400 Japanese residents who called at the government house asking Peron to accept re-election next year. “There would be no Eva Peron without Peron,” she said, “but Peron could exist without Evita or anyone else . . . he is god for us, so much so we cannot conceive heaven without Peron . . . he is our sun, our air, our water, our life . . . there can only be one Peron.”
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didn't agree with ‘‘the present policy of Selective Service regarding deferment.”
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heads in the rain today to hono: Americans who have died in the Korean War, It was the first Memorial Day ceremony held in this cemetery on a hillside overlooking the sea. Thousands of white crosses dot the slope. President 8yngman Rhee of South Korea stood bareheaded during the half-hour service. The war kept Lt. Gen.
82 Feared Dead |
In Mine Blast
EASINGTON, England, May 30
(UP)—Eighty-two miners
were
{feared dead today in the Easing-
‘hope virtually was abandoned for
ton colliery explosion.
Sixteen bodies have been recov|ered, two others known dead, and
{64 coal miners still trapped be-
six ward lead-|g of them under,
Three of Mr. Allison's assistants
former deputies, pinned on their husband's badges after a ruling by the state attorney general prevented the husbands from serving both as deputies and constables.
The constables said neither job paid a living wage and turned their deputy badges over to their wives to keep the salaries in the family. Only Deputy - Constable
Society ...civinviniinin. 6 | BPOPS «.esiereeieves 18, XT { Farl WHSON ciesreseeess 13
James A. Van Fleet, commander of the 8th Army, at the front. \
corridor 900 feet underground. The roof caved in at dawn yester-| day afer an explosion.
core 1000 yards of rubble in a
Frank Sheets’ | mained in doubt. He's a bachelor.
status -re- -
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
Time Slower Than Record Run Made By Nalon in 1949
BULLETIN
Lee Wallard in the Belanger Special won the firsé lap of the 500-Mile Race today with a speed of 122.582; four mph slower than the first lap record set in 1949 by Duke Nalon.
By BILL EGGERT -e Cautioned to exercise extreme safety with their tornado-
like speeds, the fastest field of 33 cars in Speedway’s history went roaring after a $200,000 jackpot today. 1483
_ Prior to the pace lap it looked like a field of 31 four-
heretofore have been also-rans at the Speedway pay window.’ Barring any serious acci-
Loretta to Award Trophy, but Puts ‘Kiss on Ice’
THE 1951 Speedway winner has already been cheated out of one of the most in- ° triguing prizes of the race.: Movie star Loretta Young will award the Borg War. ner trophy — but she changed her. mind this morning about adding the traditional kiss. : “It's not' that all the boys aren't wonderful,” she said, “but I feel that the kiss—possibly the greatest honor of all— helongs to the wife or sweetheart of the winner, the gal who sweated him out for 500
{every lap record from one to 200 would be rewritten. Duke Nalon, sitting on the pole {today in his No.18 Novi Purelube |Special, was the No. 1 favorite to
run from the remainder of the ifield,
| Nalon stil} holds 500-Mile Race records from the first through the (20th laps. He set them in 1049
before crashing and burning alongside the north straightaway wall,
The big record everybody is
Big Money Car
Holland’s car, a Blue Crown park Plug Special then but a
grueling miles.”
average of 133.570 as the
driven today by Duane Carter. That car never has finished farther back than second place, and
Carter's teammate, Tony Bettenhausen, was to drive fhe
Shaw told drivers: the first lap.”
With an over-all
somebody else.”
How They Started
premise, Speedway President Wilbur “You can’t win this race on:
“Because if you do try, you're sure to skin yourself ‘and maybe
For the 12 drivers who never’ fore have driven in a “500”, it
qualifying! Continued on Page $—Col. 1
Sun Smacks Shaw Smack on Lips.
Wilbur Shaw, who has been| It was also a welcome embrace kissed three times as “500” win-|for the uncounted thousands of ner, got his best buss today from spectators who doffed their a the weatherman. in temperatures over 70. 3 4 “Sunny and warm,” said the of-| .
ficial voice at the U. S. Weather| it oS Bureau here when the Speedway § ops a president called. i 8 : That finally killed the appre-| Sam Hanks’ car No. 25 pulled hension felt by Mr. Shaw and into the pits in the first iap with other Speedway officials ever since fuel trouble. py . a the weatherman, early yesterday, Duke Nalon's car No. 18 pulled said showers might mar the race./into the pits in the fourth lap,
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