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MONDAY, JULY 16, 1951
1000 Blocks
Become a Lake—
Floods Spew Fire
Fis
OIL BATH—Firemen fall in oily water.
nk Blasts
Prosecutor Reaty Mud. Clogs Up Engines
By United Press
To Open Probe of As Water Runs Short
KANSAS CITY, Mo., July
Housing Service gallons of oil floating on the w
Investigation of Tenants Hous-|
ing Service was promised by the flood water to fight the fire prosecutor’s office today. The Better Business Bureau in four days. warns against the service, The
Times checked persons who had| But today their pumpers paid a $5 deposit and found not/choked with muck from the one that could be contacted had|flood-dirty water and wouldn't] located a place to live. work. There was almost no pres-| Prosecutor Fairchild was out of gyre on the water mains. the city but Chief Deputy Prosecutor Floyd Mannon said: “We : r . § igh saswill do some investigating. We up last night in the Kansas
ant t t tat ¢ (Missouri state line industrial wan 0 get statements {romi,.., where the fire is ranging.
those who have signed up with o,, ye14 500,000 gallons of fuel Tenants Housing Service. Wheth-| 4 S000 Bayon gallons.
Sixteen tanks of fuel oil blew
er or not there is a law violation men 20,000 gallon tanks and four
I won't say.” 10,000 gallon tanks also exploded.
Bayt Pledges Aid Close 250 Blocks
Mayor Bayt said: “I think! City officials closed off 250 holding out false hopes for hous-| square blocks in the downtown Ing is the cruelest thing that! Kansas City, Mo., husiness area! could happen to a family, I'll be as a fire hazard. glad to co-operate in any way, “We want to keep people out of with anybody if I receive a speci- buildings where fires could start, | fic complaint.” {one official said. “You could The Mayor said he had received imagine what would happen if] no complaints,
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Otherwise, Oh Boy—
It's Awful in Miami —If You're a Girl |
By JAMES COOK
United Press Staff Correspondent
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., July 16—There I was, flat on my back on 1000 feet of sun-kissed beach, with nothing to swim in but the Atlantic Ocean and nobody for company
but hundreds of loyely, lonely girls. | It was torture, I tell you. Wonderful, beautiful,
we | . . bo exquisite torture. {limited amount the management The same fate can befall can do for them.”
almost any bachelor who Ted Hankoff of the Monte
: : | t imilar tale wanders down this way for a|Carlo poured out a simila
of woe. vacation this summer. Girls, girls, yo 00 oc 4pace girls come down
girls, The joint is crawling With! rom the East and Midwest on In some of the oceanfront ho-|SPecial tours that last only seven tels, female guests outnumber the OF ont Saye, Mr, Hanlon sed males 10 to 1. The over-all ratio] = ya pe aad she is 4 to 1. Stenographers, sajes.| Kind Of romance thats Iteachers, blonds |the travel folders, they know| girls. and schoolteachers, = just got to get busy right
brunets and redheads stand wist- | they ye
a ; fully .under the palms and pine Wanted to. Go Home the travel i for the only thing . Three of the Monte Carlo’s
i -—a man. agency doesn't supply {guests became so distressed they
he Josties Watiagers driving Notified the travel agency they the hotel managers batty. | wanted to go home. “So I got the
“ lsocial director busy and fixed All these surplus girls have, them up,” Mr. Hankoff said.
month” complained Manager| The Monte Carlo Imports solCharles Goldberg of the Hotel diers from a nearby Army camp Deland. (To me, they just shaped to help cope with the situation. up. No problem.) | The Sherry-Frontenac employs “Most of them are -attractive|‘rhumba instructors” as dance working girls,” Mr. Goldberg said, | partners for its guests. One beach “who came down looking for a hotel stages tea dances and boy friend—maybe even a hus- “meet - your - neighbor” cocktail band. We can’t even supply them parties trying to drum up escorts. with dancing partners. ~ | As yet, nobody has explained yi have been complaining why women are so abundant and
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16—Firemen ran out of water
today while fighting an uncontrolled fire fed by 1 million
aters of the city’s worst flood.
Twelve companies of firemen had been pumping up
that destroyed eight business
‘blocks of 24 buildings and 20 huge oil and gasoline tanks
WASHINGTON, July 18 (UP) —President Truman will fly over, the Missouri and Kansas flood areas on a one-day trip tomorrow. The White House said he will leave here soon after noon tomorrow in his plane, The Independence, fly over the flood areas, land briefly at Grandview, Mo., airfield, visit his home at Independence, Mo., and return to Washington tomorrow night. Mrs, Truman and Margaret, who just returned from a seven
with the President and remain at Indepandence. Press Secretary Joseph Short said the President has no plans to go into Kansas City. buildings with no water to fight it.” The flood which has inundated 1000 blocks in the twin Kansas t
an inch an hour today as the crest moved down the Missouri River toward St. Louis. Fire Director Francis Wornall that hoped an oil slick which has
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U.S. Aids
Sheriff Quits Being a ‘Foe
Joins Machine | He Pledged to Fight
By IRVING LEIBOWITZ | Sheriff Daniel W. Smith, who swept into office as a “bitter” foe of machine poli-| ticians, has joined the organi-|
zation of machine politicians|
he fought. | Campaign posters of the sher-! y ow
iff in his old state trooper uniform lent a dignified air to his
“honesty” and “independence” of] the regular machine politicians. | But today Sheriff Smith is the, first to admit he is an enthusiastic member of the regular or-
ganization. #
' Push Investigation—
‘Doctor’ Co Hearing in
With the opening of the medical
. » On Local Line quackery case here today in Fed-
As testimony of his new al- eral Court, focusing state-wide liance, he recently appointed dep-| M attention on fake cures, authori- ’ : en Called Out uty sheriff one of the men in the ties in Sullivan County contin-
inner circle of the Marion County Republican organization, James Chappel. The new deputy is a close associate and intimate of James : Bradford, behind-the-scenes big-/workers at Foster Freight {wig of the county GOP machine. |] ines, Inc., 480 S. Capitol
|Ave., were on strike today, Story Brings Action—
Without Notice ued their investigation of Arthur By CARL HENN {Cox, charged with practicing Truck drivers and dock- medicine in violation of a court order issued 10 years ago. His case will be heard Saturday
Significant Development
Political observers say this development is significant since Sheriff Smith repeatedly has refused to appoint men recom- head.
mended by the organization. The strike may
complished what few other “am- freight paralysis due to a strug-| ateur” politicians have—he upset gle between AFL and CIO unions; Investigation of a local “clinic” the veterans of the political wars. for membership. {which promises to cure arthritis The seven years he served in| Richard Kavner, appointed last| p cate and the state police left an indelible week as trustee of Local 135, In-| "2S starte state anc mark on him. ternational Brotherhood of Team-|10cal agencies. : He has copied many of the sters, called the Foster men with-|= T. E. Sullivan, head of the Food state police features for his coun- out notice at 8 p.m. yesterday. any IE gn Lm State y oar 0 a , Sal nat an iny oe BE Ver = Set to Pull More spector is now working on the himself in.a state police uniform! He said the trucking company case.
iail office. way violating ; Epunted in his Jail omee parts of the contracts, and ac-|reporting, and said he would ask Good, Bad Publicity" . :
As sheriff, he has had his share Indianapolis of doing the same. |tion. of good and bad publicity. “We, are prepared to pull out| Dr.
He has been criticized for allow- More men immediately,” ing one of his prisoners charged Kavner said. “There probably heartily with The "Times' story
today by
Gerald E. Kempf of
the Bloomington jail where the before the week is up.” (the sanitary conditions of inmate was slain. t The Foster strike left an esti-! place.” He had a run in with some of mated half-million pounds of the deputy sheriffs who com- freight, including perishable but- 8 plained that ‘a mysterious funditer .and meats, standing in tale + Mikel s Wc clusive expose -in-—yes to which they contributed wasitruck trailers. “secret.” The sheriff denied that| A company spokesman said he
Result of Expose
now has over $1000 accumulated./called out. He estimated 75 to!74. . He says the fund will be split 100 city and highway drivers and| Miss Mikels underwent
up at the end of the year. {dock workers were standing! ——— —-
Some newspapers have vigor-{around outside the freight line i ously supported Sheriff Smith for Premises this morning, talking] No Questions Asked—
his various crackdowns and have and smoking, but not walking
praised his enforcement policies.|Tegular picket lines. There were, Teen-Agers
{no signs visible.
Denies Favoritism
denied that he has been favoring| Mr. Kavner denied any.connec-| a certain gambling firm over|tion between the strike and a By JOSEPH ALLISON others. Commented the sheriff: drive by Joseph Romer, state di- 1 saw two teen-agers buy beer “When I took this job I thought rector of CIO Retail, Wholesale gq whisky Saturday night just my salary was going to be a flat|3nd Department Store Workers, 54 easily as they could buy a box $12,000-a-year. I now find out to enlist AFL Local 135 men inl,¢ popcorn at the neighborhood
CIO ranks. hat the sheriff can make legally : ooo tmovie. a 000 and there is no oe However, Mr. Romer today said| No questions were asked, be- ' “= : {he had expected the strike as a| ° a were needed of my trying for "additional re 1 II incipient “revolt” cause non . funds.” move oe Bont | One pink-cheeked, fuzzy-faced 3 ong 2 s , i; a rei oa am While most people in Marion Among wll Rearly 75 Pods lad purchased a case of cold beer | County know that Sheriff Smith|_; by th ar et Fost "land a pint of whisky. The tavern signed y the men a OSLer ,wner explained to. his curious
|was a former state trooper, few! preight Lines, Mr. Romer said. {know anymore about the mani«ye have ‘cards from 70 out of who is responsible for law en- (ye -g3 trucking companies in| forcement here. [town, from all except a few] Before joining the state police, /small ones. I think they're all he worked for International Har-| going to go out, although we have/ vester and the Chrysler Carp. nothing to do with that.” After graduating from Elletts-l A spokesman for the truck in- ye ville High School, he was a filling|qustry said he has been apprestation operator. At high school hensive about the situation re-| he played on the basketball team.| cently, He summed up the matter dame ost pe He married his high school hy saying both unions are “out| sweetheart, Kathryn Stevens, andi{to make a name for themselves.”
" has two boys. He formerly at-! Mr Kavner was rushed to In-| tended the Methodist Church at gianapolis from St. Louis last] I |
Ellettsville. |week after the sudden resignation|
{of Emmett J. Williams, secretary-| " treasurer of Local 135 and ons: 11 Frei ht drs time Teamsters power here, and]
customers, “This fellow is going away tomorrow.” Just two minutes later the barkeeper shushed a lad about 17 into the back room as customers began to stare. But the boy didn't have to wait
Buys Estate to Set Up Children's Camp The 700-acre Von Kessler estate in Brown County has been purchased by a new corporation, Settlements Camping, Inc., which will build a permanent camp for
more than 1000 children. t The corporation has been
of Fred Marshall, Local 135 pres-| ident, and the four business agents. / . : / as N tod: for the But Mr. Kavner today said the Tice] as Dlanied so ay a TT Foster Sinike has Aabiolutely Nol svivania railroad freight train connection wi e ve. : . her rday which tore up 600 “We are only asking the om. ere yesterday He pre up 5
: : i |feet of double track. ployers to live up to their con- Pennsylvania spokesmen tract,” he stated.
formed by five Indianapolis set- z __{oh€ car Fst a wheel as the train tlement houses—Communal Cen-| The new Local 135 trustee said|gneq along at a point where the ter Association, 17 W. Moris st.; he had handled "at least 150" {rack runs parallel to U. 8S. 24 Mayer Neighborhood, 448 W. grievances since he took over di-/anout five miles west of here. The Norwood St.; Southwest Social rection of the local here. [car jumped the track and threw Cgnter, 1905 W. Morris St.; Haw-| Where settlement of the griev-ithe others off the rails. The dethorne Social Service Associa-jances is not proceeding well, he rajled cars included one loaded tion, 2440 W. Ohio St.; Fletcher|said, there may be more strikes. with farm tractors and two tank Place Community Center, 501|He intimated another trucking|cars filled with fish oil. Fletcher Ave. All but the Fletch-/company may be struck today, Trains still were being rerouted er Center are Community Chest but refused to name a particular through Plymouth while workagencies. outfit. men repaired the damaged track.
By United Press LOGANSPORT, July 16—A lost
said
Mr. Ruark, | Presume— :
a ; ol] Bob’s in Africa—or Practically So | By momen © KuARK Wo Sg East Africa, July 16—Some-
10 minutes ago somebody pushed me onto a big TWA Clipper with built-in beds and
one, not I, has said that when flowers in a vase and free ‘you fly extensively you leave booze for the customers. your soul behind, and it takes fo . several days for it to catch . vo BUT IT MUST be Nairobi
because I am ordering bush jackets and shoes and such stuff from the local Hindu, and the streets are jammed with very black people with very white teeth who speak 19 grades of jabber. We took it fairly easy on
to you. This is about the only complaint I cam make about long distance air travel, which seems to have been cleaned up and rewound most amazingly since the early postwar, when-sched-ules were a dirty joke and they
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this trip. Paris was only a night's sleep and a champagne cocktail away from New York, where my soul is preparing to leave in order to catch me be-
at a time. ; I know I am in Nairobi, and I know that tomorrow I take off on a long safari into the
bush, but it to me I have a Bot yet left New York. About - Continued on Page 9—Col. 1 a adi re ed i ia : Se s y <
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He commended Times Re-'pame “more.. than 50” portér Donna Mikets-for-her-fne— Will Seek Evidence:
cused. many other companies in| her co-operation in the investiga-
the nis steam cabinet “treatments.” Mr. City Health Board said, “1 agree : his investigation will be a city eral food and drug officer. Most with murder to be transferred to|Will be quite a number pulled out|I'll send an inspector to check on fire inspector who will check the ©f the patients are.low income the wiring on
This came as. a result of Donna
steam arthritis sufferers.
| 3 ® Sheriff Smith has repeatedly, Incipient Revolt | As Easily as Popcorn
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if Politcins Herb Man Duped Thousands Here
Federal Court
x to Face Je Sullivan Trial Opens
in Sullivan County Circuit Court. ‘ ! Cox has been operating a can-| or 0C or cer clinic at his farm home near |
Sullivan. The herb merchant had | made prescriptions for Elias| Pearson, 61, Bedford, who tried] to kill himself last week. Can-| cer had eaten away part of one|
Davis ‘Practice’ Assailed as ‘Vicious’ By TED KNAP
ear, Analysis showed Cox's “remedy” resembled “urine and Federal drug officials demanure,” officials said.
scribed as vicious the practice of a “cure-all” herb huckster ‘who went on trial today in Federal Court. They said Robert E. Davis, Indianapolis, has “duped” three to five thousand sick people dur« ing the years he has used the title treatments for arthritis, a disease “doctor.” He was being tried on
she does not have, at Mr. Thorn-luq,a.k" violations of the Federal berry’'s instruction.
Accompanied | by a licensed doctor who posed as Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. her “husband,” Miss Mikels went| The 47-year-old fleshy dispenser to Mr. Thornberry for diagnosis./ was co-defendant with his wife, {On Mr. Thornberry's diagnosis,|cqyprie slightly built and consid-
she rented a steam cabinet from| him to treat her “arthritis” at [erably older. They were listed as
| co-operators of the Co-ordinative
The State Board of Health will] Co-Ordinative Medicines is a na%eek evidence that Mr. Thorn-|tional operation which collects berry has been misrepresenting] donations” of $10 per month {from its thousands of members, Co-operating with Dr. Kempf in/according to John T. Cain, fed-
the steam cabinets, residents of Indiana and southern
which an engineer termed as Sates. “poor and hazardous.” Investigators for the State Med-, -tical Registration Board are ex--
Worth About 15 Cents “In exchange for membership,
|terday’s Times on the National pected to check - today to deter-|they get drugs. and bottles - of Clinics Co., 2244 Broadway, oper-/ mine what action, if any, could|medicine worth about 15 eents the fund was secret, saying it/did not know why the men were ated by C. O. Thornberry, who is be taken against Mr. Thornberry leach,” said Mr. Cain.
{for “diagnosing and treating”
On hand as key witness for the oo Se _________ igovernment was Dr. David I. |Macht, retired Johns Hopkins Uni- | versity professor now doing reisearch. Recognized as a leading 'pharmacologist, Dr. Macht, at{tested to the drugs and declared them to be “worthless, and im |some cases harmful.” Davis had risen far®in the last long to get a dozen bottles of cold 12 years. In Shelbyville in 1939, brew. Mr. Baf Owner gave him| De was arrested as aj tramp and personal service, ‘took the beer Ordered to leave the county. lout to the lad’s car and collected| Since then he has set up offices on the spot. {at 345 Indiana Ave. This Jocal tavern headed a list “I have been practicing Christiof more than a dozen taverns | nity for 22 years,” Davis said. where a 16-vear-old boy said it! That's What 1 practice—Christiwas possible for teen-agers to buy anity-—nol medicine. beer and whisky, At Fountain Square I saw two teen-agers staggering drunk. One was 19. The other 15.
Buy Beer
Arrested in Alabama
He added that he has been in ‘and out of Indianapolis for 14 years, While he was “out” he was
Silent on Purchase arrested three times in Birming-
Neither would reveal where! Dam, Ala, for drug law violations. they got the whisky. Both were| Diseases which Co-ordinative so drunk they could not talk Medicines claims to cure run the clearly. : gamut of human ailments. Among
At two taverns on the list of those listed are diseases of the teen-age suppliers I found no Kidney and bladder, all diseases minors, but heavy sales of Pick-/0f male and female organs, N-Win tickets were easy to see. |Stomach disorders, liver trouble, . Police records reveal that Plood impurities, short windedness§ neither of the ticket-selling tav-/and heart trouble. 2 erns ever has been raided for| “We consider this a viclous gaming. |practice,” said Dr. Kenneth L. Milstead, chief of the federal food ————land drug administration in this district. “Some people who had
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inever got better, and died.”
Ten charges of violating the federal act were filed against the couple in February. They came after numerous complaints from patients and after long investigation by federal authorities.
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{Federal Judge William E. Steckler {were Sidney Weisenberg, federal ~ | food and drug agent from the Cincinnati office, and Mrs. Willie Vincent, also from Ohio, a former
find it where nearly 80% of | patient. the Better Home values are | When informed of the cass, advertised . . . in The Indian- Theodore Simpson, administra=
apolis Times. Every day The Times Real Fstate Columns are filled with a wide variety of home offerings. The above home is just one of these hundreds of | homes. There are doubles, | “We advocate the use of regu=~ duplexes, farms, estates and [lar practioners of medicine,” Mr. all kinds of city and subur- [Simpson said today. ban single homes. Don't miss “Our. interest is to discover them today! evidence of illness, before the development of a condition or incapacity. This entails a physical examination, provided free of charge, with the idea of making discovery of any illness. If it is found, we refer the individual to competent physicians or -other appropriate agencies .for medical care.
tive assistant at Flanner House, {said that the program carried on {there was designed to keep peo= ple from falling prey to quacks.
Urge Regular Doctors
Job Security WASHINGTON, July 16 (UP) — President Truman today signed a bill giving permanent legal status to
the Secret Service, which “No person following our pro
is responsible for protecting |. 4.16 can fall victim to a quack,”
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