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The Meanest of Weeds—
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Police Fighting Growth Reveal Housing Service
Of Marijuana In City
By TED KNAP Thousands of dollars worth of marijuana, enough to keep local addicts in a trance for months, is growing wild in fields and roadside patches in Indianapolis. That's what police reported today as they attacked the growing menace, Vice squad officers found marijuana plants in three fields yesterday and today, and started their perennial campaign of uprooting and burning it. “You can find the stuff in at least 50 fields and dumps around town,” Sgt. George Martin of the vice squad reported.
Places Cited
So far, his squad has discov ered the narcotic weed in these three places: Between S. West St. and White River about 1500 south; at Adler and 8. Meridian Sts., and along the west bank of White River about two blocks south of W. Morris St. In that last field, they found and burned a patch about 20 feet | square. ab | “The marijuana in this spot could be easily processed and sell for several hundred dollars,” Sgt. Martin said. “In all, there are many thousands of dollars werth of the loco weed growing wild here.
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| Chief of Detroit | Arsenal Charged
J Editarial Page 10 By United Press & # WASHINGTON, July 30— ‘The Army fired Brig. Gen. David J. Crawford last night {as commander of the Detroit Tank Aresnal for accepting favors from defense contractors and taking government material for his own use Gen. Crawford got the stiffest punishment short of a court-mar- EE
ranking Army officer—a formal {reprimand and relief from comNL ia mand. pA Easy to Convert Army Secretary Frank Pace A dope addict has little trouble Jr. ordered the disciplinary action. |
in converting the wild weed into SILENT ENEMY—This innocent-appearing weed is marijuana. He said Gen. Crawford “has not|. reefer smoke. met the high standards required
Police reported they frequently » lof an Army officer.” see people picking the weeds. 4 We PR Steps have been taken, Mr. | Pace said, to make Gen. Craw-
Whenever possible, they are arford '‘reimburse’ the government
rested and investigated. Marijuana - weeds spread fast {for government material which and are difficult to control, police he used to build pleasure boats gajid. Every year they report for himself, and fof transporting personal goods from Detroit to
finding the dope plant in many fields which are then cut and his Maryland home at the Army's expense.
for still another Tenants Housing "placement."
burned. But next year the weeds
are back. ‘He Got Caught’
yen. Crawford said in Detroit that he “did nothing that anyone else wouldn't have done-—only someone caught me at it.” Mr. Pace said that Gen. Craw{ford would be succeeded by Brig. Gen. Carroll H. Deitrick, now, commander of the Watertown, Mass., arsenal. Gen. Crawford] was ordered to stay in Detroit! pending his next assignment. The Army Secretary said he
fired Gen. Crawford on the basis I {of a report by the Army Inspector A Rat Ho Ge———
Bitter-Sweet Smoke
When Sgt. Martin and Officers Lloyd Whobry and Fred McCool burned the reefer patch this morning, the smoke smelled bitter-sweet, They said mere whiffing of marijuana from a burning field can get a person “high.” Police warned that marijuana ix a dangerous drug which brings uncontrollable reactions, causes hallucinations and deteriorates
\ "907" ‘E:- 30thsAncther vacant lot bub
of their "placements."
body. “ a A ii marijuana Tre SEATON " \ oi ; |General, who. was sent to De- * ® a rg hy . !troit last week after public hearlooks a little like a lily Plant. OPERATION ERADICATION—Police burn field of marijuana [ings by a House oe Services $1 50 p al Many thin leaves sprout Irom i plants. Subcommittee headed by Kep.|
straight stem. The green leaves have ridged surfaces and jagged
a —— Porter W. Hardy (D. W. Va.) M hi ; § edges. At the top are tiny buds Did ‘Outstandings Job’ ne ont :
A rec ah is now in ~van Fleet Warns Troops Mr, Pace emphasized thal whe
! Army's investigation revealed no nL meee » By Tenant erally, but yesterday the officers A ainst Re Am us reiuis ities op the pare of Gen. found one 12 feet tall. ; . € “I was placed by Tenants “That plant alone was worth : Cn . general had done an “outstand- : * - That plant a 7YA By EARNEST HOBERECHT [lel instead of along the present ing” job Housing service . . . and it ahout $200.” Officer Whebrey said. United Press Stalf Cotrespondent font . : $ front. Mr. Pace said the Army inspee- cost me $150 for a month's
Police described the weed as ~ * 1 owe o : . VANCE BASE BELOW The negotiators agreed only tor val Gen.i C "Er ; : , being “very comm 1 here, but AD or general found Gen. Crawford housing in a rat hole.
Hal that can be given a high NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY —This homey-looking hunk of stone occupies the address giver
according to. Tenants H
not as widespread as in southern Indiana, Texas and Mexico.” Sgt. Martin said police were at a loss for an air-tight method of
KAESONG, Korea, Tuesday, July that they will meet again today guilty of violating Army regula31 -- Cease-fire negotiations re-
mained deadlocked for the fourth day Monday over the fixing of an armistice line on the battle front.
8 p. m.. Monday, Indianapolis time) and that the fighting will definitely continue until a ceasefire agreement has been signed.
tions by accepting free hospitality This was the comment of Don from a contractor. Patrick, 829 Woodlawn, one of the Gen. Crawford admitted that he persons listed by Tenants Housing occupied a suite in Washington's Agency as having been placed
i y arijuana : eontraling: the "wild mary] Gen. James A: Van Fleet, com- The United Nations ground Congressional Hotel twice during through their agency. Here is Mr.
Plants. mie 'manding the 8th Army, warned forces won a stirring victory on June as guest of a representative Patrick's comment on the “servhis men, meanwhile, against a the east-central front. They com- of the Continental Foundry & ice” rendered: 3 possible Communist “ambush.” pleted the capture of a chain of Engineering Co., East Chicago, “I was desperate for a place and AW to vorce | He said United Nations negotia- hills dominating the entire area Ind., and the Pacific Car & Foun- registered with Tenants Housing |tors were acting in good faith and after a bitter five-day battle. dry Co., Seattle. for a rental from $60 to $70. They » age 'he hoped the Communist negotia- The two companies had $32 mil- didn't even get within $50 of the ors were also. But warning nis Planes Smash lion worth of tank turret con- rental I listed. 'T'he place they finU Ie A 0 | ICS troops to keep constant vigilance. tracts with the Detroit Ordnance ally gave me was $100 a month ’ he said: Red Ca ital Center. and when I got there the landlord “We must not and will not per- Pp Septem m—" upped it to $125. 1 called them G a Dan er mit this great United Nations| 8TH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, - and they said there was nothing n I ve g larmy to become a victim of a Korea, Tuesday, July 31 (UP)—| they could do so I took it at that,” |Communist ambush.” Allied warplanes attacked the in ore 0 eS Foodstuff Scattered By JOHN V. WILSON United Nations and Communist North Korean capital of Pyong-| The Patricks left a box of groceries in® theshouse and re-
The author of. the 1951 law 4, 009tjons ended their 14th and yang Monday, and a Red broad- i ; divorcing Julietta, Marion County), hgest single session in Kaesong cast said the “city people's com-| er Ive FowWn axl um 0 foe home for the aged, from politics |yronday still in complete disagree- mittee building” apparently the foodstuffs lifted from the box and
today assailed a lawsuit to de-| —. . ‘Lor the establishment of a city hall —-was demolished. “scattered over the house.”
clare it unconstitutional. truce line and demilitarized zone Allied Jer and fighter bomber “1 knew nen Shere Were Jats i State Rep. George 8S. Diener, he 135-mile front. planes starte res a e ed! n d p 4 p {...” sai r. Patrick. “It lookec i = i Indianapolis Republican, said he BO ne Srorin that both sides capital so large that the smoke like they were playing football 3448" KENWOOD-—Takes a heap of living to make a vacant was ‘surprised’ by the attempt to might soon agree to a recess of made it impossible to estimate By United Prete with the stuff. space a home. block a law providing needed several days so they can give amage. EDMUNDSTON, N. B., Jilly 30 A few nights later, he said,
the rats got into two laundry Volunteers and police grappled baskets and d
estroyed clothing of today for more bodies in a small . : : y. lake where five perfons drowned his wife and children. The Alliand three were missing in the 30D employee sald he learned
there was no way to exterminate a psiz of a flat-bottom ferr . |Sapsizing OL. Yirats from the dirt foundation of
health facilities for Indianahpolis : iv d Three Allied planes were lost, the question further study an ineludi g aT ; Ey Co niied Friday by|consuit fully with their govern- Ar ollie 10. ere e X 2 i < ts Mili ! : Vinard S. Buckner, 1617 Finley Mens. ; visibility. A third plane exploded AveTC on behalf of all taxpayers The Communists insist that the pop, mal arms fire hit it. All
ie iv 25 square miles uy : ty. It med | Allies give up 2125 sq jlots were given up for lost. in the city and county. It named ASR BITE WAS Sooo Hor. P given up for lost
Mayor Bayt and the County Com- © . eREas pe of 1500 watching the the old structure and that he missioners as defendants yb A oh Sara Man Appeals Murder | a Fish and Hunt Ciab's “gave up’ and sent his family Kid Gloves TE ee et een or regatta from the shore of back to illinois. that : Term, Charges Errors {Caron Lo gasped yesterday as I don’t think Tenants Housing Speculation arose today Salesman Hits | Rufus G. Sisk appealed his con- ipa 20-foot ferry tipped its pas- did right,” he said. “I was only the law is seriously threatened by . viction on a first-degree murder gonodks into the water. there three days when I went the auit since the D's no erat is The Jackpot charge to the Indiana Supreme «Jt rocked, teetered on its side up and told them it was Impossimajority of the County Cammis- Court today. and over the passengers went,’ ble. All they did was inform me sioners is on record as opposing Frank Bettger was # fail- Sisk claimed six errors occurred mown Constable Althe Lebel said.|I owed them another $20 on top it. ure in his first venture in during his first trial. He said the «phe jake was filled with swim- of the 35 registration, and not Commissioners Fred Nordsiek| ,. haji in the bush league. indictment was illegal. ming, shouting passengers.” to let it become delinquent. T and William A. Allison indicated = (L.g told he was “too Sisk was sentenced to life im- ; Ishelled out that plus the $125 they would instruct County Attor- lazy.” prisonment ,by Gibson Circuit Low in the Water for less than a month, It was a ney Robert Carrico not to oppose With enthusiasm and de- Judge A. Dale Eby for the pick-' Survivors said the boat Was ity expensive housing venture the suit very vigorously. termination to succeed, he ax murder of Ben H. Hancock in low in the water as it was pulled op» «Mr. Nordsiek, an avowed foe made good soon after with Evansville, Sept, 3, 1950, during on a long rope from an island in qo0 other persons placed suc of the law, said he ‘“‘questioned the St. Louis Cardinals. a filling stafion holdup. ithe lake to the mainland. It CaP-| ceggively in the same house said
from the very beginning the right . “Tp yl l “a gettger is ome | He was indicted by a Vander- sized when the passengers, Manyiipey moved because the house = DON PATRICK—$150 for a
of an appointive body to issue =. Coats greatest sales- burgh County grand jury and the of them vacationing Americans, , i heen sold the owners month's housing.
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bonds and levy taxes.” omen. case was sent to Princeton on a rushed to one side to watch a planned to move into: a portion ——- ITER a ih ME A a think it| YOU ean be successful Shange of venue: gi oe > anadian Mounted Police|°" he house. ; agree with the law, an | too—even more successful eT I~ ul Get Notice to Move B U LLET N will be declared urconstitutional.| = you are today—by fol N i to GOP Cpl. A. D. Pelletier said inter-| Bw Heder 1952 Kingbridge ! “It is going to tax an awful ot! wine th BA on ¢ . . views with survivors indicated . Jnsdat BERLIN. July 30 (UP)—East | le who will not benefit! = ng @. principles o SINGAPORE, July 30 three passengers had not been St. said® they registered for a JhuR LR, SUL § (U)-mliaat | of people — > | Frank Betiger's success. (UP) — A three -ton éle- laccounted for. home for their family of four German ( ommunist police \ from I,” he added. i He writes his personal ex- phant, a gift to President | Five victims were identified as children and obtained a house seized three American vehicles Who's Behind It? | periences on the road to sue- | Tryman from the King of Clifford Forgemie, 17, Frenchville, through the agency. Two, days And their occupants on the borMeanwhile, forces behind the! OesS exclusively for. The | Cambodia, arrived here to- Me.; Robert Levesque, 13; Guy St. after they moved in, Mrs. Hedges der between Western and EastJeary remained unidentified. Times. | day by ship. {Pierre, 30; Armand Madieux, 19, said, the landlord gave them no-| ern Berlin today, witnesses Je enry Coombs, attorney for Mr Watch for the first install- | The elephant will be |and Martins Corbin, 9, all of Ed- tice to move because he had stipu- ported to West Berlin police. Hen in declined to discuss, Ment tomorrow ... “How 1 | taken to the ‘United States mundston. ly lated not more than one child. | The witnesses said about 15 Buckner, again : | Raised Myselt From Failure | in another vessel in August. | Within two minutes of the cap- “We feel that Tenant Housing | Commit ge = sult. ; .| to Success.” .: a | Crew members said that sizing, 30 to 40 pleasure boats : : IL American jeep and two Amerity. ‘Diener said he expected Its another Times EX- | during the voyage here the taking part in water sports were Continued on Page: 2—Col. 7 | yun godams ahout noon. ; such a court : IVE. oan 4 animal behaved well. and |summoned over a public ad 8 Charler's Restaurs t i oi his. My American authorities at once | a on Page 3 —0ul 6 Sis : roamed thesleck unchained. lsystem to rescue the @wim ers. leaks Since 1916. RC started an investigdgs on
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Only 35 out of 116 Customers ‘Pleased’
By DONNA MIKELS A list which Tenants Housing Service has advertised as the names of 116 persons for
whom it found homes has been investigated by The Times and found to contain: ONE -—Non-existent addresses, TWO Names of persons who never resided at addresses given, THREE -—- Names of persons who deny Tenants Housing has ever performed any service beyond taking the initial $5 fee. FOUR-—'‘Padding’ by carrying the names of husbands and wives as separate placements and by listing another placement twice.
Leaves Home ‘In Shambles’
In addition, the investigation turned up a-landlady, Mrs. George Scott, 2734 N. Illinois St., who said the tenant recommended by Tenants Housing as an “A No. 1 credit risk” skipped out leaving her home “in shambles” and owing a series of long distance phone calls. The landlady said Tenants Housing declined to accept responsibility for their ‘highly investigated” tenant. Tenants Housing is the sama agency which has been chars acterized as a ‘fee-collecting racket” by the Better Business Bureau of Indianapolis and other
Mrs. Scott
e address of one cities.
The agency began advertising the list of 116 “placements” after The Times published numerous complaints against them and revealed that an investigation of a list of registrants obtairfed through Better Business Bureau showed that not one person cons tacted had obtained housing. Denying mass failure to locate housing, Tenants Housing began advertising “a true facts concerning our service,” claiming the 116 placements from Apr. 1 to July 16 and offering to provide lists of names and addresses.
List Armory Address The' Times upon investigating the list found: One address listed was the National Guard Armory. Another was a vacant lot, in the 900 block E. 30th St. Still another was the narrow space between two homes on Kenwood Ave. where no strueture has ever stood. Others were addresses such as 4855 Carrollton and 836 E. Westfield Blvd. reported by the Postoffice and Western Union as non-existent. One of the names on the list was that of W. F. Overholt, listed ag having been placed at 2945 N, New Jersey St. This is the same Mr. Overholt who was on the original list com=~ piled by The Times from comsplaints to the Better Business Bureau, Satd Mr. Overholt, who resides at 5826 E. Michigan St.: ‘Paid Them §5' “I found a place but no thanks to ‘them. 1 registered with them ard paid them $5 in April and they never did find a place. The only places they ever suggested they gave to five or six other people, and the addresses were listed in the newspapers to start with.” Mr. Overholt said he was “surprised” that Tenants Housing
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the New Jersey St. address. He said he had thought of renting this place but that the landlady was a personal friend and that thé address was not one given him by the housing agency. 6 Similarly, one man was lisfed as having been placed at an ad-
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