Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 August 1951 — Page 1
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Before Police Slew Fleeing Man
FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow. Cooler tonight. Low tonight 55; high tomorrow 78.
62d YEAR—NUMBER 172 .s
‘Look What | Caught, Daddy’
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Times Photo by Bill Oates, a fly rod and a large assortment of flies. Suddenly, Diana, who was sitting heside her mother dabbling the worm in the water, began screaming. Dad came rundging.
Four-year-old Diana Lee McConnell, 328 N. Tacoma St. has convinced her daddy she is a help, not a hindrance, on a fishing trip. Hat dad, Rp pant think do Sunday x dl i ile fishing at Stilesville, He fashioned a bent = At the end of Diana's ling dangled a 15-inc A eo Ch Do ia tn cine her quiet while he fished more scientifically with blue gill.
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Two women witnesses disagreed! Patrolmen James Snellenber-; Both patrolmen denied they sharply 1o3ay 1 Ou oper, 39 and Snaples Jones, 26. peat "Thompson when they file which precede e police testified yesterday before spe-| dis : - 2 NE of a Dr any vio- | cial tar y | Stopped him and William Whitlator. Both officers admitted they ten. 23, Orange, Tex. at Tacoma Appearing before the Mayor's, Were only “average” marksmen, and Washington Sts. {nvestigating committee, Mrs. 2nd added that their shooting Officer Snellenberger said he Mary Lou Green, 2453 E. Wash- eves were dulled by lack of Prac-cufreq Thompson with the back I ee a Pr ning when they fired at Thomp- of his hand, but added this ‘was tim In the face witlrhis fist. [son Irom more than 100. fest, (because Thompson had shoved Officer Jones and raised a threat-
J eived they admitted there could bé no Earlier, investigators received a’... 1 opie certainty that their
written statement from Miss Betty shots ‘would ‘wound * instead of ening fist. Bt. “saying that police. did. not| "I" a St., saying at police . . | p o 3 : manhandie the victim. | Buy Owa Ammunition along Tacoma Ave. They said
they shoutéd three times for him to halt and that Snellenberger fised two warning shots from Thompson.” When he failed to stop, the policemen said, they each fired two shots at him. Two of the bullets struck Thompson. “When he turned into Pearl St., it was dark there. We realized then he could have been fleeing for anything.” Patrolman Snellenberger testified. Officer Jones added that he thought Thompson was a felon, not merely a traffic violator.
Mrs. Green said she was Set-| Committee Member Rowland
tain Patrolman Snellenberger hit Allen made much of Officer Rillie Thompson, 24, of 823 Har- Snellenberger’s testimony that he rison St. in the Tage instead of aia not practice shooting becanse! ompson’s upraised a ' SE loge had tes- Policemen are required to buy tified. “He held him by his coat front with his left hand and hit him in the face with his right fist,” Mrs. Green declared. This varied from the eye-witness account given by Miss Bryan. In a statement presented to the Mayor's committee investigating the slaying, Miss Bryan gave this account of the Aug. 8 incident: “I was awakened about 1 a. m. by a mosquito. 80 I 80 3 j0.minute conference with police other way,” up and read. superiors, he decided to testify. |said.
Hears a Siren
“About 1:30 IT heard a siren, 20. I looked out the window. 1 saw a car driving without lights and a police car pull in front of it. “I saw a policeman get two fellows out of the car without any rough stuff. “I heard the policeman ask one | of the men for his driver's license three times without getting any results, except smart answers. When the other policeman took his arm to lead him to the police cars the fellow wrenched free. “The policeman shouted for him to halt several times before shoot-
ing.”
[their own ammunition for target trials. He had not fired his gun for two years, and Officer Jones, fired rarely since taking a target course last summer. Prosecutor Frank Fairchild joined the. probe committee, headed by Speedway Magistrate George Ober. and warned the policemen any testimony they “I believe a policeman should gave could be used against them use the least force necessary, but in prosecution. This made Officer we do have a gun and should use
Patrolman Jones
First Witness
Miss Bryan's . statement was submitted by Detective Sgt. Lee Hindman, who was the first witness as the hearing resumed to-} day. He was followed by Detective Sgt. Fred Whisler, who arrived at the scene with Sgt. Hindman just before two patrol. men shot the fleeing. Thompson,
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LINTON, Aug. 21-—-Faces around Nashville, Tenn., are go-
ing to be mighty red when the Chamber of Commerce learns they gave the key to the city to a damyankee. Recently, Nashville and the Governor of Tennessee joined forces to honor [Nashville's “naitive son,” Phil |Harris, the band lleader. | Today. civic {leaders of Linton lashed back charging the, Nasgshvillians | y |with an attempt Hoosier’ Phil ito revive the Civil War by steal{ing Linton’s own Wonga, alias Phil, Harris.
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High-riding Cleveland Indians give Al Lopez a much-needed hypo by uncorking four home runs to drop the Senators, 5.3. and move a full game ahead of the Yankees
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| | You can go on that picnic. this \week-end, If you don’t start too learly. In his five-day forecast, weatherman reports it will be dry and warmer Saturday and Sunday, following thundershowers Thursday night and Friday. He expects a half to an inch of rainfall. But, don't jump at conclusions. He said the weather for the entire five-day period will remain below normal for this time of year.
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Fire Water—
Joe Carr, who was on foot, got a ride today and unfortunately not on the water wagon. Indianapolis police found him on Monument Circle in front of the Indianapolis Water Co. Joe, who is 56, lives at 421 W. 41st St., got his ride to police ‘headquarters in
the ' paddy wagon. The charge: Drunk. » And in front of the wafer i works.
Linton's Hot as To Steal 'Our' Phil Harris |[llotted Stat
1said Joe KE. Turner,
“It's pure, downright theft,” Linton. the Insid On the Inside
TV is tough: Veteran Hollywood actor Dennis O'Keefe finds after a stint in New York doing "live" telecasts that "movies are
Here's GoodNews Teachers’ Protests 7%
[For Picnickers
!salary schedule which the School going to win in the face of such
78-year-old
president of the Citizen's National| Bank, “It's a matter of record] OIT that he was born here. 1 per- :
sonally know he was, and so do a thousand other people.” Phil's father Harry, was a musician at the local theaters when the curly-haired bandleader was born. Harry didn't move his family to Tennessee until several Federal money is pouring years later. . . gs Morgan's Civil War depreda- into Indiana in such enortions were only minor: compared mous streams that it is to this raid. according to Mayor oivi ; . i Arthur M. Grass, as he called on grving Republican campaign his internal security division to be on the lookout for Confederate currency which may be floated in
this are. by Nashvillians in an. tf effort to ruin the economy. ion contract into Indiana-—and
: there have been more of those By United Press Although Harris has been a char oo years that he likes recently than most people rea-. TAMPICO. Mexico, Aug. 21 the South, his birth record always/lize—the barometer of GOP cam- A 130-mile-an-hour hurricane cut and will in/Paign spirits drops several across the Gulf of Mexico toward
notches. $ t y GOP hopes of a sweeping vie- this pert today. Officials feared
[tory in Indiana took a nose dive of life this week when party bigwigs might be great in outlying areas began figuring the “Washington where poor communications preinfluence” on Indiana with simple vented the warning of natives livarithmetic, They found that President Truman’s Munitions Board in the thatched huts. last few months, has given $1.5| Hundreds of city residents 8 billion contracts to thousands of sought shelter in churches and Hoosier manufacturers who in turn are giving hundreds of thousands of workers some of the | biggest pay checks in history.
United Press St
Hopes of Victory Take Nose Dive
By NOBLE REED Chinese and Soviet Russian
Texas Alert |
As Hurricane Heads North
leaders a collective headache with symptoms of ulcers. Every time the Washington administration dumps a $50 mil-
hag been, remain
loss
Page ing in flimsy bamboo and palm-
public buildings. The U. S. Weather Bureau reported that at 5 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) that the storm, which
State Moving Up has killed 115 persons in Jamaica
GOPers, moaning about the Island and the Yucatan PeninCena 14 yads against them. also found Sula, was 240 miles off the coast and driving west at about 14
that Indiana, a Republican stronghold in Presidential voting for 15 Miles an hour. 15 years, has been “favored” by the , Texas Alert Democratic administration until Weathermen at [the state is now only fourth from T :
ithe top in federal contracts,
Brownsville,
| Erederiex C. Othman .... i i Only New York, California and » lass icteeey Michigan have received more ra ’ Reilio and Television see 3 Washington contracts in defense Jane might have fringe effects ey Sats tyRAraLY 1 production than Indiana. Coastal resid 3 of 1 poe 8 ET vt TAS “Washington New Dealers and ‘veterans at ets ° t xa Ts ie CTRL ep. a Fair Dealers certalinly qre using ;, it Ewealing ou ra. EAT WHlSON_ serves veess esis 2 Tr . : ical hurricanes, were not appre- , ™ the taxpayers’ money to build up i Women's c.ocessessnnanns i olitical wv Here th d hensive, but the naval air station er itso p Racal po ee Fe at Corpus CHFisti took no chances tl 081, Cc a Poe ' by. flying 22 planes inland to chairman Cale J. Holder. Waco.
~Haw...in. the .woglde all We... phe hurricane brushed Merida.
in Yucatan provinte, yesterday, driving hundreds - from their homes in the surrounding area.
money,” he groaned during a conference on party strategy for the
Over Pay Issue Growing Here ice...
By DAVID WATSON Breaking down the huge deA scant 15 days before school fense production outlay, GOPers is to open, a strong undercurrent further discovered that more than of dissatisfaction over the salary three-fourths of that $1.5 billion question swept through the ranks is being dumped right here in of the teachers. Indianapolis. For the past two days, school officials have been conferring with teachers protesting the new
1952 campaign. Merida itself missed the full “Our little expense fund raised force of the storm, recording at the recent Freedom Dinner only winds of 70-miles-an-hour. ($100,000) is. not a drop in the
Banana Crop Hurt
As the storm left the Caribbean it lashed the island of Cozumel, off the east coast of Yucatan. One man was killed on the Yucatan peninsula. Partial electric service was restored to Kingston, capital of Jamaieca, which was hit Friday night. But it was rationed to hospitals, refrigerating plants, pumping stations and newspaper plants, Jamaica authorities fixed storm damage conservatively at $50 million. Between 70 and 80 per cent of
bucket compared to a billion and
Admits Opposition
on “Frankly. I don't see how we're
Board adopted only last week. opposition,” Mr. Holder asserted. There were hints that some teach- Party strategists said some of ers might resign. the most effective voices the GOP Some disgruntled instructors nas here against the Truman adhave carired their objections ministration and Democrats in
straight to School Board officials general have heen “stilled” or Jamaica's banana crop, a major while others have registered their “sugared down” by this avalanche source of income, was destroyed complaints with the local teach-!5r money. and about 30 per cent of the ers' organization, the Indianapolis, «Some of the big firms and Island's other crops was ruined. Buna Sutlt of walt are hesitating now to blast PollencCount
has not planned official action. | i i i ; + lagainst -the hand that is feeding Many of the dissatisfied teach- A3a Is a ic GOP bigwig. ers are the medium salary, ay this, of course, brought big
brackets. Under the scale ap- ; e § $ mocratic state headproved by the School Board last ee D
week, beginners and top-bracket Said State
Grains per cubic yard of air. Today 561 Yesterday 295
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OCAL TEN RATURES Democratic Chair Local EMPERATURE
“declaration of war against these two countries.”
WARN JAP MEANS WAR
South Tries Federal Funds Advocate Rebellion p By People Against U. S.-Drawn Treaty
By ROBERT VERMILLION
aff Correspondent
TOKYO, Aug. 21—Communist China warned Japan today if it signs the San Francisco peace treaty without
participation it will mean a
Peiping radio broadcast the warning, which was in the form of an open letter published in the newspaper Ta Kung Pao of Shanghai. Peiping emphasized the impore tance attached to it by broadcasting it fully in English. The letter urged the Japanese people to “rise up and take the fate of your country into -your own. nands.”
‘Critical Moment’
“Whether or not Japan will sign the separate peace treaty prepared by America will be a decisive factor in Japan's fate, the letter said. “Now is the critical moment for Japan, as America will soon
hold its so-called peace confers ence with Japan in San Frane cisco.
“We believe that the Japanese people understand that a separate peace without China and the Soviet Union means a declaration of war against these two countries, Urges Revolt
“We believe that after the conclusion of the separate peace a state of war will still exist between these two countries and Japan. “The separate peace which Mr.
| Tex,, 250 miles northeast of Tam-| Yoshida (Japanese Premier Shi. pico’s lush banana plantations | gery Yoshida) is willing to accept and rich oil fields, said the hurri- would create friendship with dis-
tant countries but hostility with neighbors-—peace on one side but war on-the other three sides.”
Aigry Red Rejects |
Allies" Beat
Of Patrol Ambush
By United Press UNITED NATIONS ADVANCE BASE BELOW KAFRe SONG, Korea, Wednesday. Aug. 22 North Korean Gen. Nam Il rejected in angry terms last night a United Nations reply to his : complaint that Allied troops vie olated the Kaesong neutral zone, It appeared that cease-fire nee gotiators had come to another erisis, Gen. Nam Il had alleged that United Nations troops fired on a Communist military police detachment inside the zone Sunday. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy. chief United Nations truce negotiator, replied that he was investigating the complaint but that a preliminary report “does not substane tiate the charges you have made.” Pyongyang Radio said that Gen. Nam Il had told Adm. Joy that his message was unsatisface tory.
May Stop Talks
i ’ Bam... 10 10 a. m... 69 “I demand the heaviest - Continued on Page 2—Col. 5 [Man Ira Haymaker: : Ta. m... 68 am... 90 ment for th Punish Bans | “What does the GOP want g¢ " "°c. Noon... qe n r those responsible for the : Washington to do . . . cancel all 9a m.. GY Ip m..175 neutrality zone violation and Exclusive Home contracts for Indiana and move . again demand assurance that the industry out of the state? Latest Humidity ...... 16% such incidents will not be . . i t - 3 £ » § res Values in Times Indiana should be proud of its peated,” Gen Nam Il said
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