Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1951 — Page 2

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Staggering Toll—

"one of the bloodiest traffic tolls were counted

persons-—one a 19-year-

Ft. Wayne yesterday Pour others died Saturday when a train hit their car near Dale.

‘State’ Counts 41° Dead In Traffic in 9 Days

dead in nine days in Indiana

es Woman -—— were sd In a one-car accident near

neighbors. Local police believed) it was the first traffic death in the history of W. Oak St., which was opened in 1905. The boy was| the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew]: Friedman, 5

Collision on U. 8. 31

Mrs. Butcher died soon after a Ea car ‘driven by her husband col-

An Indianapolis pedestrian was lided with another car on U, 8. 31 killed: by a motorcycle Saturday|two miles north of Seymour. or : In Gary, Mrs. Baker was killed INDIANAPOLIS when an auto jumped the curb = C TOLL onto the sidewalk where she was Days) walking. The driver, Mrs, Bellzola 1850 1851 (McClendon, 21, was ar-|

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Gary, rested on charges of reckless homicide and no operator's license.

A 2-year-oMd: boy became West Lafayette’s first fatal traffic victim since January, 1950, Fhe dead in the crash near Ft.

Ruthie Murray; 19, Indianapolis. Ruthie Lee Williams, 18,

Steven Friedman, 2, West Lafayette. Mrs, James Butcher, 62, Sey“mour, - Mary Baker, 59, Gary. $dgar Lovely, 29, Gifford. Boesel, 32, Crown Point. ‘Westman, 22, Michigan

Bursts Into Flames

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Mr. Lovely was killed 414 miles east of Lake Village early today while walking on Ind. 10. Three others were hurt, none seriously, when the car that struck him rammed into the rear of an auto which had stopped on the high-

joad. late yesterday when a car sideswiped the auto in® which he was In ‘Michigan City, police said % Mr. Westman died today when his new convertible crashed into a tree at 70 miles an hour. Two

around to chase him, but Mr.| Westman was killed before they could catch his speeding car.’ It was Michigan City's frst traffic death in 117 days.

Thug Makes Same Errors Twice

Felix T. McWhirter, Founder 130 E. Market St. MA. 1301 Mombar Fedora Dopenit usr | HE S68 Severed op fo 816.000

“ment station in Miami, Fl. two years ago en route to | for lack of

A “Wildcat Tamed—

, aboard their 35-foot sailboat anchored

OUARANTINED: Bic E. Paul and his wile “Margi, and

ored at U. S. Govern-

‘Brunos Hamburg, ca. They wil be Tako bo Els

proper entry papers.

= Teen Gang Led by Girl, 17,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES .* re Ll : Notables on Parade— : C of C Cale East-West Television | Need for Federal Program Jumps the Gun

{$5.5 bilflon tax increase.

|warns, {local tax costs of Indiana's local

imately $85 billion, which is ap-

~ |ratio is exceeded for any substan-

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Tax Hike Now

for each person in Marion County is included in the new tax measure before the U. 8. Senate.

by the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce in a statement challenging the need for additional taxes at this time.

Indiana’s Share.

The Chamber estimates that Marion County's share of the tax boost would be $23,213,577 a year. This means a jump of $169.12 a year for a family of four, the Chamber warns, The Chamber estimates that all Hoosiers will be called upon to pay $127,969,000 of the proposed

moist” the Chamber “is more than the total

“This

'One-Third U. 8. Income

The statement further warns the:combined federal, state and local taxes — without any increases—will amount to approxi-

proximately one-third of .our national income. “Many serioys students of the tax problem,” the statement continued, : “believe the danger point is reached when the 25 per cent

tial period.”

Boosts Duties of Local FHA Office

Yimes State Service KOKOMO, Sept. 24—Classification of Indianapolis as a “critical defense area” will mean additional duties for the Federal Housing Administration, Director Earl Peters said today to the Kokomo Real Estate Board. » “The FHA will administer programmed housing for the critical

An average tax boost of $42.28]

This ‘warning was issued today| SH

Gen. Clay Barkley ak By United Press NEW YORK, Sept, 2¢ — Use of the new east-west continental television facilitie

the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-

tem a week in wivanes oC sehad

The east-west link, employing

..|a temporary hookup, was first

used Sept. 4 for the opening of the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San bli :

a "WITT De sent 11 Both dir tions on Sept. 30 for the first

time, Yesterday's uss of the east west facilities involved a 12-hour fund-raising marathon in behalf of Crusade for Freedom. This is an independent yrganization Pe headed by Gen. Lucius D, Clay which is engaged in fighting communism both at home and abroad. Backed by Beauties At various ‘times during the afternon and evening, the -American. Broadcasting Co. and the National Broadcasting Co. turned over its television facilities to the program. Steve Allen, was the master of ceremonies for the program. Sitting in a New York studio, he was backed by a battery of pretty models and chorus girls who, throughout the afternoon and evening, answered telephones taking the pledges called in by listeners. Mr. Allen introduced various speakers and entertainers, includ-

ing Joseph Sharkey, acting mayor of New York; Ken Mur-

‘ray, Burns and Allen, Sam Lev-

enson, Mary Small and Robert Merrill.

Urge U. S. to Speed

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slavery, ”

CBS comedian, 4

. Steve Allen

_ Gracle Allen Some of these entertained with

their es, answer phone calls. “. Stresses Freedom ; Gracie Allen and George Burns and other Hollywood figures were picked up in the movie tap{tal and came across the country on the west-east “cable. In a short talk on fyeedom, Vice President Alben W, Bark-

not guarantee satety of territory or safety of freedom.” He said it is necessary “to expand frontiers of freedom and humadn dignity” to help maintain peace in the world. “The United States cannot remain forever prosperous and forever free,” he said, If the rest of the world is “prostrate or. in

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A nursery school tor “erippied

. |children opened today at the

habilitation Center, 30th and New Jerséy Sts.

Parents, teachers, students and nurses were able

made this Butler University's

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Parents receive special attene tion, too. After they have watched

their children in the school, the .

teacher will visit homes to show the parents how to best help their children.

Mrs, Joseph Downey, a Purdue

University graduate, directs this school fons handicapped children

Asks T-Hart. Change

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UP) —Rep. Harold H. Velde, (R. IIL), proposed today to. amend the Taft-Hartley Act to “strikes” in which

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By United Press : COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 24—The eight-state joyride of a teen-age gang led by “Jerry the Wildcat,” a 17-year-old girl, ended here today and they faced questioning in the bludgeon-mur-der of a Le Mars, Iowa, Man, Police Capt. Cecil W. Caldwell said “The Wildcat” financed part of the wild trip by enticing money from men in cheap hotels, “The Wildcat” did not admit to the episodes, “but she didn’t deny them, either,” Capt. Caldwell said.

gion was. “I'm a bronc-buster,” she re-

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cars through ming New Mexico, “The Wildcat” Jerry Donges, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and

|and her two companions, Thomas Edward Lafave, 16, and a 16-year-old girl, were arrested here

Hoffman. He admitted the beating and implicated the Donges girl and Lafave, Murder warrants were listed for the pair. Police Chief I. B. Bruce said the younger girl was being held only because she accompanied them. They both denied any knowledge of the murder. Capt. Caldwell said the 5 foot, 2 inch “Wildcat” was the “ringleader” of the expedition.

‘She ram-rodded them,” he

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back to Colorado. Chief Bruce said Montana authorities were on the way to pick up the Donges girl and Lafave

The gang traveled from Miles|

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, (UP) ~—Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball expressed hope yesterday that the Navy will build one flush deck. carrier a year for the next 10 years. He also indicated that later version of the super carriers would be powered by atomic engines,

area as well as carry on normal activities,” Mr. Peters said. The Indianapolis office of the FHA since 1934 has progessed 148,531 applications and insured committments worth more than $567 million. - “Housing built under the “critical” classification of this sector will be exempt from restrictions other than rental and sales price; Mr. Kimball, appearing on the ceilings and the number and type National Broadcasting Comof units to be erected,” Mr. pany's “Meet The Press” telePeters said. vision program, said he is sure The Times disclosed exclusively|“we will have” an atomic navy, Friday that s Janapolis had indicating that the new atomic

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& “critical defense engine already is being counted

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Street Car-Auto Crash Ties Up College Line

North-bound service on, the College Ave. line was tied up for half an hour during the morning rush ‘hour today when a street car hit an auto at College Ave. and Fall Creek Blvd. George Siler, 56, of 7312 Ralston Ave. was charged with failing to have an operator's license. | He was injured and is in fair condition at General Hospital, - The crash knocked the street

last night by police who became suspicious

of the license plates on

for return to Montana. The

their stolen car,

The younger girl told Capt.

Caldwell that “The Wildcat” tried

to get her to obtain money from

men along the route.

“But I didn't,” the girl said. The only reason I stayed with them was because I was bro The teen-agers had been the object of a search extending from Montana to Texas. They were sought for questioning in the death of John Hoffman, a 38-year-old man who died after a brutal beating in an alley behind a restaurant in Miles City, Mont.

TImplicated Others

~The gang grginally had four But Ira 18, picked fp in Miles City for

car off the track.

returned to her parents.

MacArthurs Accept

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 24 (UP)—

days at the home here of Hotel Magnate Conrad Hilton, it was reported today.

Hoosier Dies in Ohio

COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 24 (UP) —Hernet L. Williams Sr. 43, Lowell, Ind, was found dead in his bed in a downtown hotel la Saturday. Mr. Williams, who ‘suffered a heart attack, was here for the Ohio State Moose Assoclation convention.

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