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"HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE" —Mrs. Hikdegarde Walgraeve and her invalid son, Donald, 10.
Detroit Jails Mother For Burning Garbage
By United Press DETROIT, Feb. 13 — apologized today to a Detroit mother who charged she whisked off to jail style” and held overnight for fail ing to have _a garbage can. . Mrs. Hildegarde Walgraeve, 42, said two policemen detailed to make a “thorough” inspection called at her home to express their regrets. Arthur J. Heidt hung behind as they were leaving, Mrs. Walgraeve said, and told her: “It was very stupid. should have used more sense.” Mrs. Hildegarde Walgraeve, 42, said her “humility” included fingerprinting,- abuse from jail attendants, being confined to a cell with a narcotics addict, refusal to call a lawyer and separation; from her 10-year-old invalid son] without being informed of his whereabouts. Often Wondered “I've heard a lot about the German Gestapo and the Russian secret police and often wondered if it could happen here,” she! gaid. “Now I will believe anything.” Police Commissioner George F.. Boos ordered an investigation when officers confirmed the woman was held over night. “The offense ‘was not serious | enough,” Mr. Boos said. “I'd have paid her fine myself if I could have spared her from jail.” Mrs. Walgraeve said it all be-| gan last month when she received a ticket for failing to provide a ‘garbage can at the rear of her home. She said she always burned her garbage but bought a can the next day anyway to avoid trouble.
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She said two policemen came to]
her door with a warrant last; week and took her. to the station. | From there, she said, she went to, the women’s detention home cause she couldn't provide bond.
" Taunted by Matron
She said from her
separated she had
she was son, whom
taken to the station because no! one was home to care for the boy. remove!
“I was compelled to part of my clothing, was examined by two matrons .and locked up,” Mrs. Walgraeve said. “I was not permitted to use the telephone, was refused information about my son and my pleas
for drinking water were ignored.” Mrs. Walgraéve said one ma-' tron stood by her cell door, which |
she shared with a woman nar-
Double-Take
By BOB BARNES
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cotics addict, and taunted her by, asking: “You would like to know where your son is, wouldn't you?” “It nearly drove me crazy,” the| mother said. She later learned
juvenile detention home. Mrs. Walgraeve said she pleaded innocent the next morning after a ride to court in a patrol wagon with “three men with hangovers.” “But the judge said ‘suspended sentence’ and that's all there was to it,” she said. “By that time I! was too weak to protest.’ Mrs. Walgraeve said she has been under a doctor's care since! her “horrible experience.”
Summary of Today's News In The Times
Local Page, Downtown parking ban pro- { posed by transit system chief ...... Srstiessenvriee 2
Willkie places blame of graft On CONBTeSS "s.civeernrenrse 4 Editorial Page Page|
| Moody - Dingell bills opposed +» ». Dear Boss . . » By Dan { Kidney Talking to the Reds , , , an editorial Egyptian throne is making a comeback
National '
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Page More and more people are finding that marriage is FUN convesiininnsnnsnnseses 3 City officials in Chicago put on carpet in slaying ........ y. Foreign
Duke of Windsor arrives home to attend King’s funeral.... 3 “I shall always work for my |
people” last -of five dispatches on England's new QUBRR-vrvrresreesivsrs sp ssn 13 Women's : Page Indianapolis Women's Legion Post. assists the doughboys .10 PTA planning. committee named for national convenHop here ........... 0... 10 An old Indian tradition—Ca- |: prices by Christy ....¢v0:. 12 Other Features: Amusements ,........00. 8 Bridge ...... sesesaansnse 10 COMER «.vvvivsecsceiesd) 35 Crossword ......vvsvse00v17 Editorials ..... sssnssenee 16 Harold Hartley ....v...« 17 In Hollywood ...... sess 6B
Radio, Television ....v00e 9 Robert Ruark » 15
What Goes on Here PERRO
Wildcat Strike
Hits Chicag o IHC |
CHICAGO, ad 13 (UR)—|
About 3500 United Farm Equip-|.
{ment Workers staged a wildcat |strike today against the Interna-
[tional Harvester works here, |
| The union, ousted from the {CIO for following the Communist {lihe, represents about 6500 em|ployees at the plant as members lof its local 108.
| Representatives of the national | ; {union said the strike was not au- ‘| thorized.
They said members staged a spontaneous walkout to] protest the suspension of © two! ‘members of the locals grievance committee.
“TEMPERATURES
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Safe Living
Photos, Page 5
It's getting so hard-working
|yeggs can’t make a dishonest] living any more.
Certainly their $10 to $12 loot was sweatshop pay--with —for cracksmen who labored many wee hours early today to: * ONE — Smash “through three concrete block walls ‘to’ get into Paper Manufacturers 3750 Shelby St. (The smarties
were trying to avoid the burglar
alarm wired to the doors and
windows.) TWO Carve a gaping hole in firm's big vault. THREE Leave without $180 it contained after its sledges,
the lock cold chisél and drills. FOUR--Walk feet to- the Oliver ‘house, 3710 Shelby ‘St... where they got the $10 to fiz from a “softer” safe.
several hundred
A La Valentine Robert Fults, warehouse manager, believes the old safe was “tickled” open a la Jimmy Valentine. He was ‘quite sure” it had been locked last night. The yeggs. who had battered through one wall 12 inches thick and two eight inches thick at the paper company, merely broke a door: lock to get into the warehouse. Detectives said they apparently
knew the first building was wired'
for a burglar alarm and the second was not.
‘no overtime or night differential]
Co..!
{the 6-inch-thick steel door of the
Corp. ware-
They apparently did not know, each firm kept only enough cash!
overnight to open business in the
morning. The Paper Manufacturers Co., which makes rolls for teletype machines, office last. August. The firm's headquarters is in Philadelphia. The Oliver Corp., which makes
{and sells farm machinery parts,
moved into its building last July. Last night's were the first burglary attempts at either place.
If the yeggs smarten up, they _
imay be the last.
Logansport Closes Redlight District
Times State Service
LOGANSPORT, Feb. 13-—“The
1Line,” an eight-house redlight dis-|
t e f trict which has operated her or| CAMP ATTERBURY, Feb. 13
It will be a happy “Back Home |through hearing aids, a
{50 years or more with few inter|ruptions, was closed today because of a magazine article.
‘opened the Shelby St.|
|Again
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A FIRE DID THIS—Lying helplessly in a hospital bed unable to wonder why her small body is vised with pain is 4-year-old |
ry Jane Campbell, Cincinnati, The little girl was seriously burned when flames swept a
Ne "doll fails to provide the girl with any comfort.
tenement
building, killing two persons. Even |
31st to Bring Julietta ‘Cane Brigade’ Slow Police Attends Stabbing Trial
Many Indiana Men 'Home'
Times Stale Service
in" Indiana” on Mar.
Look Magazine called the city for many of the displaced Hoo-|
| yesterday.
{
| “vice-ridden” in its current issue Sources close to the| PIV
icity administration said the dis-|
trict was ordered closed last Friday ‘when officials learned of the magazine article. Mayor George Muelhausen, who,
{began his second four-year term
last month, was reported to have
he iz in office. Mayor Muelhausen studied closing’ the houses months before, sources close to the mayor said. Public opinion is divided on the value of the. district. One group! says sex crimes are almost non-|
lof the 31st Division,
{
16 ordered police to close the houses!
| and keep them closed as long as 'tiful sight to our men.”
‘ton said after an inspection four.
existent in the city because of the |
houses.
|siers attached to the 31st (Dixie) vision. Maj. Gen. Alexander J. Paxton, here to inspect the future base said the advance party of 500 to 1000 men: {would arrive about Mar. 28. The:
rest of. the division is due here|*
|Apr. 20, following participation in | “Exercise Long Horn” in Texas. “Camp Atterbury will be a beauGen. Pax-
“You see our men have been living in tents at Ft. Jackson, 8B. C., for a year. They will be happy to have a roof over their heads again. “Troop housing facilities here {are excellent but I- am worried
leye# and
By DONNA MIKELS
{the -defendant and his vietim in’
Peering through age-dimmed ad “altercation.”
straining to
Criminal Court 2.
They came to testify qr ‘jest man-, slaughter trial of Lewie Thomas
to set and listen” at the
listen, “ecane tated twice then said he didn
og brigade” from Julietta Home for|know what the word meant. Aged today filled the seats in;
The gray-haited witness heaf-|
The deputy prosecutors tried to
{substitute the word “fight’’-—but |
|defense attorneys successfully objected that this new word called for the witness make a conclu-
fon. in the “hushed-up” stabbing of | | The information finally was IO acta worker, Harry) tained by round-about ques-
upon the tree” for court bailiffs.
| ‘One old fellow, who had trouble “® hearing, frequently tried to learn [from other members of the audience what was being said on the! But what the old fellow thought was a
stand a few feet away.
“whisper” was a loud shout which! jarred proceedings to a stop. Court attaches. had to shush| him or take him out into the hall]
The district occasionally has | labout family housing. There just/to explain he was interrupting the
.es of administration over the
5 been closed temporarily in chang-|doesn’t seem to be any,
The general also said a large!
the undermanned
at Bunker "Hill naval air station! Iranks of the former Alabama-
, nearby.
PU
STRICKEN~-F i rome nore ' lowering Charles Griffin to the |
ground after he was seized with
a heart attack while painting
at the t wore Weg ed ron in LaGrange, i. He died ater, Ce hl % a Ls - s Raha a ia : 4 1 ‘
.| Mississippi National Guard divi‘|sion when it was reactivated.
“I know those Hoosiers .cer-
{tainly will be happy about moving aise Lhgek—to—Indiana Gen
Isaid.
“It's. a pleasure for me to visit Indiana again. The last time 1 was here was in 1916 when I was a member of"the Washingfon and | Lee football team that played In-| |diana University at Bloomington.” Gen. Paxton said he also has
|a personal reason for looking for'ward to his division coming here.
|His sister, {lives in Indianapolis which also
: ‘From Virus Infection
| . HARRISBURG, . | (UP)—Phil . Baker, | master of ceremonies, lon ‘stage here
|
|
| wife of radio-television star, Dur-
Mrs. Frank Young,
| was the residence of his niece, the
(ward Kirby.
Phil Baker Collopses
Pa., Feb. 13 noted radio coliapsed night as he an audience “Bonds for
last started to conduct quiz program in a
Israel” drive.
Mr. Baker was overcome while
|singing. He told his audience he
would not be able to continue be-
| cause of illness.
‘{that’ he was
He complained before the show suffering from -a| |virus infection . but insisted - that | ‘he “fulfill his commitment to the |
bond drive,
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Waltz Back to Missouri, Eh?
REPUBLICAN State Treas- i today |
urer Willlam Fortune started a new 4-H club at the ;Statehouse—Help Hurry Harry Home. MET, Fortune dame” to" work this morning with a “Help | Hurry Harry Home button on his suit: He said the club was | “non-partisan” and .was de- | signed to send “High Tax |
Harry” - (Truman). back to | - Missouri.
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Paxton:
‘physician who treated Mr.
until" after- Mr, Eads’
home
court.
Not all “the Julietta inmates
vears. During World War II it number of Hoosiers were assignes in attendance were to be witness-
Page was closéd for the longest period|to the Dixie Division a yéar ago es. But the stabbing last Oct. 21
through action taken by.officers|to help fill
has been the only exciting event the “declining years of many and they've. hobbled faithfully to the Courthouse - every day since Ihe trial opened "Monday.
Physician Heard
Dr. George L. Jones, Julietta Eads the day he was stabbed, Dr. Jones said he examined the wound and believed it to be of a minor nature, death two days later that the doctor learned the pen-knife wound had penetrated the abdominal walF contrary to his first opinion. Other witnesses included a inmate, Elmer Chadwell, who 5aid he found Mr. Eads dead on the floor of his room two days; after the stabbing. Another witness, John Lee, for-
{mer Julietta inmate, provided a
laugh when he set opposing counsel into a technical altercation over the word “altercation.” Mr. Lee was asked if he saw
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The collection of “last leaves) posed a problem]
The-jury-of-six-men-—and-six+ women heard witnesses, including
It was not]
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, diana State Highway Commission reported today,
{tions as to what he saw the two, {men doing and Mr. Lee came up! {with his own synonym for “altertion.” | He said he saw the two men “in ia scramble” just before Mr. Eads twas stabbed.
Expects HST To Run Again
By United Ag WASHINGTON, Feb. 13—Ben-
jamin G. Browdy, president of the Ziqnist Organization of America, said at the White House today
that President Truman told him he will decide definitely “within 10 or 15 days” whether to seek re-election. “Judging by “his remarks, 1 would Say He “iE gomg to Fun again,” the. Jewish leader said. He urged Mr. Truman to run Mr. Browdy told reporters he had just completed a nationwide tour
and “wanted to tell the chief exeuctive that he sensed a “definite sentiment” for Mr. Tru-
man. “1 urged him to run for re-elec-tion,” Mr. Browdy said. “I am sure the rank and file is with him. “As usual, he did not give me the answer but he said he would make up his mind in fhe next 10 or 15 days.” The Zionist leader. who is head of a New York textile company, would not elaborate on the “re marks’ by the President.
Residences Lush; But Pickings Slim
Two homes in tashidnabie 5800 block Washington Blvd. were ransacked last night, but thé .total {Known loot was only $30. oo? The cash was stolen from Samuel Kroot residence, . 5831 Washington Blvd, where “bur|glars cut the phone wires. While police were investigating | [they diseovered | Brown home, 5839 Washington [Blvd., also had been broken into {and ransacked. ! | The Browns are in Florida but | {relatives thought some whisky| | might have been stolen from the ‘basement.
Water Blocks 4 Roads |
| Four Indiana roads are still] blocked by flood waters, #the In-
The Wabash {River. blocked Ind. 225 near Battleground, and Ind. 69, 62, and 762 south and West of Me, Vert Jooll, 7%... g
the Arthur A.
Personnel Action Here
First slowdown in rubber-stamp ing with 't approval of police promotions and 27 to 24.8 cents a gallon. That's in the one-tenth of a cent under Sune
!demotions came today Board of Bafety. Demotion of two acting detec-| tives and. promotion of a third! officer were held up. Members, said they wanted more information on the abilities of the men!
before they took any formal
action.
. Two Demoted Demotion of Patrick Fox and
Schorling Nickel frem sergeant | 2nd that he’d reduce every bit of to patrolmen and promotion of |it from his price to meet the
Patrolman Harry K. Walters to}
sergeant were held. up by the! board. Two “men, however, ‘were de-
moted from the grade of sergeant to--patrolmen. They Fryback and Charles William Englebright
Springer. was pro-
moted from sergeant to acting Profit,” he said.
lieutenant. Lt.
the merit system conducted last year. A fireman and a policeman will be tried by the board Feb. 27 on Jlquor charges. Fire Private John Bencik, 31, is charged with neglect of duty,! being under the influence of liquor,
insubordination and disrespect fo TEUPETTOT OI CATE =r
Suspended Feb, 3
Fire Chief Joseph® Hancock
said Bencik was suspended Feb. 5 tion operator in town who didn’t
when his superiors charged him with reporting to work drunk. Patrolman Marion Correll, 33, is charged with being asleep on duty and ,drinking on duty. Police Chief John Ambuhl said Correll was suspended Jan. 31 when he was found asleep in his prowl car, Correll has a total of 65 days’ suspension in his nine vears on the force. Thirty of those days of suspension were for use of intoxicants.
WIFE BLAMES MAMA—Pfc. |
| Kevin McDonald, 30 (above), was named defendant ii in a divorce suit filed in Cleyeland.by his wife, Mrs. Rosemary Me-
| Donald, 22. Charging gross
neglect, Mrs. McDonald said
her husband was more inferestpv her - or Mary ww, Nye t "wrote |
ed in
price, will absorb the rest of the
were Julian
Englebright «is not eligible for the grade of lieutertant under company i. “just meeting come examinations petition.”
___|war-—which dipped prices about
"near the Sunoco outlets told The
“Shell to Cut | To focal With Sunoco
A big opening salvo was fired in the gas price war here today when Shell Oil Co. ane
nounced it will cut prices at gome stations to meet Sunoco’s 2.1-cent slash.
That became the first major outbreak following yesterday's cut at the 13 Sun O# Co. stations in Indianapolis. Shell supplies about 85 stations in the Indianapolis area, A Shell 0il Co. ofticial said today’s move, will affect 13 or 14 stations .to start, with reductions at other stations probably to follow,
Share Cuts With Dealers
Shell Oil's action was this: The firm is offering to share price cuts with its dealers whe are close to and competing with Sunoco stations. J. R. Bowen, marketing service manager of Shell's Indianapolis division, said the firm will absorb “more than half’ of the price cut margin, Station operators, expecting to (increase volume at the lower
slagh, he said. Generally, Shell stations are exe {pected to trim prices for regular {from 27 cents to 24.9, the new price at Sunoco, he said, “It amounts to a subsidy,” Mr, Bowen said. | He added other Shell dealers not immediately and directly coms {peting with Sunoco—probably 'will come in for “some adjuste ments as we go along.” : “We're not going to let one 'Shell station “be pinched by a price cut at another Shell sta- | tion,” he said.
| Fired First Gun
Earlier, a lone filling station (operator fired the first gun in the {price war. | George Ferguson, who operates {& Sinclair station at 49th St. and College Ave. two blocks from a {Sunoco station, opened this morn his price reduced from
loco's new price, “I may dip down to 20 cents for la couple of hours, just to play with them,” Mr. Ferguson dew |clared. “Two or three other operators !sald they'd go along with me, but they've all chickened out,” he said, | He told The Times his profit {margin was 5 cents a gallon,
| Sunoco rates, F. E, Treat, division manager of the Sinclair Co. which supplies Mr. Ferguson, said the company frowns on Mr, Ferguson's private war with Sunoco. “It’s demoralizing to the whole business to start cutting on the
| But John Kenney, district mane ager for Sunoco, contends his
When told of Mr, FKerguson’s undercutting, Mr, - Kenney said “we'll meet compete = = ‘tion as we find it.” He said Sunoco may return some of Mr, Fere Buson’'s undercutting fire.
Decide to Wait
Other operators, so far, are | Walting to see 1 an all-git Was = does ‘develop. There was hardly.a filling sta.
know about the Sunoco cut. Most of them said they hadn't decided yet what action to take, although some, said they would refuse to join in the price battle.
It was Sunoco which touched off a price war in Muncie several weeks ago with just such a cut, ‘The resultant war zoomed prices downward as much as 7 cents a gallon there.
Chicago's winter- -long gas price
6 cents a gallon—was armisticed | Just two weeks ago. Most operators of rival stations
[Times they are not planning to |slash prices to meet the new threat—at least for the present,
© ‘Has Been Brewing’
For example, Jack Smith, whe operates a Standard station at Sherman and English, said: . “This thing has been brewing all over the state for months. “The last time we had a price war, I had to stand a cent of the loss myself. This" time, I won't ‘|stand any loss on my own, unless ithe company decides to start lcutting. ” ' | Officials of other gasoling firms in Indianapolis said their prices are holding firm. They said |no cuts are expected-cat lenst for ia while. An official of one rival oil firm x said, “We don't intend to get in-