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The city's transit system, sick Lincoln Day observance in Inand tired of losing riders and diana was used hy Republican money, is waging psychological leaders last night as electionwarfare in an effort to win them (year attacks on the -Pemoecratic both back. administration. On the radio, in-newspapers and In Indianapolis last night, Sen. on posters, the company is telling GF Henry Dworshak of Idaho as- | the public how much better —and sailed the Democratic administra-cheaper—-it is to ride a bus. / tion's foreign policy and bungling More .and more transit patrons #4 of the Korean War. He spoke at are leaving Indianapolis Rallways g a Lintoln Day banquet in the In-| and driving their pwn cars. The \diana Ballroom, resulting heavy street congestion “The Truman administration is represents one of the biggest prob- leading our country toward banklems the city ever has faced. ruptecy and destruction of our Every time the company raises American way of life,” he said. | fares, about 8 per cent of the “Some 50 nations, or 730 milriders stop ‘ridfg. Transit offi- lion people, nearly one-third of clals realize, of course, there ds the world’s population, are now) a limit to the number of cus looking "to the U. 8. for military tomers they can lose. defense!” , Yet, they revealed yesterday in Denies Charges Ea y wi . Tes Hon. Ee ec CONGESTION” ON Wil | Sen. Dvorsmk senries ag 's dems ages NOIS ST indianapolis Rail, [Charges that _lepustcans are} labor's demands for higher wages ap scuttling the bipartisan foreign|

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| | Fred Shortmeier will serve the [Salvation Army Board: as presi-| {dent for his 31st term during! 1952. Mr. Shorimeijer was elected at the annual board meeting this] week when other officers also were named, Directors were given A report on the widespread work | of the Salvation Army over the! past year in this community.

William H. Trimble was elected | vice president of the board, Frank B. Flanner secretary, and E.C. W,! !Wischmelier treasurer. i The Indianapolis Corps of the Salvation Army held meetings attended by 114,527 persons in 1951. [Of these, 217 were gospel services ‘held outdoors. In addition, a full program of | youth and women's work, the fresh air camp. for mothers and

and more benefits. - ways would like to put more of icy. ; \children and: the Harbor Light § . 1.7-Cent Hike these motorists in its busses. ~~ “In reality we never had a bi-| [Center were conducted. wr : i” as : Company says one bus load partisan foreign policy except The center supplied 34,973 free yoo ry mee RE . ’ t ! partisan g policy p Pr ' . : The Company Sy Ns Hh would rein 29 autos. possibly at Yalta, where the late meals to homeless men, listed 359 IT'S NO. 18—Mrs. Raymond Baker, 40, of Joliet, lll., with token Jares | rom Thats an 1. —— President Roosevelt represented professed conversions to Chris- her 18th child, a boy, born Monday. The Bakers now have 10 boys 3 Joven SO re ‘than a penny the Democratic Party and Alger " iat living and held meetings at- and eight girls. Sixteen of the children live at home. The father, ase v , 5 3 s,” he said. ° : tended by 34,563. 46-year-old hinist, said th ival will "a littl ge ts. Grade school St $ D Hiss the ( ommunists Ee . a year-old machinist, sai e new arrival will put a little more about ‘1.7 lett at ‘3. cents. e Q ro At Columbus last night, Sen. WENT OVERBOARD Coast Guard Boatswain's Mate 3.C noe than 8000 “soldiers of for- strain” on the family budget, but that they always get along all fares wou William FE. Jenner opened the Buron C. Wimp, who "swam an ocean” to be with his expectant tyne” many of them aged meh right ¢ :

but high school students would be required to pay 10 cents, Transit intends to leave the 15-cent cash

Bus Service first of a series of four Lincoln wife, Mary Lou, 18, was home with her in Long Beach, Cal., today ‘who had no place to spend a : : : Sa Day speeches in Indiana this ith a seven-day leave and three-month shore job until his ship ‘night, were given lodging at the Burglar Suspect Wins Auto Race With Police

3 week. et 4 +. Denied an em ney | hen he | d just center. fare alone. Pe returns to port. Denied an emergency leave when he learned jus a v ; There's a vicious circle. Is Pr $ | >The story of the New Deal and | pefore sailing that his wifé*was expecting their first baby, he Christmas dinners for hundreds Four shots fired by police dur), Meanwhile, two jen and 2a i ’ n 26 Fair Deal conspiracy is so shock- | 4 . ' he ing a three-mile high speed chase woman nabbed on Wisconsin St The drop in riders; of course, . ing that it passes belief. These jumped overboard, He was rescued by a passing freighter. and ©f folk, home visitation and as- "yp, 4ianapolis early today failed —- s : ” causes the transit company to More than 30 transit riders selfish, evil men have been elected returned to Long Beach. : De TAY lo Program, to halt the .driver of .a fleeing Nar Illinois St, where the chase lost money. ~ : i A ’ - S— . ep atte Steet f ? + combined to i gs. began, were held on preliminar, came to the Statehouse today to!years after year because the? BARGY. AEounil. the. Toaseh make an imposing record for Sal- car. He lost his pursuers on S. p y

sulti trafic congestion € . bo pi a ry sery- Protest a move to abandon bus know how to keep the truth from Gl Free in $3000 Bond 59 3 mas noe riders 10 dah seryice on the Sunshine Gatdens us,” Sen. Jenner said. | c p I F J other means of transportation. and 38th St. Arlington Ave. Urges Support of Fight | n Camp Fayro rauds A Crosstown lines, Noblesville ast night, S8am- Pvt. Joseph Patrick Harmon, ET A } 22, of 4801 S. Meridian St. today

That means added competition r i on - s d private park- ransit authorities, at a public for trafic lanes and p p p uel R. Harrell, candidate for the 02 © (0 0 e000 bond in the tase of Camp Atterbury payroll

ing spaces. Pressure on the city hearing before the Public Service nop governor nomination, urged to spend huge sums for parking Commission, said the company |g, nport of the “fight against the fraghts .

intense, consistently had lost money on! facilities becomes J ‘both lines. insidious Rilempt of the federal Harmon was brought here from Two-Way Plan | W. Marshall Dale, Indianapolis | S°YerPmen 10 Asser Son OVET Atterbury yesterday as a co-de-every feature ol our lives, fendant in a swindle which auth-

W. Marshall Dale, chief of the Railways, Inc., president, said the id J i ’ | 3 ) ohn Lauer, city’s transit system, has a plan utility had been unable to devise], Jr. Harrell vained John © Ne for eliminating the traffic conges- any alternative method of operat-| mer chairman of the State

orities say may have cost the Army as much as $9000 in about three months. -

tion. It includes: = {ing the Sunshine Gardens service - : ONE: No parking in down ito pay operating expenses. He Dighway Solifuissiom, as his cam Another soldier, Cpl. Charles town Indianapolis. He would pro-'added the 3Sth-Arlington Cross- P80 Manager. Keith Simon Jr, 19, of 714 N.

| i Another candidate for the GOP . . hibit all curb parking during theitown run never has attracted sup- (Illinois St., is now under preUP” governor nomination, State Sen. sentence investigation after plead-

daytime hours between Capitoliport of patrons to approach op- , John Van Ness, Valparaiso, z .. New York St. Delaware St.'erating expenses. | ing guilty to preparing false pay he - (opened campaign headquarters in ,..;; yoyuchers and collecting on

Maryland St. . | BN Susses and street. |Indianapolis today with State)...

cars make alternate stops instead Best lce-O-Rama | Sen. Clem McConaha, Centerville,| gimon was in charge of one of of the present system of stopping! . {as manager. : iie Ananes sections at the Atevery block. Seats Going Fast terbury. military base. Indianapolis. Railways’ figures > indicate if the company doesn’t!

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1 et more riders, mass transporta-| Times Ice-O-Rama skating show, ’ ’ L 3 fon in the city eventually may Mar. 13 in the Fair Groands Doesn't Gawk Fatal to 2d Person Here be abandoned. - {Coliseum are going fast. NEWPORT, R. I, Feb. 13 (UP) The second death from ‘a

The company last year carried] Order yours NOW . . . to get . Robert L. Dring, who at 100 is ¢leaning-fluid explosion resulted an average of 8000 passengers a the best seats ... by mail. Send the nation's oldest motorist, gave last night when Mrs. Edna Tayday fewer than in the precedingiyour order with money order or two reasons yesterday why he has lor, 49, of 634 W. 20th St., died in year. At the same time, motoricheck and stamped, addressed completed 36 years of motoring General Hospital of burns revehicle traffic increased, accord-'envelope to: Ice-O-Rama Tickets without a serious accident, ceived Friday. ; ing tq the new auto registrations. Indianapolis Times, 214 W. Mary-| ONE: He “doesn’t speed.” |. Her husband, Isaac, 55," died Mr. Dale believes thé transit land St. | TWO: He “doesn’t gawk.” shortly after the blast, which company will have to keep getting! - Prices are: Box and Parquet Mr. Dring is a retired carpen- came as they were cleaning drabetter to get back some of the'seats, £1.20: north. and. south side te but he still like to make mi- peries in their basement with lost riders. He aiso belleves DAS-\meazanine, 85 cents; east end|"'°F FePAirs on his automobile. the gasoline and other inflammables. sengers don’t mind paying a high- mezzanine, 60 cents. Every seat|!Nird he has bought in his life. Fire officials said the - volatile er fare for better service, is reserved and prices include tax. Ume, : .._|fuids probably were ignited by “We are going to try fo make po. c.qc from the show given Te said he thinks he is too the water heater burner. our service so darned attractive, by 400 Indiana oli a n old” to take up flying though “I Services for Mrs. Taylor will sveryone will want to ride,” Mel raters go Shab | Amateur was pretty good 10. years ago be at 1 p. m. tomorrow at the ka 1 rity. ‘when I was only 90. {Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

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This isn't going to be easy. | There are many former transit] AT HOME IN INDIANA FOR 80 YEARS 1872-1952

riders wha insist Indianapolis Railways brought its problems, upon. itself by failure to provide - satisfactory service. :

Progress Made ‘ But even the most bitter bus patrons now admit that Mr. Dale has made many improvements in the last year. They say, for] instance, that he bought new) busses and equipment, helped put) 3 one-way = streets into effect, | speeded up service. | Now, Mr. Dale wants to eliminate some of the costly bus runs outside of the city, such as Mars so Hill, Sunshine Gardens, Ravens-| os wood feeder and the 38th St.| ; crosstown. ! In Mr. Dale's psychological] campaign to get motorists off the; road and into his busses and] streetcars, he has plastered slo-| .gans on the side of the company's | li .- busses alerting peopls to the bene- - ® tH : ” PE the mass transporta-, U | er earrings tion system, : . . He keeps a set of figures handy to help him convince skeptics. ; > He estimates a motorist who! . has to drive five miles a day to work could save $325 a year by

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K. Hagaman of Ft, Wa will speak on “How to Get Plus Value From Your Adver- ~/ tising” tomorrow noon at the luncheon meeting of the Advertising Club in Hotel Warren. Mr. Hagaman is director of advertising and public relations of! the Magnavox Co. -

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