Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 July 1952 — Page 5

7, 1952 |

THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1952

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Flood of Army Mail Will Hit Post Office

By DAVID WATSON The . Indianapolis Post Office

ditional 1.5 million first class pieces through this city every month, :

A corresponding increase in the,

size of the’ mail handling crew!, forthe Post Office to! will boost the payroll about S08, chagaty ce to

000 a year.

The mail impact will hit the! office in September when the!

Army Finance Center at Ft. Harrison starts shooting checks to

all parts of the country and to] many points of the world. The upswing to full volume will prob-|

ably start next month.

officer of the center, said the

| ily! checks will be for Soldier JAmmily ne made from four downtown an ¢ office buildings. 2

Col. Hale said the 1.5 million/, = started next month; and should Increase theo ceount for about 500,000 pieces. |:

allottments and quar bond purchases also will accoun for the increase.

pieces are all outgoing. Incoming mail will further flow, 100 More Workers

Postmaster George J. Ress said/checks for quarters will starts his office will hire between "100 and 175 temporary employees to

handle the military mail. But he

added he is not seeking applica-|

tions at this time, The personnel office has an application back-log sufficient to

meet the military need, Mr. Ress,

said. : The postmaster said the temporary workers will be on the job between two and four days a month clearing the finance checks. They will earn the regular starting rate, $1615 an hour. The temporary employees probably will be. housewives, night workers, salesmen or others who

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want to add to regular salaries,

Death on Wheels—

Failure to Stop Cars Causes 484 Accidents

By JOE ALLISON .By just stopping when they should, Indianapolis drivers could have saved four lives last year. Nothing a driver does is easier than stopping. Making a turn can be compli= pated. Driving in fast-moving and close traffic can be nervewracking to the point where it causes accident. But not stopping. It’s easy.

this year, 484 accidents were caused in Indianapolis alone by drivers who failed to stop for automatic signals or stop signs.

Four lives were taken by drivers who were too lazy, too busy or just plain too careless to put on the brakes, police records show, : “Of the city’s 3754 accidents in the first six months of 1952,

Polka-Dot Bandit Faces Life Term

A charge which carries a mandatory life sentence has been placed against Russell Lorenzo McChristian, the city's recently captured “polka dot” gunman, The strong-arm robber first was charged with robbery and violation of the firearms act, but today was reslated on a charge of inflicting injury in the commission of a robbery. The latter carries a mandatory life sentence on conviction. McChristian, described by detectives as “just a mean man,” is charged in connection with the shooting early Tuesday of James R. G. Goodman, 20, of 1755 Miller St. McChristian shot, slugged and| robbed his victim after Mr. Goodman gave him a ride. McChristian, who was wanted by detectives in connection with a number of crimes including two other brutal holdups, was nabbed a short time after the Monday slugging with the gun and the loot from the Goodman holdup still on his person. He was spotted wearing the “polka dot” shirt described by his victim.

Actress ‘Adopted’ by 4 Gls as Mother-in-Law

HOLLYWOOD, July 17 (UP)— Those jokes about the mother-in-law don't mean a thing to four bachelor GIs at Ft. MacArthur Cal. Actress Spring Byington went to the Army post to visit the four, who have proclaimed themselves her adopted sons-in-law. They

presented her with a scroll saying she was setting “a fine example for the mothers of our future! brides.” I

| Mr. Ress said. He stated the mfli{tary mail would be worked on a!

today prepared for a mew deluge| "0und-the-clock schedule during|

of mail which will bring an ad-|" Both ‘Mr. Ress and Col. Hale

peak periods.

said some of the details are still’

to be worked out. Until the new!

finance center building is com-! pleted at the base, it may be!

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private building. i

When the center is completed |§

it will contain a basement post office with truck ramps for easy

Col. Hale said the mail handling! system is expected to be similar to that used in St. Louis, finance center location before transfer to

Downtown Buildings

Disbursements, meanwhile, will

The officer said work on the “Class E” allotment checks will

be ready for mailing, Sept. 1. They

In October the “Class Q”|

through accounting for the re-| mainder of the check volume.

Slightly less than 200,000 ad-&

ditional pieces go out directly] from the Ft. Harrison sub-station: when bonds are issued. ! Postal officials said the firgt-| class mail volume here last moth’ reached 13,391,051. Parcels accounted for another 782705. »

Mr. Ress said the needed in- =

crease in help will not result in an actual added cost to the local department. He said he will be

money, but added the appropriation already exists. It was used in Bt. Louis while the center was located there, he said.

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almost 13 per cent were caused by failure to stop. Not always is the driver at fault.

Sometimes the stop sign is hidden by weeds or parked cars.

Sometimes automatic signals, “stop and go lights,” are erected in a maze of red and green advertising signs. Sometimes they fail to operate. But not often. is nearly always the fault of the driver. : When he has an accident or kills someone as a result, he did it. It did not “just happen.”

State police for years have been hammering at the basic driving fault of making ‘‘sloppy stops.” Visitors to Indianapolis say local drivers do not stop at stop

signs. “They merely curtsy,” one =

said.

if you want to live in traffic, quit, “curtsying to death.” |

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