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‘Gls Locate Weapon Used to Slay Officer; Hunt Only 14 Minutes
By DONNA MIKELS
A team of Dixie Division GIs and two Indianapolis Times staffers today found the death weapon used in the Patrolman John L. Sullivan shooting—Iless than 14 minutes after they began a search with mine-detectors. The nickel-plated Smith & Wesson 38-caliber revolver, together with a screw driver believed used to force entry to the Sullivan home, was found about 350 yards from where wounded slaying suspect Emmett Johns finally collapsed, “There's no doubt this is it,” said Police Inspector Hows ard Sanders who was summoned to the scene by The Times. He then called off the mass search which was just then
getting under way at the from near the Sullivan home, at«
other end of the suspect's clear 1h By ome; | . empting to trace the route en route, near the Sullivan home by the slayer after he fled. a 5 Englis ve. : The actual “find” was made by It Worked Out i Cpl Russell L. Kukman, Morris,/ But when the “Dixie” team ~ Ill, who was operating the lead started to set up 'at this end, the mine detector, two Times staffers forewarded Ping’ the “hunch.” It was that fear of Heard If ‘Ping pursuit might have caused the The 23-year-old GI,
turned this month from 11 monthsiuntii a wound finally caused as a mine detector operator and him to ask for help. Thus, they demolition man in Korea, was op-ireasoned, it would be abandoned erating about 10 feet ahead of aicloge to the Ray Mize home at second detector. 4105 Hoyt Ave., where suspect He was “sweeping” with the|Johns finally collapsed. long-handled device which gives; It worked out that way. off a warning sound when metal The. GIs, who were dispatched is spotted. here yesterday from Co. B of the “I heard it ‘ping’ and just as I|106th Engineers Bn. at the
who re-iglayer to keep his gun with him -
brushed to get a find on it I saw it,” said Cpl. Kukman, “I almost stepped on it—I ‘was right on top of it.” ; : . Less than an hour after the ; aon “2 : en : ~—Times photos by Dean Timmerman - “find” a police broadcast to all . FOUND A TLAST—Capt. Michael Smiley and Inspector Howard Sanders inspect the gun, cars ended the search and labeled
object of a two-day search, found in 14 minutes in the Times-Dixie Division hunt. De gun ativan izes
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By Untied Press [tions after nominations will cease, Mr. George warned aga CONVENTION HALL,|In 20 minutes. {Republican nominee, Gen. Dwight — Taking note of the clusters of D. Eisenhower, with the declaraCHICAGO, July 54 : The), licans sprouting from everyition that “a military man in a Democrats cut loose 'todayisection of the hall, Mr. Rayburn civiliah-office tends to lead to diewith a ‘barrage of speeches tartly suggested that they be held tatorship.” and demonstrations for a field of [10W 80 they would get in the way He said Mr. Russell is a man at least 12 candidates entered in|0f the TV cameras. “who believes in equal opportunity ' their party’s presidential handi- Six Hours of If Kor = eal educational oppor cap. unity, equal economi¢ opporThe nominating oratory and or}, J. Gealge aa id ME Russell 15 tunity, equal political opportunity, ganized rioting will take all after-is, Democratic nomination and® man who is temperamentally d h of th i t! fit, who is physically fit hoot ant Muth o! Lee svenlns Allis “one of the outstanding men a man . 8 D YE 3 > Ge at oe ih “Adlai [Of his time” Mr. Russell, Mr. SE WHO £ the United States.” nig » ' bol to Rot ih a od |Ge0rRe said, “has been a Senator Presidency o hited Sta'es. evenson favored fo get the NOC.lrt all of the United States” and| Today's nominating speeches The floor of the hall was not|;r oated will be “President of and noisy mob scenes are ex-
filled until noon. Even then, dele-| » oted to last six hours or more. | gates and supporters of those who all of the United States. pe
were to be placed in nomination | were more concerned with passing | out placards, balloons, whistles] and other noise-makers than set-| tling back for the hours of .ora-| tory to follow. Chairman Rayburn was one hour and 10 minutes late in call-|. ing the session to order, Cut Noise Short 4
When the roll call of the states began for the purpose of placing] ££ names ‘in. nomination, Alabama | § yielded to Georgia and Mr. Rayburn then recognized Sen. Walter F'. George of Georgia to place Sen. Richard B. Russell's name in nomination. Before Mr. George began his| speech, Mr. Rayburn announced } that it had been agreed among | all" candidates that demonstra-| | { | |
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‘WHILE THEY WERE waiting to put the finishing touches on thé Stevenson draft, the Democrats had a gala night Hoover---jging-Barkley. i tN.» i PHIL REGAN introduced the 1952 Democratic campaign song | entitled “Don’t Let "Em Take | It Away”—let us do it. | . »
. \ GOV, ADLAI STEVENSON of Illinois is such an unusual politiclan that he claimed he was “Mmisquoted” by Gov. Henry F. Schricker. of - Indiana instead of the. newspapers.
Measuring Women: 3 Lo. |
Costs More Than Men WASHINGTON, July 24 (UP)-— It apparently costs more to survey “body dimensions” of women than men. i { A Commerce Department report |; of “fundamental data on how body dimensions vary among! army men" contains 63 measurements of each of 85,000 soldiers. The report costs $6.50 on micro-
Copies of a recent similar study of women cost $9.
Killed in Car Crash LOGANSPORT, July 24 (UP)—{ Mrs. Helen Aronholt, 55, Kokomo, was killed today when a car driv-| en by her husband, Guy, 55, col-|
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into a ditch, Mr. Aronholt was refused to subscribe to the party's loyalty pledge. Gov. Byrnes taken to St. Joseph Hospital. used to. be Mr. Truman's ary of State but he quit in a huff,
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Indiana to devise a tax’ against possible break in the 53-day-old jenger who splashes through the find.
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revealed. A ton-mile is the move- | The Times’ Junior Olympics13 and Garfield, Aug. 20.
Swimming on Increase
He said the low truck taxes/gram has arrived to take its! {lieved the slayer fired two bullets, Photo, Page 2 main factor in solving Indiah® 8, sion to future champions begins| The entrants are neither t0o|his body. yealed Indiana's automobile own For the boys and girls who/@nd under; 14 years old and|gccompanying The Times-“Dixie” (was slain early yesterday while . —~gign on the AAU dotted line. agers don't get a blue ribbon this an open portion of the vast thick-| rited auto pays 37.5 cents TS : p p eT week, they have ample opportu- eted area which lies between the | iarted the fund with a contri. “I realize this is not much” vehicle.) [tonight at Douglas. termine city champions in swim- 200 feet from the Pennsylvania People think first of ways to Chance for Competition lof the AAU, reports swimming in- plenty of training to reach cham- hundreds taking part in the po- | contributions ,among city em-
‘bullet taken from the slain offi</f® _ . : ahts with below-average taxes, summer pastime. In this| There is no overmatching in the sere body." Bad. been" Sived nc or | en tate Highway om aiden Streamlined era, The Times’ Junior Olympics. In keeping with|_ The gun had been freq once, | Uf Chairman Samue . ! a _'a'development plan for the young- . 2 charged today. Jumor. Glympie swimming ‘pro |sters, the groups are divided into | Although it was origitally be Family of Slain A and B groups. The A class is| : were unfair to the state and to the|pjace. ltor the experienced swimm ers| because Otfifap o Sullivan Vas Officer to Get Aid motoring public, The Additional Tonight's second session in a With previous competition while | sible one. shot might have revenue, he sald, COLIC B® nae Program designed to give recog- the B class caters to the noviees.! suck his wrist, then. penetrated tor Tigh By JOE ALLISON need for more an BD" at 7 o'clock at Douglas Pool. And young nor too old in The Times'| At the same moment the GI| A fund was launched today for Ways. ch came as the na-|the Welcome mat is out for every|swimming show. Age brackets in-|saw the gun so did 15-year-old| oo... "0 © FEC GH TO The Oe Ce Teague re.|Youngster in Indianapolis to par-iclude § years old and under; 10| Harry Henslee, a Christian Park|®ducation n Alonal : Citizens Tax Leagu ticipate. years old and under; 12 years old | Police PAL Club member who was Patrolman John J. Sullivan who five times as much | . ! Se ai TT as do own- have not yet registered, the only Under; 16 years old and under, search party. defending his wife from an in. — of top-weight _trailer-trucke. requirement is to be present at/and over 17. | The weapon and the sirew daly. truder. A Hoosier who owns a medium the pool at 6:30 o'clock tonight to| If the teen-agers and pre-teen- er had been placed side-by-side in Dr. Bernard H. Pritchett, Negro ob ‘dentist and community leader, 100 ton-miles of road he uses.| All swimmers who participated ,.o".¢ rf iure dates. The next Sullivan and Mize homes. Hi And the owner of a 30-ton trailer- in last week s inaugural show at! how is July 31 at Rhodius Park, grass had been beaten dous% bution of $10 sent to The Indiancents for the Broad Ripple pool are eligible o| op oo, 0ceeding meets at Willard forming a resting place for the | 2POlis Times. | . {Dr, Pritchett - said, “but it is ment of a ton over one mile of opened before 2000 fans last week | The big finale. tailored along | Area Combed Yesterday {something I am proud to do. road. (The cost per ton-mile In-|with a field of more than 2001. lines of the recent American! The spot where the gun was Eager to Help cludes license fees, gasoline and swimmers. There is a strong Pos- gjympic trials here, will be held/found is about 350 feet south- " personal property levy on the sibility that figure will be equaled at Broad Ripple Aug. 27 to de- east of the Mize home and about| “In times of stress too few Only five other states charge Iming and diving. | Railroad Hawthorne Yards which help.” big truckers less than Indiana on| \borders the desolate area. | Mayor Clark immediately agreed a ton-mile basis. Jim Clark, cochairman of the | This same area was combed | 1° act as chairman of a City Not Paying Share {program along with Gene Moll| “Competitive swimming requires| yesterday by searching parties of | Hall committee which will seek “The big truckers are not pay-iterest throughout the city is on|pionship stature,” Mr. Clark ex-|jjoe-led hunt. - |Ployees. ing a -fair share for use of sur the upswing. Instructors at city plained; “and the Times and AAU But it took the war-developed| Chief Ambuhl volunteered to highways,” Mr. Hadden charged.'narys have found a steady in- have. set up their blue print to!mine-detectors to sound out the “I would recommend that the _ ir allow each child plenty of com- hiding place. | Continued ‘on Page 2 ol. 4
Indiana Legislature adopt a taxa-| |petition before the finals at 80 quick was the find made! . Broad Ripple. With each con- 4, ¢ % third mine-detector nae Start Fund to Aid {tender improving weekly, the i
tion method using the - ton-mile as the basis, or some similar pp dl { ctor was, measure. This would increase the {championship meet should be one st) betag) amembied: & wl ind Officer i Widow amount paid by operators of big of the finest this city has even unit. and behind. Dive: came Cpl. | trucks, and make for a more known.” ; junit, hi be nd Io te Cpl. A fd to. hel Toe. ‘Widow equalized sharing of the burden. i a es BCeSS | Mayor Alex Clark, J. R. Town- il Re Sgt. Hubert Shock- + Patrolman John L. Sullivan Me Hadden a rx send of the city park and recrea- | Times. |pay off the $3000 mortgage on fhe smount of inate, Sem tion department, and Ed Aspinall,| Another Times staffer, Photog- her home was started today by that it should be “substantial” | team manager for the American rapher Dean Timmerman, was | i 1 Mr. Hadden said several other women's swimming team now in assisting Lt. James W. Ivos wha PS anapolis businessmen, states base their taxes on a ton-| | Helsinki, all have indorsed the ae assembling the third mine Dr. 8. B., Friedland, 40 W, mile use of highways, and the {Times’ program as potentially the gweeper, and these two were just | Washington St., leader of the plan works well greatest the city has ever known. starting into the field when Cpl. | drive, said $250 has been pledged. The commissioner also urg And for every young chal- Hukman’s whistle signaled his| Those who have made pledges
interstate haulers who use HoO0-| steel strike loomed today after waters at Douglas, there will be It-was the “hunch” of the twoli 8S. B. Friedland...... +r $100 sier highways without paying & peniamin Fairless, head of U. 8. D0 going home empty-handed to- Times staffers which caused the! George Settos, 40 W. Ohio St. 100 |cent in taxes. Steel. and Steel Union President BERL. Times Sertifiates a “Dixie” team to start at the op- Oscar Alpert, 40 W. Ohio St. 25 ‘Ruin Our Highways’ | Philip Murray met at the White ; ni, regar ess of sw Tm posite end from where police and Mrs. Marie Randolph cranes 10 Ne Tru. Hor 3 final position, will be given street commissioners were orga- Miss Esther Lee, 40 W. Ohio 5 “They pay nothin, but use and House to ccnsider Presidint Tii-a) entrants, nizing a weed-cutting search. |Mrs. M. Cooke, 136 W. Market 5 ruin our highways,” he charged. mans plea Hat they reach a con-| we hig line will form at Doug-. The police search was starting | Tom Walker, 38 W, Ohio St... § Mr. Hadden pointed out that tract settlement. las in the afternoon's twilight. ton-mile taxation would not hurt, The man-to-man meeting was go swimmers don’t be LATE farmers or other owners of small
recessed after a little more than re % |trucks. Rather, it would sock an hour’and a half.
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Murray, Fairless Meet Eye-to-Eye
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lonly about 5 per cent who own | say 6am.. 68 10am... mn | {the biggest trucks. net b pi g Vhether progress had been made| 7 a. m... 66 11 a. m... 74 ° | Indiana's tax agains tbut said they wanted to confer 8 4. m... 69 12 (Noon) 76 F d D th WwW |trucks- is about 40 per cent below | win their colleagues on “mutual| 9 a. m... 70 1p. m.. 18 in eq eapon the national average, the survey |,rohlems” and would go back] RE disclosed. But Its tax ou ih®)into session at 1:30 p. m., Indlan-| Latest humidity ....... 3% THE STORY behind finding the gun: medium-priced car is abou lapolis time. b — ek p . : {cent higher than the average of BE the ‘tects Mr. Fairiess|ys Times Reporter Donna Mikels and Photographer lall states. ow revealed that representatives of Times Index Dean Timmerman yesterday reported to city desk Wan Jaague Survey ‘travels | the “Hg e's see) companies fumuseinients eatery 22 the human search for the gun appeared “hopeless” in RA sot were here awaiting outcome o I ssensinnsrceiiiany : : an average of 9500 Infies a YeAT ipo session. -Union: officials alaol: CIOBSWORE .wx.ree:s., s, wr view of almost impenetrable underbrush, They sugfor a total of 16,340 ton-miles.| ., o yand and Mr. Murray| FAitorials ......eiiee.e 20 gested getting mine detectors. And a 30-ton trailer-truck, averaging 60,000 miles a year. rolls|*ald he would confer with them. | Foal sestrertisnsesesnie 12 The Times called officers of 31st (Dixie) Division Jp 3 total of 14 mifhon tome Jhe.twe men PAeting Defense] In Hollywood ........... 22 | at Camp Atterbury, who immediately agreed to send Or iana: has 4 long way to go Mobilizer John R. Steelman Movies Belroaden’, hse 22 three mine detectors and trained crews to aid local to catch up with the leading Joined them from Sime to hme Robert RUATK ».vsnevs.rs 19 police in the search. : ; state in charging big truckers ut the fact that the two of- a : ‘ : Timmerman for full use of highways. The ficlals wanted to confer with their Society [cats sennr iene 12 13 Reporter Mikels and Photographer i: Hoosier rate of 7.7- cents per 100 associates mrd’would meet again| go. wien’ """"""0""" 0" Gg | suggested the search be made “backtracking” the prob-ton-miles is less than half ofthis afternoon raised hopes that WOMEN'S «.reovensnss 12, 13 able course of the gunman. ‘Fourteen minutes later the
South ' Carolina's ¢harge—19.1/a settlement might be in the cents. a HOE gun was founds .
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