Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1952 — Page 2
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By DAVE WATSON A big drop gambling sales in Indiana is tou hing off a
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Federal racket squad investiga
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tion in the state Tax men will attempt to earth gamblers yh continue
fail to puy stamp the heat is 0 <jetant
operations but because they feel ff Wilher OO. Plummer. Aa U'. 8 Internmat—Reveniie collector here. said the number of ¥ ymblers the Federal
almost
registered under
wagering Jas has dropped
75 per cent ) Only 245 of more than stamp. owners asked for VEAT the fi
midnight
1000) gambling renawals for the f1
Deadline for renew
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cal vear changed was Thursday Police Ald Pledged The aaszistant sald, however,
that some stamp applications may ¢till he in-the mail. But he added hig office does not expect to re ceive more than 600 or 700 appl cations this As the federal govérnment an nounced: its plan to investigate i known gamblers who failed 10 buy stamps, Police Chief Ambuhli pledged the aid of his department Mr lummer said racket
Veal
squads will compare new stamp letings with old ones in an at tempt to ferret out tax evaders
Many gamblers have indicated plang to go out of business or transfer their business to profit organizations Thoee-who-have-frade-sichin dications but failed to carry them put or buy stamps will come un der revenue bureau scrutiny
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Although this means several hundred cases may be subject 10 proppyg : sxamination, Mr. Plummer: said TWINS “We will never use that as an At Methodist William, Eva Simpson ot looking into them. yt BOYS 2XCuse lor not : H At Xt Francis JTRines Evelyn Dawzon ol » Claude Be Norwnod., Leonard Norma La Upheld sorg. Charies, Victoria Bagby. Bernard / 'K i ( I ine Kogcheg Dana. Vera Pruitt District Attorney Marshall Han Catherine Kocher, Dana Vera, Pruitl, ley, whose job it is to prosecute Messer Honard Bernadine Webb Ivan y . Katherine Hichter Walter Flizabet} such cases, pointed out the local Gio te CHEE vr Boerner. Ber y 3 > 41 (ir we Murpt Federal Court has upheld the nard ceiruas MAES ora Mann, Don tax law and his office a HS 2 Pence ; questioned AX la At Coleman Ld Ia ( en . Peiey will proceed as though the law i® “aariiie Keo anil Kere
Sam. Ruth valid. Al Methodist The gambling law is before the I a Fendi U. 8S. Supreme Court for a ruling’ Me :
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Mr. Hanley said the Federal At St Nira . June Dare) Mu in Grand Jury. sessions this fall will ‘ i Ey elt, Sas ut ¥ ( a tl
probably bring
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gambling stamp cases. Some may A ier AY he- brought before: the court with fal . Ra Morn” bert Ruth Ea out Grand Jury action, he sald or ’ The attorney said the govern- At Home Lous Brn, area, loo ment. can only act in gambling = St. Wiliam, Lueclile_JrcRsol 1209 K cases where income taxes are in-| volved. Neither the law nor the At St. Francis policy of his office would permit py nit. Willian a move into the law enforcement 57, Janice © Iv realm of local government agen- At General Dougia cles. he said. Shiziey Eididee Mr. Plummer said gambling tax A, Uolemen Lean. CLA ith. Dh pufchases are being made along poviion ile] a Bool tenn Wilma a similar pattern set: when the at Methodist—Donald. Opad Cedars, Flovid, G85 wagering law hecame effective [oll -hancader 0 Louise Rye last November. Light sales were, othy Parsods “William, Doris Menozzl Charle Lucille Rippel Andiew Joan
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United | ROZ RECOVERING—Rosalind Russell smiles from hospital were active in bed in Ft. Lee, Va., after a fall in a movie scene resulted in a lacerated right leg. The cut required 17 stitches. Miss Russell, in the scene, had to leap to the back of an Army truck. She missed her 0. "mony to the warring bounced out into the water and footing on the moving vehicle and fell to the ground, Smiling, she art and Ike factions. ‘aid the laceration would be ''a souyenir of my.Army experience.’
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_An inquest today produced an "unofficial verdict of “accidental death in the tragic shooting yesterday of Lee Blankenship as he rode in a boat on: White River. “The inquest ig not complete, but I don’t think there's any doubt this was an accidental death,” said Coroner Roy W. Storms.
+ 4 Pro-Taft Men to Staff
By IRVING LEIBOWITZ The 30-year-old father of. four Republican State Chairman met death tragically yesterday (‘ale J. Holder enlarged his fall when a richiocheting bullet. fired
campaign staff today by appoint- an “the hanks of White River ing four assistants who supported hounced off the target and struck Sen. Pobert A. Taft against Gen. him in the chest, He died seconds pwight D, Eisenhower for the after the boat reached the shore “presidential nomination. where the horror-stricken shootWhen Gen. Eisenhower was jng party waited. nominated. Indiana Ike forces, °° Firing at Targets
, te successfully to purge iftemnpted unyuceess) purg The fatal’ bullet was fired by
p vv and other Republi ox - bt Holce) ro Son Fare Mrs. Patricia 1; Hood, 1743 A&R(Ce S bi K ¢ . al Mr Holder showed the Taft bury 8t., one of a party of four rea, which had been firing at targets
forces still control the state party srganization today by throwing key posts to pro-Taft politicians.
on the river bank. Mrs. Hood fainted when the hoat reached shore and she learned .a man had been Killed. 4 Forest A. Harness, Kokomo, a The 23-year-old wife was sched- ., former Congressman. was named yled to testify at the inquest.toy («sistant state chairman and as- day but was so near collapse Dr. signed to work exclusively with gtorms excused her and allowed (‘ongresgional candidates. He Was her husband, George I. Hood, to regarded as a strong Taft man. gegcribe the accident. Two other assistant chairmen . Mr and Mrs. Hood and Mr. and § were appointed last week by Mr. Mrz. William H..Betancourt, 1754 “or Holder, They are James Knapp. Ashbury St., had been trying out y Spiceland, who immediately ac- Mr Betancourt's new 22-caliber and Robert Grant, South rifle. Just as they started to put who is expected to accept the gun -away and leave, Mrs shortly. Hood asked to fire one time, Both Mr. Grant and Mr. Knapp, She fired and hit-a can which the campaigns of was on:the bank, near the paper (sen. Eisenhower - for “President targets at which the group had and George Craig for Governor. heen shooting. Their appointments were designed They did not know the bullet
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struck Mr. Blankenship, until his iy ' : nephew, Luther Day Jr., who was — Fatt Men Chosen standing on the bank, saw Mr. But” today "Mr. Holder—tame. giangenship--topple in. the boat back with a full slate of Taft sup- 2nq called out “He's been shot.” [porters, He named W. O. Hughes, . a : : : I}'t, Wayne, Speaker of the IndiRun Pkwy. myocarditis ana House of Representatives, to Gertrude Hardin, 56. at Long, cirrhosis of head the election drive for the Hofl, 77. al 914 Sanders, mitral popyplican candidates Tor State
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CGieorge Hughes, 89, at 320 8. Pine. cerebral . iv hemorrhage Representative Albert
at 2126 E. Michigan John VanNess, Valparaiso, Re-
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coronary occlusion Rollo Jones, $0. mt General. arterioselerotic publican majority leader in the heart . : Pratl. vine. 82 aL 2024 Paris. cersbral Al8le Senate, was assigned to direct the campaign for state 59, at Velerans, cerebral Senators. l.iason hetween the two legisCLUBS *y lative hodies was handed to state ions Club of ndianapolis il meet : . at the Claypor naa laho a neel gon. Harold Handley, l.aPorte Ihe Rolary Ciub of Indianapolis will (1 > i A e mine in aie dab nl JRdiEnapeia wh GOP nominee for Lieutenant y » (yovernor. . All three legislative election
campaign managers were ardent Taft supporters. Yesterday, most Republican is candidates for Congress and state office attended a strategy meeting called by State Auditor Frank = Millis, chairman of the candiates : committee. Thay discussed the . fall campaign.
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GUNSHOT VICTIM — Lee Blankenship.
Mr. Blankenship was out in a motorboat with his brother-in-law, Cpl. Donald Hicks, 23, Brownstown. Changed Seats Just seconds before the bullet struck, the two men had’changed seats. Cpl. Hicks had been trying unsuccessfully to start the motor and they switched seats so Mr. Blankenship. could try. Cpl. Hicks said his brother-in-
law was hending over the motor!
when he heard a ‘ping” and turned to see his companion topple to the bottom of the boat. “I've been shot,” the dying man gasped. Cpl. Hicks started rowing, Just 3s they reached shore Mr. Blankenship died in the arms of youhg Day who had’ rushed to the boat. ’
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. Blankenship had
lived here five years, moving here from Brawnstown. He resided at 2457 Hobart St., ‘Beech Grove with his wife, Mary Katherine, and four children, Sarah, 5; il.nda, 4; Steven Lee, 2 and Kenneth, 1. Mrs. Blankenship was, attending a movie when she received word of the tragedy. Widow at Inquest
Today the yvouhg widow attended the inquest after making arrangements for funeral serv-
ices at G. H. Herrman Funeral Home, Military rites will be conducted at 10 a. m. Wednesday in the funeral home and at 2 p. m. in Brownstown Baptist Church for Mr. Blankenship, who served four years in the Navy. Burial will be in Brownstown. The wild bullet ended Mr. Blankenship's life less than 48 hours after he had told his wife he had a “premonition” of death. “He wasn't feeling well Friday night,” she =aid. “He said then he didn't think he had long to live.” But the comment was forgotten until yesterday when he changed seats in time to be in the path of the fatal bullet.
Crums Gather Sunday
For Family Reunion
The annual Crum family reunion will be held Sunday at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Dexter H. Crum, R. R. 9, Bloomington. Site of the picnic-reunion is three miles south and one-half mile east of Stanford, formerly the Jacob 8S. Crum homestead. Relatives unable to attend are requested to communicate to the group: through. Dexter Crum,
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Northeast Side Plot Given Push
Plans for expansion of a huge new housing area on the Northe east Side today were given pare tial approval by the Works Board, Marbar omes, Inc. already asking annexation of a T79-acre tract hounded by 38th and 42d St., from Arlington Ave. to Graham St. got an OK today to include the area north. from 42d to 46th St. The Works Board approved sewage disposal plans which call for use of the 38th St. main relief sewer, scheduled to be constructed next year, : The housing firm refused to reveal its plans for construction although the Plan Commission said the company has asked for singlefamily zoning in the area. A business district is scheduled for the northwest corner of the tract. Business zoning has been requested for that section. Based on average types of building, the new tract is exe pected to include 1200 homes. Marbar Homes now is comepleting development of an East Side section and refused today to reveal exact plans for the Northeast Side project until the Irvington development is completed.
Greencastle Man Dies GREENCASTLE, Aug«4 (UP) Relatives learned today of the death of Carl H. Steward, 64, former vice president of the American Zinc Products Co. here. Mr. Steward died in Saranac Lake,” N.Y. hospital after four years, illness.
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