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A I 8 fW AIR AND IRST SUNDAY MORNING MAY VOL 46 NO 344 ITEEN CENTS The 3 COUNTRY CLUBS RAIDED Day In Indiana WEATHER TODAY Cloudy Cooler Tempemtoree Yesterday High Mr Low 5f (jt "a f' 1 J' 1949 TRAIC TOLL 35 i 1 j' i 'r' 1 I Iff a WT A' Tk XTi' fi 1 ilE 1A IHAI1AI IJL13 J3 1 AK 1 By Maurice Early burn like a cracker 77 yindowg i i iwr SisSst condition He was in the others Hie award presented annual 0 71 1 IS IS ARMERS are fear plan being put oxer aee cin the Brannan ning photograph and others which won prizes in the 1948 AP photo contest appear' on airgrounds Site Won or Summer Operas although his i )o was favorable Red Dictators Waver Behind Iron Curtain 1 AS injuries four of I HOOSIER husbands find lettude salad served frequently during the next week or two there Is" reason Price of high quality lettuce for a short pe riod at least will be the lowest In years Weather conditions in California produced a bumper crop and the price has skidded PROPERTY TAX rates In Hoosier cities have about reached the danger point Be fore the war there were only four Indiana cities more than 10000 population which had tax rates in excess of $4 Now there' are only four which have rates less than $4 Vin cennes has the champion rate of 1688 on each 3100 of assessed valuation of property Sf jzx ai vil THE ACCIDENT was the Page' 9JSeption 4 in The Star most serious in the history of the today 2 Boys Drown Old ixed Boal Sinks Sherif Prosecq tor Hit Indianapolis Highland Hillcrest from the number of people involved according to Dr Rogers Smith in charge of the track emergency hospital Turn to Page 14 Column 3 TSGT JAMES EWERS 43 Bridgeport back and leg In juries treated RED ROSCH 46 2255 North Pennsylvania shoulder injury treated ROBERT LLNDOP 34 543 South Holt Road cut eye nose and mouth treated i ST VINCENTS HOSPITAL JOSEPH OSCAR ELLA 30 Linden Hotel fractured back fair WILSON EVANS 36 Port land cuts and bruises treated 5 EVERETT 24 Turn to Page 14 Column 7 RESIDENTS of Indianapolis who had a house assessed for J5000 in 1941 paid $16250 in taxes Under this rate they pay $22450 The compari son between the two years in a city like Muncie is $172 in 1941 ind $249 today The tax plight of the cities is shown in a bulle tin of the Taxpayers Research Association of ort Wayne and astute of current Czech min isters told me that his country feels very deeply about strained relations with the United States He complained especially that we had sold Czechoslovakia sev era! million worth of ma Turn to Pag 16 Column 5 in five weeks during July and Aug'(IsAisfinancing Hedley said A drive to raise an operating fund of approximately $10000 to guarantee initial expenses will begin rt once besides Hedley will include John Goll business representative of Local No 3 American ederation of Musi cians Barnecltf business representative of Stage Hands Union No 30 and Mel Rpss treasurer of the Murat Theater Their plan Hediey said is to present the same professional type of entertainment formerly offered in "Stars Under the Jars' by the1 Indianapolis The Turn to Page 16 Column 6 4 33 Race ans Injured 4 Grandstand Collapses During Qualification Trials IT? I 2 i Pliotog Wins AP Awards 1 J' Hugh Connaway member Hopes for summer opera here this year soared again yesterday when sponsors of the proposed outdoor shows and the "State air Board agreed on terms for use of the grandstand at the airgrounds A group headed 'by Charles Hedley musical director of the operettas in the Under the series at the Butler Bowl the last two years is ex pected to incorporate an organ ization to be known as Indianap olis Summer Operettas this week ONLY REMAINING obstacle to a season of three productions recovered the Wj ight body 2p minutes later i Two fishermen' who witnessed the tragedy dived in a fruitless attefnpt to reach the Jwo boys Heavy boots were believed 2 to Turp to Page IS Column 3 EVEN THOUGH Hoosier aVfn organizations have turned thumbs down on Secretary of Agriculture Brannan's Utopia plan to provide cheap groceries uid high prices to the farmers' there may be a lot of whooping it up for( the system' Central Hospital Safe Precautions Taken CottagesNeeded tnent of agriculture It la antici pated that they will be ordered to the plan to the farmers tf thia happens It is likely to fol low Secretary Brannan's Mid west speech next month So far he has not found a member of Congress who will Introduce the radically' different farm program ALL RESPONSIBLE farm Sr ganizations and farm publica tions which circulate' in Indiani regard the Brannan plan as a too good to be true remedy for all food woes of the city dweller and the earning ability of the farmer Tax Rates Hi gh Lettuce Price Down tr HOSPITAL HARRY BENNETT1 lV46 North Park bruises treated RICHARD MAHAN 17 134 Berwyn Street bruises treated rHERNDON IRWIN' 44' 502 West Walnut Street back' in jury treated JAMES ROBERT MAHAN 3 134 Berwyn Street brulaei treated EARL DANIEL MOORE 37 2042 North Allison Avenue (Speedway)' cuts 'and bruises treated IT WOULD BE better to have new fireproof cottages for the women Dr Bahr says They would cost $12000000 It is not likely a legislature would ap propriate that much money in the near future for the renova tion of Central? 7 and the Duke made the most of tljem IT WAS THE SEVENTH time that Nalon has qualified for the 500 but the first time he has ever won the pole spot He had the fastest time last year in the same car but it came later dur ing the qualifying period and Turn to Page 1 Sec 7 Column 7 DR MAX A BAHR superin tendent of Central assumes re sponsibility in assuring 'the relatives that every precau tion has been 7 taken to pre i vent fires in the 75 year old subs tantially built structure to keep fires from spreaifing if they do start and to remove patienta in event 'nW'W iL'sCjU 1 SECTION 2 draws 1 10 year sentence on oaa check Page 1 Telephone company's petition for rate Increase to' be heard tomorrow by Page ollowing is thelfst qfjnjured iri grandstand col lapse at the Speedway METHODIST HOSPITAL LESLIE CLARK 42 years old RR 16 Box 511' head in jury serious MRS SELMA EWERS 41 Bridgeport back and shoulder injury fair AMOS HART 31 Martins ville back injury fair: KURT MAHRDT 14 5252 North Capitol Avenue Jiead liT Jury fair DOUGLAS ALEXANDER 49 Greencastle back and leg in juries treated' ALPHONS EBERHARDT SR 73 7820 Madison Avenue cut face and nose treated ALPHONS EBERHARDT JR 32 7777 West Washington Street back and knee injuries treated ROBERT EBERHARDT 13 7777 West Washington Street arm and should Injuries treated of women pa tients at Central State Hos pital are being alarmed need lessly by recurring he ports that the building in xVhlch 1100 'are 1 housed is a "fire trap which ByBOBSTRANAHAN Sports Editor As lightning zigged out of lowering western skies yes terday Dennis (Duke) Nalon shot a mechanical thunder bolt around the historic track at 132939 mph before nearly 60000 spectators to capture' the pole pvsiuun in uie uuv iune race The 36 year old Iron Duke from Sherman Oaks Cal who finished third in the 1948 classic sent shivers through a record first day qualifying crowd when he sent the powerful Novi Mobil Special growling around his first lap in 133730 7 THE THOUSANDS of spec tators smelled the start of a rec ord run which might eclipse' the 133944 set in 1946 by the late Ralph Hepburn in a twin to Na ion's BUt the Duke eased off afterward and this was his hastiest trip around the two and a half mile course run was one of the 14 completed yesterday which filled the first four of 11 rows for the May 30 running and it was by far the most spectacular 17 He waited until his teammate Rex 'Mays in the No 5 Novi had sizzled around at an average of 129552 mph for the fastest time 'the Then' Nalon came out for his run about 3:30 o'clock Thunderheads were gathering in the Northwest and a streak of lightning snaked out of the sky just as Nalon came out of the turn and pounded down the straightaway on the first lap of his 10 mile run Atmospheric conditions 'were ideal for these high speed engines at this time The Weather Joe Crow Says: All this excite 1 meat about Communist El ler leaving the country la con in fuslnx: wasn't' the JJS getting swady to himMMrwf cjouainess ana cooler Monday fair WHILE fui of the Dolltlcians suggestions a )jolltical move If farm prices 'skld unduly Under the present price' supports he ean say 1 told you in theext election ONLY IRES which have itarted in the building the doc tor says were caused by attend ints smoking in bed and setting Uattreases on fire No smoking permitted now Eugene Pulham publisher of The Indianapolis Star and The hews and his wife Nina are on a reporting tour of European nations This is Mr Uth article By EUGENE PULLIAM Belgrade May 10 (Ry The fabric of the iron curtain is becoming more like rubber than steel Startled and somewhat confused by the success qf the Tito rebellion in Yugoslavian leaders' in other satellite countries are beginning to put out friendly feelers to Western European countries and especially to the United States They are face to face with the question of w)iat course to follow if Tito gets away with it In Prague where I spent the better part of three days the Czeoh attitude toward Ameri cans has changed from one of bitter denunciation' guarded conciliation Here In 'Belgrade the 'moderation is even more marked Sixty days before 1 came to Europe my applications for visas to both Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were pigeon holed Then suddenly after I had anived on the continent both were granted After making certain that' I was not secretly lugging in a lot of American dollars the Yugo slavs have treated me with ex treme courtesy 77 NOT ONE INCIDENT has oc curred to remind me that I am an 'AU the satellite countries are looking toward America hungry eyes One of the most highly placed Picture On Page 6 Three Indianapolis country clubs were targets of slot ma chine raids fast night led by Prosecutor George Dailey and Sheriff James Cunningham A total of 30 slot machineswere confiscated Dally an nounced three parties made simultaneous raids at the Highland Country Club Hillcrest Country Club and theCountry Club of Indianapolis In a formal statement Dailey declared the raids were for the purpose of the job started by the state who raided seven sverni afid grabbed off 24 slot machines riday 't3 BIGGEST HAUL' of slot ma chines from the country clubs came Highland where 14 were taken during a brief set to with club and" em ploycs Dailey took with him on the raids and at Highland ths membership ex pressed resentment of their presence Sheriff Cunningham said 'he himself Is a member' of the Highland club? Prosecutor Dailey said his son was planning to at tend adanee arthr tfabriatef last night In contrast to the Highland raid the Country Club of In the raiders for the club said three of the sher ill's deputies flocked themselves in a small room where nine ma chines were kept The room was very hot the spokesman laid and the idea of tha deputies locked in the steamy roon) on a damp evening provided a chuckle for some 125 persons in the club according to the AT HILLCREST raiders took seven machines in an un spectacular raid i In all eight deputy sheriffs and investigators took part in the raids? Two called at Hillcrest and three each at Highland and'tiie In dianapolis club Daily said the 'entrance to the clubs was legal under authority the state liquor law which permits enforcement officers to enter to inspect club 'licenses The machines Dailey said were seized as contraband 1 Dailey hired a truck to port the machines taken from the clubs The prosecutor made'no denial that the raids were planned de liberately in the wake of the state police sweep against public taverns in Ravenswood 'and in the West section of the county HE SAID he and Sheriff Cun ningham conferred with Arthur Thurston state police superin tendent concerning the' raid Dailey quoted Thurston as say ing state police policy called for seizure of slot machines wher ever found except in private Turn to Psge 16 Column 4 trootmant In tha Emergency Hospital Indianap "The Star photographic staff Olis General pital One man Greencastle sented bejng hauled off to a hos The awkrd presented annual ly by the editors in the Indiana Associated Kress to the top en try in the annual AP photo graphic contest was announced in ort Wayne where the Indi ana AP is in session The pic ture also was judged first place winner for spot news photo graphs in the professional di TheJ award presented each and Methodist Hos last ni8ht became the 1948 win ner of the John Bushemi Award Herndon Irwin 44 for hia picture Nof schoolteacher re The gaping hole left by iherposisericiut spectator accident in Speedway history was by passed by fanj leaving the grandstand immediately after floor col lapsed in two boxes of Grandstand The oldest jfand at the famous T'z mile oval Grandstand was overload ed by a record breaking qualification trial turnout track officials explained (Star Photo by Maurice Bur nett) One In Serious Condition After 20 oot Plunge TO MEET the reeular blasts toout the building Dr Bahr ays 14 exits can te usea tne lairs are nreproot nre aoors ive been installed old electric ifirine' has been replaced with iteel conduits a fire station is the grounds and would report srithin two minutes after an addition day attend nts sleep in the building to be iadv for action in removing pa and special lock arrange ave been mstauea so iremen canrtsnoxe ur 13 is Robbie 8 Society Spots Yield 30 Slots Other Pictures on Page 1 Sec 2 pital and demanded the same speedy service back to the track' so he could witness the remain der of the Another Joe Moscarella of Hollywood Cal had come to In graphs in the professional di dianapolis especially to see the vision race and had obtained a job as The aw'ard''4s presented each a bartender He has never 'Seen memory of John Bush a 500 race: And he won't see Gary Post Tribune photog this one He was in St Vincent's rapher killed in World War II Hospital with a broken back sweepstakes win fhpmtn'hrtiH Hit 1 land are agents of the depart SECTION I British authorities' remove Gerhart Eisler kicking and struggling from Polish ship wsm to return' him to 7 Page Wlnahall VST ft 'U UI Hw AllUtJtll wpUl711C4l baknlnj A but not overly optimls AS aas' ob tderslUa lie lew 01 Ifltr 1H IxfhM Anillwy 16 7 next Page rriimnur i is 5 Tkt ImM Star? 1s klto Girt :4 it ZUr bxv CUb falcater 1 6 JHrolhy Wt 8 EARL WILLIAM MOORE 17 2042" North Allison Avenue bruises MRS MILDRED MOORE S3 2042 North Allison Avenue cuts' bruises and shock treated ALBERT TURK 22 770 Ar nolda Avenue cuts and bruises treated ALBIN TURK 26 770 Ar nolds Avenue cuts and bruises treated EDDIE WETZEL 46 18 North Gray Street leg bruises treated SPEEDWAY EMERGENCY HOSPITAL JAMES ADAMS 17 245 East Minnesota Street' cuts': and bruises treated WILLIAM DOLL 20 1612 North Broadway cut face treat ed Merles 1 Petler 10 Phein Cwilevt 7 Winners 5 ess slZ tECTfOM S' TefeebUa New SECTION 1 Err Lrl'aTalk Teen Waal Alla 148' mm ram 7 chont77 '6b4eb 'Weaainia Eattir lnncUl 1 8 Sparta 14 81 That's Pete" he said J'Those are his shoes" The police emergency squad Two of three boys setting ouf in an fold boat they had found and "fixed were drowned in all Creek yesterday 150 yards north'of Keystone Avenue bridge when the boat suddenly Dcad are David Lee Sonny) Wright 15 years old son of Mr and Mrs Burford Wright 4031 Eastern Avenue and Edward (Pete) Pike Mr and Mgs Edward Pike £037 East ern Avenue A companion Warstler 12 3837 North Temple Avenue swam ashore The two boys drowned within 40 yards of busy Allisonville Road in a channel 18 feet deep when the boat they had dried out in the sun suddenly filled and sank THE BODY of the Pike who was to have played in a piano recital tomorrow night School 69 was found first an hour after the tragedy by sher iff's deputies who dragged from a boat The boy's father summoned to the scene saw the blanket covered body with the feet pro truding He stopped 7 A 7 a 7 Speedway spectators in old Grandstand were thrown headlong' into the 20 canyon created floor collapsed yester'dey In this exclusive picture by the first photographer 'on the scene a 15 year old arnateur lstory and picture on Page 5 Section 1 1 sittingonly four boxes from the two sections whlch fell' the (vic 7 tims ere'shown scrambling' around attempting to recover themselves after their drop (Photo by John Christie) 7 7 '7 Nalon Gets Pole Spot By LESTER HUNT Thirty four auto race fans were injured when they were tumbled 20 feet to the ground as part of Grandstand collapsed yesterday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Two boxes in the grandstand near the coveted southwest turn collapsed under' weight of the Unprecedented crowd attending the first day of qualifications forthe May 30 race ONLY ONE the injured Leslie Clark 42 of 16 is in serious Methodist Hospital last night with head Ail but yere released after first aid treatment In ON INSIDE PAGES STAR Why 014? 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