The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • 1

AS A Section 1 TAI AND IRST OL 46 Na 358 ITEEN CENTS 1949 TRAIC TOLL 37 The Killing HelclT inca Darnell Arrives want JR 6 Mile Hike i I 1A 4iiut a uav iui fcv nvvno iv feeling of inferiority stlEj zuziz me juuxe (iiil uauncia jauix everTthough it meant getting up I Mae live at home Television Broadcasts LINDA HAS BIG1 KISS OR HUBBY Driver Killed In Wild Crash be in Evansville Beauty Slain Those Jailed ExMate Tells very good friends" in the irrday morning in time to visit other tree then crossed the high Um nn r1 1 I fll nn BRUCE PETERS Cam The Weather of their I On Inside Pages Of Star Want Ad Service TODAY 9 To rj7t Iny fl agvwi 11 Mis A will be laden with the 81st Memorial I 13 9 HobMes fahwftli ClnV Calendar Club tedtralioa 15 Sport 2 3 ation Richard Thomas told police he shot "she wouldn't come with me" nnd graves flowers on TN A Solemn Memorials Big Race Awaited By US South Americans Lead Distance Trek To Race urjLvy' WHY? The psychiatrist ad vances reasons for a person changing from a gentleman to a Russell Burkhardt Auctioneer Victim Jndtanapolis and Indiana meeting and from there to Mont real Canada to see Senor Gran sister who is the wife of the general consul from Ecuador A man of position and In fluence in Lima Senor Granda is a chemical and civil engineer He holds a professorship in mathematics in San Marcos University is active in the Ro tary and was the United Na tions delegate from Peru to the Average April SUNDAY STAll with a mayor council board of works and chief of police Now they get along with the simple and Effective government of a town board The towns believe with Ralph Waldo Emerson that A 0 AIT monthsbefoj the Indiana arm Bureau's Golden West Caravan i special train starts to the West Coast reservations have' been made for all but berths and a few uppers Glenn Sample tour conductor says faTrneYT arr nsiting hat another train be scheduled This cannot be done because of limited ac commodations at overnight stops he explains likely would be doubled if it is compelled tooperate as a city "It would seem that the Legis lature ought to ascertain thede sires and resources Of commun ities before forcing them into such a he says 1 tracking the wash Verdict Carries Prison Tefm Of 10 Years To Life HE WAITS for the moment wnen ne can vonipensair jur in feeling of inferiority the psy chiatrist says His golden mo ment arrives wlien he can com mand the great power of a motor vehicle Of course some of the i discourteous driving results from use of alcohol Even very mod eratq drinking Mill roll baek in hibitions and he conducive to thoughtless acts MISS DARNELL wore all the glamour of Hollywood but she and her husband appeared none the less a typical young mar ried couplei They have been mar ried six years Linda arrived in the city after playing a four a day personal ap pearance in Pittsburgh Pa Pev who is both race enthusiast and'hot owner in addition to his camera dropped off here riday When Linda landed however Pev hurried to the plane at Weir Cook Municipal Airport to meet her and help his "tired little Turn to Page 12 Column 2 traditional beginning of the sum rner season was the sigiril fir the opening of many resorts and for throngs of vacation boundmotorists to hit the highway It brought the usual grim warning from the National Safe ty Council: More than 215 per sons would die from auto acci dents alone as some 30 million cars jammed the roads The dead from auto accidents Turn to Page 12 Column OTTO JENSEN chief ex 'amlner of the State Board of Accounts explains no new law Is needed relative to towns be coming cities The law now pro vides that residents of towns can hold an election and decide whether they want city govern ment the motion and the speed of the Speedway bn the final day of qualification Tomorrow the sta tion will make its formal debut i with its first sponsored show and will make good its promise to televise the 500 mile race I After the 40 minute test from the Speedway the station re i turned to its test now almost a familiar sight 'to in Last Day Qualifiers Oust Slower Racers Metzler Hits Wall believe many persons will want' sa'iing excursion with Hattman to see the film and the Speed way events themselves in 'the television sets which will the window display areas SUNDAY MORNING MAY 29 194 Clrculatlog Ml ICMS 0 256000 afreets adopt incivility rudeness! of Sehavior or language 111 man nera and gets of disrespect when they step on the gas in traffic accidents Besides the 46 killed on high ways five persons drowned and seven deaths were attributed to miscellaneous causes WITH THE HOLIDAY week end bifrely 36 hours old Cali 1 fornia suffered the heaviest loss with nine dead Seven lost their lives in road accidents Two men were killed near Oxnared when their light plane crashed during Pictures On Page 5 Russell Burkhardt 44 years old Indianapolis auctioneer was injured fatally at Ind 67 and Lyndhurst Drive late yesterday in a spectacular accident in which his car driverless after the first crash ran wild crossed the busy highway and ended up in a ditch Burkhardt's car ricocheted after being in collision with an other car then crashed a i tree at the southwest side of the intersection HE WAS THROWN out as it struck the tree The driverless car still under power struck an CnnKrtwlUnn Dorethy Dli By BOB STRANAHAN Sports Editor An 11th hour burst of speed on the final day of qualification yes terday five slower cars and set a field of 33 fastest in history for the running of the i 33d 500 mile race at the Indian apolis Motor Speedway tomor row The grim battle for places in the field took its toll ton fnr 3R year old George Metzler fresh man driver was hurt critically ns his car plowed into a retain ing wall as he tried in vain to coax it to greater Qualification came to a dra matie close when Manuel Ayulo Burbank Cal sent Bill Sheff Offenhausen Special wing ing around the course at 127317 mph in his final lap to push the fifth car to the sidelines He was fifth qualifier and he needed that burst of speed badly to bring his average for the 10 mile sprint up to 125799 2" TIME was the slow est in the field but it served to displace Ralph Prat in the Bel anger Special by the narrow margin of 034 mph All the more remarkable was the fact that it was Ayulo's first ride in the Sheffler car which earlier had spun twice under' Tommy Mattson After Mattson came oiit jaf his second slide on the south east turn he climbed out and started afoot across the infield A guard quoted him as saying: enough To hell with AND THE SLIGHT Ayulo son of a Peruvian father and an American mother drove as though he were going to take! It to the place designated by Matt son in order to get into the field our others besides Ayulo drove as though possessed and called on their cars for unprec edented speeds to crack into the field in the wild and woolly finish which kept a crowd of 10000 in the seats until the final red stopping flag of Starter Seth Klein was unfurled THE OTHER qualifiers yes terday were Bayliss Leverett Glendale Cal in his own Offen hausen Special at the fast est speed 129236 Bill Cantrell Louisville in the Kennedy Tank Special 127191 red Agabash ian Albany Cal in the second Maserati owned by Indianapolis Race Cars Inc at 127007 and the veteran Emil Andres Blue Island Ill In the second Tuffy Offy entry at 126042 Cantrell who had qualified earlier in the ageol Twin Coach Special was bumped out of the lineup by the superior speed in the closing of qualifi cations and was the only pilot who succeeded in finding a car fast enough to break back into the 33 starters OTHER ELIMINATED on final day were Merrill (Doc) Williams in the Sarafoff Spe cial Henry Banks Compton Cal in a ederal Engineering Special: Ralph Pratt Detroit in one of Murrell Belanger's cars room the smoking pistol still in her fellow worker his hand submitted meekly to Both sides introduced medical arrest when police arrived testimony in support of their Defective Lt Marvin Huff said widely divergent contentions Merle told him he "held down Much ado was made about rjISCOURTESY behind the 85 per cent of the motor vehicle accidentsis actually akin taJ Driving Discourtesy Power Alters Poise cutorspictured the ianky physi cian as a "jealous revenge" kill 'r who also was motivated zb'y robbery THE ENS countered that Rutledge fought for his life in the struggle with the athletic engineer and claimed mortal wound was self inflicted during the contest for the knife he allegedly drew on the physi cian Mrs Rutledge 25 pounds thin ncr since the ordeal began took the stand in an effort to save her life and bared her spul 2 sorirrr sic hit Rrdt 25 Towns Aroused Protest City Status New Law Assailed And while Conference in Lon aon lina 7 0 0 Ohio 5 0 1 Pennsyl vania 4 0 0 Vermont 1 0 0: INT NAT I ONA 3 Auxiliary 16 I Talk 1 Memorial Day Verae rllamrntary Rpadra ashion Subdebi SqiireiThe Inside Story MHdlnrx Knyatrmenlt White Collar Girl tlhy Grow O1(T fiCTION 4 iJ 17 16 SECTION DTIIE I ZV zx 1HU lAJDl a INMW JCrSCy The nation's holiday death toll Ncw York North Caro one oDthe Marlon County Child Clinic pRychla trlsts Lectur ers for the In 1 a a 1 1 Safety Council explain that per son a wjio are courteous in their homes an 1 1 1 walking on the Day i' Ji ati The long holiday week end SECTION 1 Senate Democratic 1 a 1 Km reported as demanding about ready to open Round 2 of Truman drive to repeal the Taft Hartley Bill and substitute's more measure Pagel Western foreign minis ters propose end of military sjm government in Germany and r4( union of wholejiafion under Bonn Constitution but Rus Vishinsky appears cool' 12 German Communists prepare to set up Soviet government but police say tempers of pickets seem shorter Page Indlanapoll double patrols in attempt to Jeep crime front I quiet over Memorial Day week Page 1 sicriox 1 rose to 59 last night More than i VO'l'a crmi hree fourths of the victims Wied and Wisconsin 0 1 0 on the Mississippi River of 1 double Bourbons he bought for her in bars and how he forced I himself on her in her apartment i Rutledge went to the stand in i his own defense and told his ver siop of the savage fatal struggle He claimed he' was kicked re pcatedly in the face until blood c'hok cd his throat and he screamed for mere screams went unheeded the pe diatrician testified EW SER VICE Cedar Rapids la "Stay 28 JINS) Dr Robert Rutledge Jr was convicted tonight of sec ond degrfe murder fot slaying his alleged seducer during a savage Cedar Rapids hotel room battle A jury of nine men and three women returned the verdict in Linn County Court after deliber ating 3 hours and 41 minutes Such a conviction carries a sentence of from 10 years to life The prosecution claimed Rut ledge came to Cedar Rapids with intent to lay in wait for Hatt a 1 1 Indiana' 1 0 0 Iowa 2 1 0 i Kansas 2 0 0 Michigan Oi Minnesota 2 0 0 IJpllvwood's lovely Linda Dar ansvea in inaianapoiis yes terday to kiss the inner of to morrow's 500 mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and to present the Borg Warner trophy" ''v But as she stepped from her plane Miss Darnell had a wifely kiss for her husband Pev Mar ley Oscar winning ace Holly wood camera man And Miss Darnell also had an opinion on the Rita Hayworth Aly Khan romancez "There can be such a thing as too much said the charming Linda' US that Russia act to settle long overdue lend lease Pagc'2 Showdown fest on whether economy bloc will have itsway with' Congress expected soon when Senate acts on three billion dollar foreign aid Page 4 Senator a says North Atlantic Pact Will be as successful in working for peace as MOnroe Doctrine a age ay In Indiana because of his financial or social 1 position or his lack of authority? I and pow er Rutledgejo a similar barrage of good old Hoosier capital Among some friends there before tak i with head questions about her story of her them are Edward Dow ling ing the plane for Indianapolis" lx? z4 nn ivt zih I Zl MU 4 He said he likes Indianapolis because some people he consid hrr best friends live here can't buy The Indianapolis Star ir st Speedway Views a fishing flights Illinois and North Carolina each vvitfr seven dead were in second place All the North Carolina victims' vVere killed in onaccidcnt a collision on slip pery pavement near Shallotte celebration of Me morial Day will cost a total of 215 lives the National Safety Council has predicted THE DEAD by states listing ''CW military pay Increase hill Eastern Zone in apparent xt frv(nv odvn til atras 4n r1lai4rl ine causes as irainc arowning UMUU A MAO I I I ZV 1 1 1 0 1 I ZV zl ana miscellaneous in that jrdCXl CaUfewiia' Panner 0 1 1 jl Illinois Man admits having wife and Picture One Page 3 tective railings in front of show i his behalf Indianapolis had television for' windows because jtore officials I She told of a July 31 1948 1 RaKax a in a sailing excursion with Hat tmun uje nrsc ume jcsieruay It was 40 minutes of WBM 1 TV from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway But it' convinced those lucky enough to be in front of a TV screen that television is at long last a reality here MORE THAN a score of Indi THE BPOADCAST was in the ana towns many of them county nature of a test of WBM TV seats are preparing a storm of equipment If showed the crowds protests over the oiunaer ot tne last Legislature in pandating them to become fifth class cities The House and the Senate passed the bill when the mem bers were assured its provisions applied only to the town of Del phi Tele hone tomorrow's Want Ads' today from 4 to 7 Call ATlantic 2411 'yyi The Want Ad Counter will oe Rioted all day today I THE LAW Is vwlld then 25 towns will have to establish com dianapolis TV watchers viHz atch knd'costlv government i Tomorrow Wl BM TV will be VuMbxum Radla Winchell A Beildlnf 5 mHbtpx" A The stage was set today for gigantic Memorial Day ob servance over the length and breadth of the land and its companion sports piece the an nual Indianapolis 500 Mile Race' ''celebration sol emnized by rites for the Ra tion's war dead bade fair tdbe one of the largest in history I As they bov in tribute to the heroes who gave their lives in conflict Americans were urged by President Truman to pray for permanent peace ROM A Arlington Cemetery near Washington "to little rural churchyards all over Picture On Pago 12 stay with the Kruegers Then There was little doubt last Kruegers will drive them tolw tHhest tz New York to attend the Rotary see the 500 mile race Senor German Granda Vas quez do Velasco Lima Peru his lovely blond wife and their 16 year old niece had a firm hold on the long distance record this year Senor Granda is en route to New York for the Rotary Inter national convention he was traveling he said he thought it would be a good idea I THE TRIP HERE which be to visit Indianapolis sec the race gan riday night on Pan jlmer and visit with friends So they i ica E1Inter Amer arrived last nizht at Weir Cook uii ui niN iiuw im i 1 LonstoHation airliner was held arm from the Municipal Airport limMfln4ni Cranh coin uneventful Senor Granda said rear aqd how he be heved the grandAS have quite a i Wp cre Viami ir yes fatal wound was self inflicted I cr in nanu ia es The' prosecution subjected Mrs Icw waten over TV A receiver has: Colt automatic unfilit quit fir said'Hattman whipped from hi Deen set up in tne ornce or tne ing wnue ano arcsscu io ro io a pocxct at tne start npvvnp nnr hv IHa GriflRfh rlancr with another man urrnn tributing Company arid during I The 25 year old brunette Ruljlcflge testified that he the test telecast made yesterday I i wan a center of attraction for 1 Column 3 Turn to Page 12 Column 4 all employes Aj res Co will be the first sponsor of a telecast from Indianapolis The WBM TV 'station will start the showing'Af the film! "Crucible of Speed" at 10 am I (CDT) tomorrow sponsorship The film produced by irestone Tire and Rubber Company' depicts many historic happenings bt the Speedway and features in it such merchants of speed as Wilbur Shaw and other great drivers ATER the motion picture of about 25 minutes the TV castingwill be switched at once to the Speedway itself and the first tele vision program from the track will be under way Ayres and 20 other retail con cerns plan to use show window or show room TV displays Inmost cases fhey have set up pro come day Mondziy mostly cloudy and While in Indianapolis the vis i warmer with local showers or itors from South America w'ill thunderstorms demon when he gets his foot on When she had completed her a Jot of horsepower He is umr nr JENSEN HAS ASKED attorney general to' give his opinion about the towns to citics law Danville is prepared to bring' a suit to have the law de clared void The law has no pro vision saying when change of government shall take place If the townswvill be compelled to become cities they must know soon Local government officials will start to prepare their budgets within a fcw weeks Governor Henry home' town of Knox is one affected by the law newest electronic marvel WHILE THE START Speed way staff spends tomorrow at 1zIztz itv attnrnov vvrifoc that I the track those who ni'O diis town's tax' rate of $508 I signed to office duties will keep i the trigger" of the 25 calibcr the length of the knife Rutledge 59 Die In Accidents )is US Starts Holiday 4 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MERLE sitting bowed in his former wife's bed i and debauching" by Ejmcr Krueger Karl Zimmer he commented Sidney enstermaker Edward z1 11 IxIHlC JVlrS 'Lxllilali XVICpS ppjj Maurice Early columnist for The and Star and Stephen Noland of The News i of the Indianapolis auijurti it ici i iuv iivt vnaiiua him on his first trip here back in oc Crow Savs: 1946 The rest he got to know At the Spcell 1 while they were in South Amer ay 1 a i ica on the Chamber of Com thcv're washing merce goodwill tour' and the track whila sonal trips i for several day latindrj custo strz a rni's AH I mers have been i hand at the airport last mcht to msaReil I extend to the Grandas at the conclusion of their long trip by I kno i xnrs1 Is i 1 ging back slapping Hosier web rair ana Mairnei nun THE STAR 5 CARS OUSTED ROM 500 WEATHER TODAY fair Warmer yi Temperature Yesterday High 68 Low 46 Rutte age ut I tlgWniye staying MRS ROSE BOYER beford'dawn fixing breakfast for her family and making the long hike to and from 'the bus she felt it was her duty to sene on the iurv "Many other citizens would mn and murder him The prose Ike I 1 i nave sougnt to be cxcusea un jw va TJ I UUA Iboo Mi LacillK Vli U1 1 io tl 1 1 Us fellow who has some deep iotedJ last bus home Judge Bailej ou i jujge sa feeling of inferiority He may feted totlrive her home igd it BOvcrrs William is1 not realize it but it is there He as qn the way that he leaded son not realize it out it is uh ict ne senior at North Manchester may feel inferior because of some per saqrtice College Her two teen a ge i physical reason Or It may be TOLD the judge that daughters Maxine and Vcrda "Mrs Boyer represents the highest' type of good American citizenship" Judge Henry Bailey MiamiCircuit Court said "Wjthoiit complaint or even mentioning the matter to anyonearound the court Mrs Boyer has served in two jury trials in thelast two weeks even though it meant walking six miles to and jJV 1 from her home every the judge continued JUDGE BAILEY said he didn't Lz i discover the hardship Mrs Boyer was going through in order to serve until she ended her service A resident of Perry Town ship in the north part of Miami County she lives onzInd'16 three miles cast of Ind 19 To get to Peru for jury duty she had to walk toInd 19 and catch a bus Helen Doris Merle beautifulEvansville College homecoming I ouecn last vear wasshot to death by her cx husband in Jiei i Lnnn rx i zrl i cVxA poised at the Speedway to catch scorned his attempt at reepneili tkzx onfirft noflmnti nf 1 hn yDfl it mile race Three cameras will tell the race story Many of the 3000 Indianapolis TV sets in nrivata homes be to I the race and neighbors and I friends of the owners will gather the less government vie have tor a full day or watemng tne the newest electronic marvel I way and plunged into a ditch a I I I 1 1 1 a il CT ouiAiidiui ooij aau ington Street who wtfs return ing from an auction at Moores ville died an hour and a half later in General Hospital The' driver of the other car David Wiggs 31 Owensville was injured slightly He was treated at General Hospital and released There were ho pas sengers in either car STATE OLIC last night in vestigated the possibility of a large sum of money may have becfT stolen from pockets before he was taken to I the hospital His wife told them her hus band usually had $300 or more fastened in his jioCket with a paper Clip after an auction sale State police found mnly a little more than $1 in his pocket They said the money might have dropped from his pocket Turn to Page 12 Column 3 Turn to Sec 5 1 Column 8 Hn frli PnatI anJ IIIPV IO I Illl TTII 4 men near Introduction and other bargaining point In Big helfl JlKejyJo Jbige4 at Page 12 dlsmeftibcring her body tjay she nagged him much 1 Pge 4 Laundry strike 'front quieter THE BABY specialist an ex nr bl serviceman and lu Beta Kappa Ut Spurned I leading scholar testified the husky engi neer drew a knife on him and the Evansville Ind Mav 29 fSpl) fought all over the narrow SIAVS LTaIaI L7 ctctct Ct A 1 4 confines of the Hotel Roosevelt room They tumbled into the hall in their life or dcath struggle over the knife Rutledge declared The handsome doctor demon strated to the jury with aid of one of his attorneys how he Merle 26 her becausg back to live tor Jury Duty Praised 0 Victory Trophy To Race Winner Mrs Rose Lr Boyer 48 years old 1 "cxv 1 llm Star repares on a praise for walking' 1 UL ul YKT six rrtilcc ria fnr Iwn 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