The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • 17

i I 4 Seia Jr In Case Of A Bomb Attack Enlist Physicians Of Adjacent a' trick Make Punishment it The Crime attend the Veteran Jurist Recommends ') Modern Parables 7 '1 1 Ex officio members? are clared General Hospital officials yes If a a 6 year old boy who died of daughter and she is under 12y HARRISON In Excess of Si About to bring down the blade of "Dissecto' Marion Ceil nt Republican candidates for the General As treatment of since all are capacity ith scs from New Orleans military and civilian hospitals A procession of priests and 60 blue robed Sisters of Charity from all of the convents inesc win no used ror second ary treatment of victims iffhl or large scale definitive treat ment will be arranged for in centers farther away from the disaster area Dr Hahn said It was futile to attempt to stockpile whole blood for wholesale transfusions Even Indianapolis Hobby Show in small metal capsules took off yesterday from the Indiana State air i otg 10 Mihute jf Divorces Hit Average September SUNDAY STAR Circulation accorded a nun in Louisiana was held in New Orleans for Sister Regina Purtell widely known in Indianapolis for her i many years of serviceat Vincent's Hospital The 84 year old Sister of Char ity who served as a nurse with Col Theodore Roosevelt Rough Riders in? Cuba during the Spanish American War died Tuesday in DePaul Sanitarium at New Orleans THE MILITARY RITE was conducted at the sani tarium chapel The flag draped coffin was carried past an honor guard of Democrats Charge Assail Operations County Courts if Spanish War veterans carry the flag draped coffin of Sister Regina Purtell formerly of St Vincent's Hospital here after a requiem high mass at New Orleans in the first military funeral ever accorded a nun in Louisiana The first military funeral ever bers ahd a firing and nur By KENNETH HUORD Make the punishment fit the crime by providing wide latitude in imprisonment ranging from one day to 50 years for all per sons convicted of a felony Judge Saul I Rabb urged yesterday Only murder should be ex cepted the judge of Marion County Criminal Court Division 2 said He recommended that the 1951 General Assembly review all criminal statutes to correct in equities and grant judges and juries the right to set a definite penalty within these limits ac cording to the severity of crime AS THE LAW STANDS there is little leeway for a judge and jury Judge Rabb pointed out Justice dictates that the penalty should be less than the law say JLexirnuatingcircumstancescx ist Likewise a chronic offender often should bi penalized more support or legislation to con solidate city county and town ship offices and accused their Democratic opponents of a "me attitude on the subject George DieMer GOP nomi nee for Estate representative pointed put that he and other candidates indorsed the "Metro politan plan before the primary election In a statement the Repubti a candidates their Democratic opponents for joining them In support of ap pointment of a study commis sion to end overlapping and in efficiency in government THE 1 DEMOCRATIC candi dates publicly pledged their sup port to the project in a platform statement riday ri' Diener in behalf of the Repub said he believed progress along the line of a "little Hoover could ibe accom plished in the 1951 Legislature He charged that many of the Democratic candidates had been in offief for two years but wait ed until nine days before' the election to discover they were for the consolidation plan two vears sen at this Diener added "they promised to repeal lhe cigarette tax and reduce expenses The cigarette 'fax Is" still on the books and I see by paper that state government ex penses are up 37 per cent over Bearing Invitations to their legs these carrier pigeons ytyen trash home drum beinc burned and the boy was feeding the fire The mother said she heard him inn iiieuij nut i i icguiar pauerns Unstead with co opciation of medical' societies of the counties the local group is desig nating gvmnasiums schools and other large buildings or institu 'tions as treatment centers An example is the Masonic Home at on grounds for the homes of majors of 25 nearby cities and towns Releasing the birds are red Henke (left) 2616 North Arlington Avenue and DaleSare 2602 North Ar lington Avenue (Star Photo by rank isse) I Wayne Harrison 1413 Henryi Street died on an operating I table riday night following one hour of surgery repairing the I lower hd of his left eye whichhad been pierced by a hot wire His distraught mother Mrs James Harrison 23 com plained the hospital staff waited from 5 pm to 7:30 pm to op erate "Thej' had to know our whole life history before do anything for our Mrs Harrison said HOWEVER Dr Joseph Bean hospital medical director said the operation was not begun until 7:30 pm so the atom a ch would have time to clear all food Hospital attendants feared a vomiting which might result in (strangulation Dr a ex plained Dr Bean said the parents were told of the risk involved and that they agreed the operation should Be performed The eye was injured in no way by the wire lhe physician said but without the operation he would have lost the lower lid The two surgeons two anes thesists and two nurses just were completing the operation when' little Wayfie started vom iting Dr Bean said Then his On a second conviction he is sup posed to get 3 to 10 But this type of conviction is almost im possible to prove Judge Rabb explained Like the habitual criminal charge it involves iden tification of the defendant hy the same police officers who arrested him in the previous case Some may be dead or moved elsewhere Judge? Rabb said he does re call anyone being charged with a second offense in the time he has been associated with criminal law Consequently the first and 50th offenders all face the same i penalty LAW MUST be made to fit the individual Judge Rabb declared we Cannot have real He pointed to theuntold number of defendants who turn to a life of crime prison on a Counties To Help Arrange or Emergency Treatment Centers accompanied the coffin which threat the volunteer program will also be geared for i hlood plasma deteriorates after maximum tclief in event of de 1 a time and the supply must be vastating fire flood or tornado I over" Dr Hahn emphasized i or whole blood for direct transfusions BfT tl 1 tiv A ntirnio tsotil 4 program" he declared Doctors 'participating will dis play certificates on their office walls advising patients that they are obligated to put civilian de fense ahead of all other profes sional duties i Each treatment team of five I doctors will have a definite guillotine device on the arm of little Nancy Van Allen Logansport at the Indianapolis Hobby Show at the State fairgrounds is Duke Stern amateur magici an and novelty shop owner (Star Photo) Sister Regina Purtell Given Military uneral was carried by eight Spanish Waf veterans AT" ST Cemetery New Orleans a three volley sa lute was fired and taps was sounded Sister Regina was renowned for her service with the Rough Riders She was mustered out with distinguished honors and was transferred to St Vincent's Hospital here I She was transferred from In I Army medical detachment mem I dianapolis in 1921 of attacking spiritualism are or Meanwhile in 1 next played Montreal wllere a McGill University student in a friendly fashion and at Houdini's insist ence struck him The blow punctured the peritoneum In great pain Houdini finished his Montreal engagement and trav eled tq Detroit There he' col lapsed was taken to a hospital and died on Hallow cen By one chance in a million not only had Houdini been proved right in his conviction that he was doomed but the little gray haired wom letter was also right his days of exposing fake mediums were over lOerrUht hr ulton Ourriarl Argos Soldier Wounded in War The Defense Department an nounced yesterday that CplThomas Andrew son of Mantis Martha Andrews Argos itas ben wounded in Korea A casualty i list also reported Pfc Jerry Uhls grandson of Mrs Mina Gribble La orte is missing in action in Korea More than 500 Indianapolis doctors soon will he organ ized into smooth working treatment teams alerted to relieve mass suffering in event of A homb attack it wal 5 announced yesterday i Affr' Indiana polls So rendcnnux well outside lhe dis ciety committee also has enlist ed physicians from seven adja cent counties to work with doc tors here in arranging for emer gency treatment centers outside Marion Countv Plans for an accelerated pro gram of disaster medical relief were announced by Dr Ver ryjp JBihn and Dr Okla Sicks co chairmen of the local medical cnihan defense committee tive committee the president elect annx council presiacnt orthe society Work and plans of the com mittee will be co ordinated with the city program by Dr Myers and with the state defense pro I gram by Drs Leroy Burney and George Brothers of the State Boardot I leal th The entire medical setup la under direction of Dr Myers and his advisory committee in cluding Dr Lester A Smith chairman and Drs Clyde Culbertson Paul outs John A Campbell and James Chap man James Durlacher instruc tor in nuclear physics at the In diana University Medical Cen ter also is a member oo toe onctors wi I rely largely on volunteer donors with type 4 blood Dr Hahn said This type is compatible with all other types Prospective donors will 1 be spotted and recorded from those offering blood for plasma through the current Red Cross program and other volun teer efforts VOLUNTEER doctor teams other counties co operating I with the Marion County pro i gram include: I Hendrick County Dr Malcolm Srimihorn Plttaboro captain nd Dri William Stafford Iyman till Lloyi oltr and Lloyd Terry Shelby County Dr Into Shelb vlllc captain and Dr Miller Richard and Whitcomb Mnrgan County Dr Bernard Karpe! Moortiviur captain and Dr Leon Gray Kenneth Comer Robert Van Bokkelen and Edward Pitkin Hamilton County Dr Sam Honk Nnbleavilie captain and Dr Dona hue Eugene Newby Omu Haven Andruy Connny and John Hath Johnaon County Dr Kenneth Sheek Greenwood captain and Dr Charle A Jone George Murphy John Mlchledt and Donald Manuel Dr William Prov ince county civilian defense and disaster medical director will co operate Hancock County Dr Robert KuhnTV Wilkinson captain and Drs Thoma A Pierson Harold Manifold Wayne En ifiosf and Robert scirtt Boone Df John Coona Lftw aAon' captain and Dra WUiiam Spleth tJnyd Headley Charles Weddle and Clarence Kero Other physicians In th? adja cent counties have also offered I to colopcrate Dr Hahn said THE INTER COUNTY plan will be a reciprocal arrangement with Marion County doctors pledged to assist if the other counties arc victims of bombing attack or natural disaster Assisting Drs Hahn and Sicks in organizing the medical soci ety program are Drs rank ment has been out of proportionT'' Rus" i so Hinnnnst pnl ano pn KlCS iflnl a JUUR" 01 JU I Illa IO I lie sills line ii nc sac tti than the law presides he de a(Jd sentence 2 to 14 ears mined criminals are not deterred Ex ofncio members are Clared Vchirlr Taklng A defendant I when easy sentences hrr held out vi uamts Ln ihi wweiy listed several of 1 diarccd wittf stealinc his first as the only penalty conviction president uho appointed the ac GEXERALNEWS EiUtPRiALS founder of the American Society for Psychic Research is 'The girl came back presently with another message: "Mrs Hartley knows allahout Prof Hyslop's death' But she says she has a letter from him to you just the I was beguiled enough to send for this persistent caller She was' small and gray haired and looked likeutny one of a thou sand grandmothers aw ho play nursemaid to their children's children every afternoon in Prospect Park She sat before my desk as she opened a folded piece of pa WROTE IT while in she explained "But that's all I had to do' witty it I was just a medium an instru ment for the spirit of Prof Hyslop who took possession of my body and used my hand to write you this She 'passed it si lence I opened it and read: "The waters are dark for Hou dini He thinks he has only broken his inkle but hiju days Marion County courts are granting divorces after trials that average less than 10 min utes each Democratic candidates for judicial offices declared yes terday in support of their previ ous charges of "divorce operations here Clarence Merrell candidate for Circuit Court judge acting as spokesman for the Democrats said the 10 minute figure was based on estimates of "impartial studying divorce pro cedures in local courts the number of divorces and the speed with which our judges dissolve solemn marital ties certainly justify the descrip tion of methods in Marion Merrell said Merrell continued: "The observers have reported they were impressed very much with the haste shown in the trial of cases and the consequent lack of adequate consideration of the facts "With an average of less than 10 minutes being required to present testimony it is ob vious that the judges are poorly informed as to the merits of cases they hear "THERE WAS so much haste some of the observers said that witnesses were not always sworn They described the courtroom atmosphere as cyni cal and said trials were con ducted in a perfunctory and routine like manner Pioperty settlements often received moie attention than did the custody of minor children "Marion County will continue to have a high divorce rate as long as we countenance procedure The Democratic judicial ticket pledged to a program to separate the courts from' political pressure believes this situation can and should be remedied That is why we are advocating a program of improved court procedure that indudes less haste in hearing divorce cases and more atten tion to the welfare of LN THIS CONNECTION an other Democratic judicial nom inee Walter Myers Jr declared earlier yesterday the courtshave the power'' to enforce support orders against divorced fathers "Contempt of court procedure should be adequate to enforce child support Myers said He is the candidate for Su perior Court Room 5 a court orders a di vorced husband to pay a weekly amount for the support of chil dren and he fails or refuses to do so that is a contempt 6f the order and such behavior gives the court power to punish with a jail sentence Too often this is not done and the default ing husband is given a slap on the wrist for having flagrantly violated the court's MYERS SAID thousands of di vorced fathers now are delin quent in payment of support He declared the judges need not wait until the "hard pressed are put to the trouble of getting legal counsel to en force support orders "Minor children of divorced parents have been considered by the Supreme Court of Indiana as wards of the court which granted the divorce That court has full and continuing jurisdiction over those minor children until they become of Myers recommended constant watch over support orders by the divorce courts and exercise of the same v4 i 1 a juvenile courts us? in guarding the wel 1 fare of minor children 1 Dear riends and Gentle Hearts: When nights grow longer and the leaves begin to fall I often think of the death of my friend Houdini great man of mystery A stranger' death his was than the public'ever knew rbecause of a coincidence I can never forget One Saturday in early autumn Houdini called me on the tele phone tie jyaswryexcitcd he began leav ing on tour in a little while Probably talking to you for the lastltimeThey are going to kill "raudulent spinffmediums:" laugh Every night they are holding seances and praying for my His voice mounted to aT" shrill note by the time he said PDArih A nr! ha conversation sounded like a real fnrawoll 1 Wym ONE ATERNOON some weeks later I sat in my office reading an early afternoon news A small heading on the front page caught my eye Hou dini had suffered an accident at 7san Ithaca theater tripping over an iron staple on the but had completed his performance in spite of a wrenched ankle The same accident had befallen him only the previous season dur ing a run at the New York Na tional Theater and Houdini with a hickory cane 'had stampedthrough his vigorous two hour performance night after matinee grinning in spite of exasperating pain Now that it had happened again I sent him a wire express ing sympathy Three days later came a letter from him remind ing me of our telephone talk and adding: say I have broken my It was no more than an hour after I received Houdini's letter that a secretary came in to tellme that a Mrs Hartley of Brook lyn wanted to see me I know hew?" i 1 but she says she letter of introduction to from from Prof Hyslop" j'ou go back and tell Mrs Hartley that Prof Hyslop 500 Indianapolis Doctors By Candidates To orm Teams or Action scream and then saw him yank the wire from his face bring a large section Of flesh' with it Police and' ambulance were summoned and they rushed him to the hospital ONLY SURVIVOR' besides the parents is a brother Kenneth Ray Harrison 3 Wayne had en tered Public School No 47 last SeptcmberThe famUy has lived here seven uneral services 'and burial will be at Scottsville Ky to morrow" A ThjeIndianapolisStar isundaV morning October 29 1950 Too Shot AtDemo Aspirants WAYNE "jaws it was difficult for surgeons to get instruments into his mouth to remove the unn digested food and stop the vomit ing continued: Oxygen was administered hut in 15 minutes' the boy had died: Mrs Harrison said Wayne ran the wire into his eyelid he was helping her burn In the alley behind their wire was atop an oil in debris was the more severe inconsistencies car IS subject to 1 to 10 jears he added Criminal If a girl over 16 years old iseriminauya assaulted the penalty is two to i KJf a 21 imprisonment upon jQV LJeCttl I 1 It UT conviction However if a father i CD criminally assaults nis daughter pv 1 rDet ended A beneral 4 a a AM a I A AMA I "VeTlUhlyTS'esreTday'gaffinhed' iail nnnnrt nf Irrelclntinn tn rnn a i i a father criminally attacks ms ueiniwu mi i 4 a rrU einrl end IC HUfiP I zur he Is charged with irtcest But if strangulation immediately after he criminally attacks his neigh 1 surgeons saved him use of an daughter he is charged injured eyelid with' rape and may oe sent io prison for life implies lhat the lesser crime is for a father 1o rape his Judge Rabb attnri a4 Robbcfy without' a weapon is punishable hy an in determinate (not subject to change by judge or jury) sen tence of 10 to 25 years But if the bandit carried a gun or other weapon he must be charged with armed robbery This car ries a determinate penalty of 10 to 20 years A jury often con siders the penalty for unarmed robbery too severe and instead prefers free a defendant it considers guilty 7 Judge Rabb pointed out Juries rarely give a life sentence to a robber whb hat inflicted personal injury upon his victim likewise consid ering the penalty too severe al though the law provides for it A person con victed of breaking into a junk yard and stealing a tool gets the same 2 to 5 years the repeater who has been convicted of his 20th 1 burglary Breaking into a business place is second degree burglary hut the same offense committed in a private house is first degree and aster' area Members of any one team ill be "drawn front different geographical areas of the county to avoid loss of an entire group by death or injury He called lack of ederal funds for stockpiling medical supplies ono of1 the biggest handicaps faced by the medical profession in piepaiing for apv eventuality i communities or counties cannot do it alone" he declared PLANS of his committee call 1 foi accumulating all emergency supplies possible in hospitals surrounding counties He pointed out that these institutions can not be used for wounded evacuees normally failed to Death Of Houdini lr By ULTON OURSLER Of Greatest Story Ever Told" THE vital role in preparing for enemy attack or natural catastrophe has been dovetailed into master plans of the medical division of the over all county defense program headed by Chai les Broderick Dr Charles Mjers General Hospital supenntendent is di rector of the medical division I Neaily every doctor in Manon County will be assigned a role in the nicdicaj program Dr Hahn said He said his group is prepar ranklin incr fin thrt fhsmrv thnf will bo no warning of an im pending air raid that all city hospitals will be destroyed and that a large percentage of doc tors will be killed or injured While designed primarily to meet the ever present A Bomb carries a 10 to 20 year interme diate sentence A number of cases "where the was fouhd drunk in a house by police are tried as first degree burgla ries Seldom does a jury convict the defendant in these cases making the entire affair costly to the state Judge Rabb empha sized Breaking If help someone break jail in Indiana ou may be imprisoned for three months to one year to which may be added a fine of $50 to $500 An assist on a prison break is good for 2 to 21 But helping a girl escape from the Indiana Girls' School carries a penalty of only six months or the defendant may get off with only a $500 fine This law has not been revised since 1905 A person convicted of this heinous crime 'can escape with no more than a where lhe punish ini na nnuf)vpr rnp aw nrnt ides that a judge or jurymaylto If 'lx I Oi Life I i i I si Mai wBf i MM I fc? yr BmIOmI CA Kw rtomtlh 5.