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EDITORIAL HOBBIES i lion SIN DAY MORNING, Al (Jl ST II), 195f I'ml Tlivy lUlongvd To So(IhmIy) Yards In Mobile Home Parks Awarded Prizes Severed Limbs Found In Shed GOP Legislative Candidates Seek Traffic Courts Marion County Republican candidates for the Indiana General Assembly yesterday voted to work for laws creating separate courts to take traffic cases out of overloaded municipal courts. i Ji.V -V I graduated from the college Lightning Hits Two As Storms Roar Two men were struck by lightning at Gary as thunder-storms and high winds hit Lake and DeKalb counties yesterday, causing widespread damage to crops and property. The lightning bolt injured Guy A. DeVore, 30 years old, Bristol, and Clyde Costello, 39, Gary, who were working on the Indiana Toll Road. DeVore was reported in semiconscious condition in Mercy Hospital at Gary, with burns on the head and body.

Costello suffered light burns and was taken to Methodist Hospital at Gary. Both men were in fair condition. save individuals cnargea wnn J' 1 Is V'W. I ,11,1. lllhVY-' ill I' Ml i I J.

A human hand, forearm and upper arm found in a shed last night sent detectives on an investigation with fears that they might have another Belle Gunness case on their hands. But the investigation ended when detectives concluded that the objects had been taken home for study by a chiropractic student who forgot to return them to his school. THE SHRIVELED hand and two parts of the arm were found by Mrs. Jeanette M. Hunt, 35 years old, 2815 North Sherman Drive, when she went into a shetLhehind.

the house next door at 2813 North Sherman Drive. They were in a white enameled pan on a rubbish-covered table. Mrs. Hunt's husband, Jack E. Hunt, 37, telephoned police.

Detective Sgt. Frank Lotz and Detective Jean Smith went to the scene. THE MYSTERY was intensified when the Hunts told of a young woman and her husband who had lived in the house and disappeared in the summer of 1952, without leaving a trace. Most recent occupant of the house was Homer R. Depp, who left three weeks ago, saying he was going to Canada.

OFFICIALS OF the Lincoln Chiropractic College cleared up the mystery. Depp and his daughter, Miss Frances Depp, were H. J. Schnitzius, Floyd Bass Jr. and George Fiel, members of the Indianapolis Landscape Association who judged the competition.

(Star Photo) Looking over the yard of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Martin ot Blue Lake Park, 3023 West Morris Street, which won first prize in the mobile home park's yards beautification contest are (left to right) last January. College officials said Depp went to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, three weeks ago and already has established a practice there. IT WAS QUITE probable that Depp had taken out the hand and two sections of arm for study, set them to one side, and forgotten them, college officials said.

That happens to a lot of medical's i they added. General Hospital physicians examined the specimens and said they looked as if they had been preserved. DETECTIVES SAID they would have Indiana University School of Medicine pathologists examine the specimens tomorrow. But they were sure they weren't facing anything like LaPorte County officials did, back before the First World War, when they began digging up Mrs. Belle Gunness' farm at the outskirts of LaPorte.

THE NUMBER of dismembered bodies found there was always open to doubt. Maybe there were 10 or more. Mrs. Gunness herself disappeared the night her house burned down, and three or four skeletons were found jn the ruins. The Gunness murder farm was a national sensation that still piques the interest of mystery fans throughout the world.

Mary Inez Beaver 2.00 Mrs. C. Haerle 10.00 No name 1.00 H. P. Connable 23.00 Nancy, Lisa, Patty and Rodney .50 From Grandma H.

3.00 F. H. A 3.00 Anonymous 5.00 memory of Mother and Dad 2.00 E. J. 1.00 Central Christian Church 16.00 Star-News Compos- ing Room 62.00 "In Jesus' Name' 1.00 offenses on moving violations the added heavy loss of having to spend an entire day in court waiting for his case to be heard.

Candidates agreed the hurry up-and-wait judicial proceed ings lessen respect for th courts and work against the spirit of future co-operation the first offender should bf taught, iney saia tnis aisu was affected by mixing them in with run-of-the-mill criminal offenders in the court. The traffic court meetin was a preliminary step in drafting a bill for introduction to the Legislature when it convenes in January, Clay said. The group charted plans for a series of consultations with Marion County judges, law en forcement groups and safety experts to widen and confirm their findings before making final recommendations for ade quate traffic courts. State Police Open New Branch Post Bloomington, Ind. (Spl.) A new Indiana f.

Police subpost went into operation here yesterday to serve Monroe, Lawrence, Morgan and Brown counties. It is located oh a new Ind. 46 bypass to serve Indiana University. Lt. Robert L.

Bennett, district commander at Seymour, indoctrinated the new staff headed by Sgt. A. R. Rainey who will be assisted by Detective Sgt. Charles R.

Taylor and cpls. Paul D. Christian and Ray A. Dunlap. The nev.

subpost is a oix- room building with a kitchen- garage, A 150-foot radio tower will pick up signals for a distance pf 100 miles. Sargent Rainey said it will operate on a frequency which -will tie in with polica stations and sheriff's departments in the four-county area. Ice Fund Stoutly Battles Sultry Weather For Needy -iff S. Paul Clay of Indianapolis, seeking re election tu the Legislature on the GOP ticket, said the candidates pointed out that Indianapolis municipal courts last year tried 40,500 traffic cases. Nationally, legal and enforcement groups have recommended separate courts whenever the traffic case load exceeds 7,500 a year.

THE CANDIDATES pointed out that "failure to keep courts up to date and in position to deal with problems created by titmendous growth of automotive travel has resulted in exorbitantly high loss of life on highways." One of the major faults of present catch-all city courts, candidates agreed, is that judges usually are unable to have defendants records of previous arrests before them in court This hampers judges in determining effective penalties and in dealing with habitual traffic offenders. The recommendations also will seek another court to hear cases of first offenders accused of traffic violations, the GOP group said. IHh UANUIDAIL5' group also studied recommendations of the National Committee on Traffic Law Enforcement and the American Bar Association. "ine tramc court is a classroom as well as a court room and should function not so much for retribution as to prevent reoccurence or teach offenders a lesson," Candidates were told: They pointed out that prob lems involved in traffic cases generally are different than other cases which face the court daily. Ideally, the rational traffic committee points out, violators should leave the court feeling thoughtful about safety and inclined to co-operate.

This 'coling goes hand in glove wit4- good traffic administration and law enforcement. SPECIAL courts for first offenders not only would reduce court congestion, the candidates said, but would to overcrowded conditions at Camp Dellwood, located nory-west of Indianapolis near Clermont School. The overflow from Dellwood during the last (eight years had beenpamping apolis scout (left to rfght) Vincent T. president. iiiiTiri''r'rih''iiii iiii'ii i "ill i.

ik beautification contest at Lynd-Moor Park, 3000 South Lyndhurst Drive. (Star Photo) Mrs. Richard Bennett examines one of the shrubs in the yard of her mobile home which wo first prize in the yards D. R. Gallahue Becomes City's 1st Male Honorary Girl Scout THE STORM HIT Munster, Highland and Griffith, and the south sides of Hammond and Gary, shortly before noon.

Lightning ripped holes in the roof of a house at Hammond and the roof was, torn off the Bohling Nurseries office building at Munster by 80-mile-an-hour winds. Trees and utility lines were torn down in the Lake County area, in Syracuse and on the north side of Lake Wawasee. THE STORM STRUCK Auburn at 1 p.m., accompanied by 2 inches of rainfall and wind gusts as high as 90 miles an hour. Fallen trees blocked city streets and U.S. 27, Ind.

427 and Ind. 8 in the Auburn vicinity. Telephone and power lines were felled, causing an interruption in service to 40 per cent of the Auburn homes. Roofs, television antennas and chimneys were main target? of the heavy winds at Auburn. In rural areas, corn and hay crops were flattened.

Several cars were damaged by falling tree limbs. Boy, 9, Killed Accidentally By Brother Sullivan, Ind. (Spl.) Nine-year-old Gary W. Holbert was wounded fatally at 11 a.m. yesterday when he was struck by an accidental blast from a shotgun in his home, l'j miles south of Shelburn.

The boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holbert died en route to the Mary Sherman Hospital at Sullivan. STATE TROOPER Ed Nash said the boy was seated on the edge of a bed when he was struck by the blast which was fired accidentally from a .12 gauge shotgun by his brother, Cecil Holbert, 11. The older boy said he didn't know the gun with which he was playing was loaded.

The charge struck Gary in the left arm and chest. The body was taken to the McHugh Funeral Home in Shelburn. Wcstinsliousc Plant Delayed By Steel Strike Bloomington, Ind. (Spl.) Construction of a new West-inghouse Electric Company plant west of Bloomington has been delayed several weeks from its November opening schedule because of a recent steel strike, Fred F. Herman, who will be plant manager, announced yesterday.

Work will be done earlier in preparation for the arrival of the steel, he added. The company expeets contract talks for the construction to be completed within a month, according to Herman. Westinghouse is planning a multi-million dollar factory here which will manufacture switchgear distribution apparatus. 200 To Compete In Bike Races, Rodeo Thursday More than 200 boys, and girls are expected to compete in the annual bicycle races and rodeo at the Arsenal Technical High School stadium starting at 9 a.m. Thursday.

Sponsoring the event will be the Indianapolis Park and Police departments and the Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce. Contstants will gather at Tarklngton and Garfield parks and Washington and Howe High schools where they will be escorted to the Tech stadium pi-, iiiii i. iii -w; i Em uiwmiMj fi in pi luui i 't 1 MIS ill -r 4" iTlrsRf I 4It I fls 1 i Weeks of sultry weather still are ahead for Indianapolis, and the heat will mean weeks of discomfort for hundreds of the city's needy families. These families, many of them with small children, are turning to The Indianapolis Star-Salvation Army Penny Ice Fund for the ice they need to keep food from spoiling. Ice has been provided to 16,507 persons this summer through the Penny Ice Fund.

They have received 291,900 pounds of ice, carried from the Ice Fund truck to ice boxes in 50 and 25-pound pieces by George Danforth, a Salvation Army worker. Contributions need not be large to be appreciated. Send or bring your contri bution for the Ice Fund to The Indianapolis Star, 307 North Pennsylvania Street, Indian apolis. Previously reported $1,318.20 Received yesterday 174.22 Total $1,492.42 Collections made 1 along the ice route 11.35 Norman Birnbaum 1.44 In memoriam 5.00 First Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Ladies Aid 6.13 S. 60 From Two Friends 13.00 From Charley and Mary 1.

00 Opponents Lead Vote On School Tax Bloomington, Ind. (Spl.) Twenty-seven Clear Creek Township taxpayers attempting Jo block a 40-cent cumulative building fund hike for school purposes proposed by the township trustee outvoted 19 other taxpayers yesterday in a public hearing by the State Tax Board in Smithville School. Although the final ruling will be made by the state board later, the majority vote against the proposed levy was considered to carry weight against the proposal to raise the fund levy to 80 cents. THE PUBLIC hearing was the result of 12 taxpayers petitioning the state board to halt the proceedings for the increase. Spokesman for the opposing faction was Arthur Burnham, Harrodsburg merchant who has led a fight for three years to close Smithville High Schoo presumably to move the pupils to Bloomington High School in an adjoining township.

Burnham's long court fight was lost when Martin Circuit Judge William Dudine ruled a( Shoals, where the case was venued, in of Trustee Benjamin F. Jerrell, who opposed the closing. i rtMnr -fcl'i Jul Three families have been rewarded for their efforts in beautifying the yards of their mobile homes by winning first prize in contests conducted at three mobile home parks in Marion County. They are Mr. and Mrs.

For rest Martin of Blue Lake Park, 3023 West Morris Street; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bennett of Lynd-Moor Park, 3000 South Lyndhurst Drive, and Mr. and William "lleiss of Broad-acre Mobile Home Park, West 10th Street. Names of the winners were announced following.judgingof a number of yards at each park by H.

J. Schnitzius, Floyd Bass Jr. and George Fiel, all mem bers of the Indianapolis Landscape Association and of the Landscape Division of Yard Parks (the "make your yard like a park" campaign). A number of mobile home park operators, who are members of the Mobile Home Parks Division of Yard Parks, are conducting the yard beautifica tion contests their tenants. These contests have helped make many of the parks real beauty spots.

The Mobile Home Parks Di vision, headed by Hoyt Moore, is one of the newer divisions of Yard Parks. It includes a large number of the mobile home courts in the Indianap olis area. Yard Parks is sponsored by The Indianapolis Star, the city administration and the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Injured Girl, 11 'Vastly Improved" Sally Leffler, 11 -year -old daughter of Dr. and Mrs.

William T. Leffler, 250 East 70th Street, was reported "vastly improved" at Methodist Hospital yesterday after being injured Wednesday in a fall. Witnesses' said the girl was seated on a railing on the Riviera Club's high diving board when she lost her balance. She suffered a double skull fracture when she fell on her head on the concrete apron surrounding the pool. history, looking on are Anne Castle, 13, and Mrs.

Adams, Girl Scout Council (Star Photo) Smiling ot 11-year-old Betsy Buck over dozens of thank-you notes for the camp site he leased to the Girl Scouts is Dudley R. Gallahue, the first man to be an honorary Girl Scout in Indian iTii fv? Mrs. William Heiss displays the results of some of her gardening efforts which helped win her yard first place in a contest at Broadacre Mobile Home Park on West 10th Street. (Star Photo) Dudley R. Gallahue, board chairman and treasurer of American States Insurance Company, became an honorary Girl Scout yesterday, the first time in recorded Indianapolis history that a man has been singled out for this recognition.

The Green Thanks Badge was given in gratitude for the leasing by Gallahue of 400 acres of rolling timber country in picturesque Brown County to the Indianapolis and Marion County Girl Scout Council. Located near Trevlac, the verdant camp site was leased under a 50-year, $l-a-year arrangement. Supplemental 10-year leases will be arranged at the expiration of the initial lease period, Mrs. Vincent Adams, council president, said. THE GENEROUS gesture by Gallahue came as an answer pable of housing an entire troop.

Mrs. Adams said the Council hopes to have the area ready as an established camp for 140 girls within the next four years. Advance campers already are on bivouac at the site. Until bulldozers recently began cutting a roadway through, the forest, motorized access had been possible only by traveling up the bed of a winding stream. GL1L SCOUTS cf the area there now are "terribly enthused" over the location, Mrs.

Adams said, describing the camp as nestling in a "beautifully timbered" setting. Studies of limestone and sandstone outcrppings, the stratification as discernible as the layers of a mammoth cake, will tell a story of the basic geologic ages foi girls camping at the sprawling site. 3 Hurt As Car Strikes Tree on a rental tract McCormick Creek State Park. Initial construction will start in 1957 on several small activity houses, each of which will be decentralized from the "camp village" and serve four tent units of 32 girls each. The central base of operations will consist of a main dining halt, kitchen, infirmary, staff house, office, library, museum and repair shop, PLANS fLL for the eventual damming of three streams at their confluence to form a 35-acre, Y-shaped lake for swimming and boating activities.

Four all-weather houses also will be erected, each ca- i 711 South Keystone Avenue. A passenger in the car, Harold Poland, 29, 722 Lexington Avenue, was in fair condition in General Hospital with head injuries. Another passenger, Miss Lucille Hammer, 24, 518 South Pine Street, was treated at Methodist Hospital for cuts and bruises. A young motorist was injured critically early yesterday when his car went out of control on a curve of Fall Creek Road near Ind. 10P and struck a tree.

Taken to General Hospital with internal injuries was Robert Luttrell, 21 years old, by police motorcycles..