Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1945 — Page 1

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TEAGHER PARLEY T0 DRAW 15,000

Early Arrivals Await Pro-

gram: Tomorrow.

The vanguard of 15,000 school teachers who will take over the city for their annual two-day parley tomerrow and Friday began filtering into Indianapolis today. The Hoosier school masters and “marms” were checking in early for pre-convention activities or to battle for the few empty hotel rooms, Tardy teachers who didn't make reservation§ in advance are expected to. find already crowded facilities overflowing, A special service, however, has been set up to secure lodgings in

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private homes for teachers who cannot get hotel facilities. The housing division of the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors bureau is setting up a booth in the lobby of the Claypool to direct latecomers to private homes. for rooms. One of Five Meetings The conclave here is one of five going on simultaneously over the state in which 23,000 members of {He Tridiana State Teachers association are participating. State officials today notified the association that plans for the reception and ball in the statehouse tomorrow night have been changed. Because of construction going on in the Hoosier capitol building, the reception will be held in the Claypool hotel. The ball will be canceled. A number of departmental sessions and meetings of affiliated educational groups is scheduled today. City, county «and town superintendents will meet at Hotel Lincoln and elementary. school principals will meet at the Claypool hotel. The Schoolmen’s club will sponsor a dinner tonight at the Claypool.

44 Meetings Tomorrow ~~ *

Although the first genera] session is. not scheduled until tomorrow night, 44 departmental meetings will occupy the time of the teachers throughout tomorrow. The ‘meetings, at which. leading experts in all fields of teaching will address instructors, will be held in various meeting places over the city. Outstanding meetings .. scheduled for this parley include a lecture by Henry C. Wolfe, international correspondent, which opens the convention tomorrow night at Cadle tabernacle; ‘the business meeting Friday at Cadle tabernacle; talks by Mr. Raymond Clapper, newspaperwoman and radio commentator, and a Gilbert and Sullivan presentation featuring John Charles Gilbert, singer, Friday afternoon; a choral presentation by 1100 pupiis and a talk by Dr. William Fielding Ogburn Friday night. L. T. Buck, Evansville, who assumes the presidency at the first general session, will officiate at the

“meetings,

Northeast Teachers Holding Convention

PT. WAYNE, Ind. Oct. 24 (U.P). «Approximately 3000 teachers are expected to atterid the Northeastern Indiana Teachers association convention tomorrow and Friday. They will hear well-known educators at four general sessions, including Henry C., Wolfe, international relations authority; Mrs, Olive Clapper, wife of. the late columnist Raymond Clapper; Dr. Arthur Steinhaus, professor at George Willams Y. M. C, A. college at Chicago, and Dr, Will Carson Ryan of the University of North Carolina.

TIMES INDEX

Edward W. Roberts . . , father of five killed.

Raincoats and Umbrellas to Be in Demand

Indianapolis is in for some occasional light rain today and tomorrow, ending the balmy Indian summer days. The weatherman says it will be cloudy, cool and wet from the looks of gathering cumuli he won't miss it. Tomorrow _ | may be ‘warmer, but cloudy and the uncertain skies will’ bring out umbrellas and raincoats for a typical Indiana fall rainy day.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

OPA IS BLASTED BY REPUBLICANS

‘GOP Attacks Keep Bowles

Busy at Capital.

By ANN HICKS United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. 24—The OPA, one of the favorite whipping boys of. congress, got it hot and heavy today from Republicans on both sides of Capitol Hill. The charges were that OPA policies were slowing down reconversion, encouraging black markets and generally fouling up affairs for the small businessman, In the house, Rep. Robert Hale (R. Me.) charged that OPA's refusal to raise coffee prices was|

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Donald Hurst , , , father of two killed. |

TRAIN KILLS 2 FATHERS HERE

Edward W. Roberts and Donald Hurst Victims.

Two Indianapolis fathers were killed this morning when their

| automobile was struck by an east-| |

| bound passenger train at the German Church rd. crossing of the Pennsylvania tracks, The dead are: -

EDWARD W. ROBERTS, 32. of 1427 W. Market st. father of five children panging in age from 19 months to 13 years: 3 DONALD HURST, 27, of 1328 W, Washington &t., father of a son and stepdaughter. The victims were driving north on the German Church rd.” when the crash occurred at 7:25 a. m. State police said the crossing is marked by a white danger standard, but has no flasher or bell signal, Bodies Thrown 30 Feet

Scene of the accident is about 10 miles east of downtown Indianapolis and one-half mile south of U. 8. Rd. 40. J The bodies of Mr. Roberts and Mr. Hurst were flung 30 feet by the impact. Their demolished car, a 1934 Ford coach, was flung 70 feet beyond the crossing. Parts were strewn 100 fet along the tracks. Two wheels and pieces of the chassis landed in a nearby yard. State police said the train continued for another half-mile before it could be stopped. It had left Indianapolis several minutes before and was en route to Columbus, O. Both crash victims were employees of the T. E. Owen Roofing Co. They were returning from the Emil Frieville farm, south of the crash scepe, where they had contracted for a roofing job. The wrecked auto was registered in the name of Harold J. Bennett,

threatening to drive small yoasters | out. of husiness and encourage large | ones to patronize a flourishing |

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Hale, a member of the Republic. an food study committee, said Latin American producers refused to sell coffee at OPA prices. He urged | that ‘all OPA coffee controls be! ended, asserting that an unrestricted flow would eventually serve to keep consumer prices down. Across the capitol, Senator Rt] A. Taft (R, O.) termed OPA policies a “serious handicap to recon-

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Harem Style Features New Dress Trends

By JOAN YOUNGER United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Oct. 24 —New York fashion designers in a mass, all-out show today revealed their pent-up post-war dream-—harem clothes, Still under fabric restrictions, the designers let go in a style show scene tabbed “not for business—

|yet” and showed dresses that were

trousers In front, skirts in back, 5 | skirt «that hit below the calves, and—strangest of all—wide, pleated skirts. Fabrics-to-come ranged from a shining platinum satin, backed with

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STERN RULE OF JARS

‘Maj. Wermuth Credited, With 116 Enemy Dead.

HONOLULU, Oct. 24 (U. P.)— Maj. Arthur Wermuth, the “one-| man army” of Bataan who killed so! many Japanese soldiers he lost count of them, today advocated a stern military government of Japan, The Japanese civillans are as cruel as the troops, he said. Wermuth arrived aboard the U. 8, 8. Marine Shark with 3000 liberated American prisoners of war He had turned down an offer of alr transportation to the mainland because “I don’t want any special privileges.” Wermuth sald he didn't know how many Japanese he killed during reconnaissance patrols with the 57th Philippine scouts. * But th Jam official count credited him with 16, Wermuth missed the Bataan march of death, but he was beaten and. starved at Bilibid' prison and Nichols fleld in the Philippines. He was one of 2756 out of -an original

trip from Formosa to Japan. Wer muth said the prisoners debarked nude fin Japan. They had no clothes—not even shoes,” t “ “There is nobody in ‘he world who can tell what cruelties our men went through,” he said. “The only thing that kept the men alive was - nation to live to

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FORECAST: Cloudy and cool with occasional light rain tonight; cloudy and slightly warmer with ont rain tomorrow.

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CONGRESSMEN COOL TOWARD TRAINING PLAN

Hoosier Legislators Are Not In Accord With Truman's Program.

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times® Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.— Not a single Hoosier in con-

for President Truman's oneyear universal training plan today. Some kept mum. Others expressed doubts or refused comment. The senior Republicans Senator Willis and Rep. Charles A, Halleck, - were out of the city when

day. But the senior Democrat, Hep. Louis Ludlow, Indianapolis, came out against the President's preparedness proposal. “I believe that universal military training, or peace-time conscription would militarize America and that our example would force the militarization of other nations,” Mr. Ludlow declared. “It would nullify the San PFrancisco charter and in all probability would blast humanity’s hope for a peaceful world. Can't Support President “I think that President Truman’s recommendations, both as to foreign and domestic policies, in the main have been sound and wholesome and usually I have followed him, But in this matter I believe he has paid too much heed to the military heirarchy. “I believe: also that the atomic bomb, the B-29 and other seientific inventions have largely ren< dered futile universal military training as a means of national security. “Compulsion is an un-American word. I. cannot conscientiously support the President in this matter.” Mr. Ludlow still advocates a referendum on U, 8. participation in any “foreign war.” Senator Capehart (R. Ind) declined comment on the Truman message and universal training plan. Rep. Madden, Gary Democrat, said he wanted more time to study the matter. While Rep. Forest A. Harness (R, Ind), member of the house military affairs committee, would only say that the Truman proposal “will create more bitter débate than anything put before congress.” Rep. Robert A. Grant (R. Ind), members of the house naval affairs committee, said he would like some training bill he could support but that the one-year service for every youth was not it, Rep. Noble J, Johnson (R. Ind), suggested that the whole matter be vested in a referendum at the general elections next November, Rep. George W. Gillie (R. Ind.) sald he was for increased training

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BYRNES HASN'T SEEN ITALIAN ARMISTICE

WASHINGTON, Oct, 24 (U. P).| —S8ecretary of State ges ) Byrnes told reporters at a press conference today that he has never | seen the text of the long suppressed | Italian armistice. Two weeks ago correspondents sought the publication of the Italian | armistice terms, which he had described as harsh and obsolete. Last {week Byrnes said he had as yet | been unable to obtain approval of | his desire to publish the terms, |

gress came out 100 per cent]

the message was delivered yester-|_

U. A. W. Taking Strike Vote in 96 G. M. Plants

Representatives of Allison and Chevrolet Commercial Body divisions, General Motors, locals, U, A, . (C. I. 0) and an NRLB arbiter, gathered around the dscussion table at Red Men's hall today as bil -awaited employees’ strike or no-strike decision, They are (leff to right) John M. Woolley, All 933 shop committeeman; M. C. Goss, Allison local financial secretary; Irene Westbrook, official the national labor relations board; John E, Bennett, president of the Allison local, and Frank Alexander, president of Chevrolet Body local 226 and chairman of the bargaining committee.

State Ballots to Be Tallied In Indianapolis Tomorrow];

SENATE STARTS

TAX BILL WORK|

Voting to Decide on Strike to Press Union's Demand For 30 Per Cent Pay Raise.

Believe: Measure May Be Approved Tomorrow,

By JOHN L. CUTTER United Press Siaff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. 24—The senate today began consideration of a. $5,633,000,000 tax cut bill for 1946 with prospects that it will be approved tomorrow afternoon, After senate approval the bill will be sent to conference between the senate and house to iron out gi fernces; It is hoped Sans essiona action will be an be y Nov. 1 80 the tax cuts can e fhcstive Jan, 1. } The bill would provide tax av ings next year for both business and individuals. At the last moment the senate finance committee raised its estimate on the total savings to $5,633,000,000, Earlier it had been estimated at $5,620,000,000 and-then cut to $5,625,000,000, The latest figure would include a saving of $2,644,000,000 for individuals, $2,849,000,000 for corporations and $140,000,000 for motorists through repeal of the $5-a-year automobile use tax. + Vandenburg to ent

Senator Arthur H, Vandenberg (R. Mich.) said he would stage a floor fight for his amendment to make all 1945 corporate sarnings up to $25,000 exempt from the excess profits tax. He sald it would stimuJate reconversion ang create new jobs. The proposal would loa about 30,000 small corporations from paying an excess profits tax on 1045 earnings. Total savings to corporations were estimated at about $86,000,000, Vandenberg’s amendment was defeated by a tie vote yesterday when

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GETS 20 YEARS FOR MAILING DUD BOMB

BEAUMONT, Tex. Oct. 24 (U, P.).~Maurice Knapp, 28-year-old [blind Cleveland, O. war worker, began a 20-year sentence today on charges of sending a home-made bomb through the mails, A federa] court jury found Knapp guilty after he testified that he had mailed the bomb, rigged with shot- | gun shells, as a prank. Sentence was pronounced by Federal Judge Randolph Bryant. The bomb, mailed last July 2 to Doris Peveto of Beaumont, failed to explode when the wrapper was removed from the _package,

Ann Sheridan,

Movie “oomph girl” Ann Sheridan,

-iwill appear at the opening rally of |

the Victory loan drive here. Miss Sheridan will appear during a Victory ice carnival Hallo~ | ween night at the Coliseum, | With her will be Will Hays, for-| mer movie czar and native Hoosier, | who was headlined with the lays

® | Carole Lombard at the nation’s first |

war-bond rally In January, 1942. No Admission Fee The program Sheridan's appearance will be open to the public with no admission

Indianapolis

Maj. Gen. Prank W. Milburn, another Hoosier and commander of the 21st army corps, will also be

80-voice Maennerchor,

featuring Miss ||

‘Oomph Girl'

Of Movies, to Appear Here

local gent of

Strike ballots cast throughout

union in Detroit charged General provoke a walkout, In the largest and most costly labor election in industrial history, the auto workers voted ‘yes’ or 1{ “no” on whether to interrupt pro= duction to press the union's demand for a ser cent pay boost.

sts, Wheto Joo U. A. W, units are voting today. s John Bennett, president of the Allison U., A. W, union, said balloting was “better than expected” this morning. He said the biggest turnout was expected between 4 and 5

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p. m. today, after the Allison and Chevrolet Commercial Body day shifts are off, Mr. Bennett said he desired to emphasize that an aflirmative strike vote “does not necessarily mean a strike , . , a walkout is a last resort.” :

3 Other Issues

In addition to the pay demand, three other primary issues are involved locally, he said. He named them as smoking privileges in the Allison plant; giving employees ranking high in seniority their preference of shifts and giving these high-seniority workers first

chance at plant transfers, National labor relations board representatives, who are supervising the strike vote, sald the Indiana ballots will be pooled and the | total sent to Detroit, Vote in 5 Hoosier Cities

Regional U, A, W, officials here

United Auto Workers in the U. A. W.-General Motors pay dispute, will be counted in Indianapolis tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, as 325,000 employees of 96 General Motors plants participated in the strike ballot in the nation, the C. I. O. auto morkers

Indiana and the nation today by

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MREST 300

Strikers Threaten to Close All Studios.

By UNITED PRESS Hallywood police arrested between 300 and 400 strikers picketing Paramount and R. K. O, studios today. Pifty pickets sat down in front of Paramount studio and refused to budge when police ordered them to disperse. Police herded the pickets, laughing, booing and singing patriotic songs, into patrol wagons and drove them away. ‘A few minutes iater seven busses carrying nonstriking workers were driven pnto the Paramount lot. Police arrested 75 at R. K. O,, and 500 non-strikers rushed into the studio. : The arrests were made to enforce a temporary restraining order limiting the number of pickets to 22 at each studio. At a meeting of strike sympathizers last night plans were made to picket M. G. M. studios Saturday with 25,000 persons, The strikers have threatened to close every movie studio by Saturday. Union leaders throughout the country marked time while waiting for the government's wage-price policy as the nation’s strike idle dropped to 219,000—lowest in more

estimated between 25,000 and 30,000 members in five Hoosler cities | are participating, 12,000 of them

than a month. American airlines asked for a federal mediator to settle a dispute

from Indianapolis. They include employees of two G-M plants in Indianapolis (Allison and Chevro~

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ORDERS JAP PRESS TO BE INDEPENDENT

(MacArthur Charges Papers Are Distorting News.

By RALPH TEATSORTH United Press Staff Correspondent

TOKYO, Oct, 24.~A spokesman for Gen. MacArthur issued a blunt {order to leading Japanese news- | papers today charging them with distorting news. Col. Ken R, Dyke called on the

“independent” editorial policies or |

' imake way fér a press that will

Ann Sheridan

information and education section, outlined a four-point program for the Japanese press and radio, The |

leading newspapers became involved in a “labor dispute” with employees who demanded the resignation of the management, Five employee representatives who | Miss

of 500 mechanics who walked out yesterday following a breakdown in wage negotiations, but sald flight

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Police Probe

UTED JECTED:

FIRING SQUAD CARRIES OUT COURT-ORDER

Goes to Death in Same Prison Where Germans Killed Norwegians,

By SAM D. HALES United Press Staff Correspondent

OSLO, Oct. 24.—Vidkun Quisling, who sold out his country to Germany for gold and a puppet premiership, was executed by a firing

squad in the 16th century Akershus fortress at 2:40.a, m, toe day. J The justice ministry announced that the death sentence was cars ried out after King Haakon in state

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council yesterday rejected an ape peal for mercy from Quisling’s wife,

after the execution, ashes will be held by the police pending a decision by Haakon on its disposal, the minister of justice told the United Press,

Execution Secret

ecution in secrecy. Justice Minister

publicity given the shooting of

French, and what is permissible in France is not always suitable in Norway,” Police’ Chief Kristian Welhaven said the royal decree for the execu

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supreme court. The man whose name became & symbol throughout the world for treason and puppetry in govern~ ment went to his death at the same prison where the Germans execute ed Norwegians who opposed the Quisling regime No Newsmen Present

No newsmen were present at the execution and Justice Minister Johann Cappellen refused to res veal whether Quisling had died bravely or had become hysterical as he did at his trial. Quisling was the first of the European traitors to sell out his country to Germany. With "his connivance, the Germans invaded Norway April 9, 1940, and within a few weeks had overrun the entire country, At his trial, it was brought ous that Quisling before and after the German invasion had dealt with such Nazi leaders as Adolf Hitler, Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering and Marshal Wilhelm Keitel His conviction for murder arose from the execution of 100° Nore weglans by Nazi occupation forces after he had refused them mercy, The deportation of 1000 Norwegian Jews to Nazi gas chambers brought an added conviction for mane slaughter Charged With Theft, Also

Among the thefts of which Quisling was found” guilty were those of the property of King | Haakon, including seven spoons from the royal palace. Quisling was arrested immediates ly after Germany's capitulation. For a time, he feigned insanity. Psychis

'Tips' Given in

Leads given police by a woman who claimed to know the identity of the bandit-gunman who shot Miss Helen Brosnan Saturday were being checked out by police today Another possible lead to the gunman, a man who is alleged to have

hewspapers 10 establish, a mare Ho ed the man possessed infor-

| mation about Miss Dyke, chief of MacArthur's civil | saflant.

| claimed knowledge of the bandit’s

identity, was being checked by detectives who sald a lie detector test Brosnan's as-

The woman, who is charged with disorderly conduct and vagrancy, is

| Willa Mae Davis, 1018 N. Senaie order was issued ps one of Tokyo's | ave. She was taken into custody

early this morning after residents of 14th and Milburn st, reported hearing a woman scream. Answering the call, police found Miss Davis, who admitted she had

Brosnan Case

from each of Indian's 2 counties be invited,

brought demands for “democratiza- | been screaming after being involved tion” of the newspaper Yomiuri!in an argument with a companion Hoch! were discharged. The em-|in #&n automobile, On questioning, ployees met and voted to refuse she told police she knew who shot compliance with the dismissal | Miss Brosnan and gave a name order, ‘ which she said was that of the Dyke said that the present. treat | bandit. .

anese press “is hardly the way to|which she claimed was that of the , people for|bandit’s

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girl friend, but, upon |-

atrists ruled him sane, however, and

[Re was. brought to trial soon afters’

ward. / The 58-year-old traitor had played a role in Norwegian political |and military affairs for three decades. A member of the Norwegian gens eral staff from 1911 to 1923, he held minor diplomatic posts in Finland and Russia after the last world war,

of 1922-23, British Decoration Rescinded

He represented British interests in Russia from 1927 to 1929, when London and Moscow had no diplos matic relations. He was decora by Britain for that service. decoration was rescinded in 1940, Quisling joined ‘the Norwegian government’ as defense minister from 1931 to 1933. It was during

formation which he sold to the Germans In 1940. After his two years in office, he | organized the Nasjonal Samlin, patterned on Hitler's Nazi and launched an anti-Russiaf propaganda campaign. . Quisling failed to place a Nasjonal Samling candidate in

Quisling’s body was cremated soom The urn of

The government cloaked the .exs : Johan Capperin, referring to the

Plerre Laval, said the Norwegians “have another temper than the

refected a month later by the

He was a volunteer relief worker in the Soviet Union during the famine

that period that he gathered in. -

National Stosting (parliament) and ment of foreign news by the Jap-|” She also gave police an address | gnly fo power after the Gere

tion imposed professional secrecy