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FORECAST: Snow this afternoon and tonight, accumulating an additional two to four inches. Colder tonight.

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2 10 4 INCHES Pickets Block Office Workers at Allison Plant No. 2

OF SNOW SEEN HERE TONIGHT

Man Dies in Local Hotel Fire; 90 Guests Are Routed to Safety .

A special storm warning carrying a prediction of two to four inches of snow this afternoon and tonight was is-

Lt. Gov, Richeard T. James ‘(left), back from his flying visit to the United Nations Organization in London, sued today by the weather

was greeted at Weir Cook airport by Mrs. James and Governor Gates. bureau. Easterly winds will cause drift-

ing of the predicted snowfall, the

Celebrities Fete McMillin JAMES REPORTS |bureau also warned.

Indianapolis’ new snowtorm fol-

In N. Y. as Coach of Year ON UND QUEST lowed the death here of two more

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persons in winter fires. Death of Roy E. Hobbs, 54, in flames that swept through the Stub-

By 1ST LT. J. E. O'BRIEN en : 3 ;

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Times Staff Writer

Hoosier Envoy to uo Greeted on Return U Al f Rejects Ford Offer a Of 15¢c-Hour Wage Raise

UNION STANDS

PAT ON EFFORT TOGET 30PCT.

GM Continues Fight to Get Office Workers Past Pickets.

By ROY J. FORREST United Préss Staff Correspondent

DETROIT, Dec. 18.—Ford Motor Co. today offered its hourly paid employees a pay

meeting by the C, I. O. United Automobile Workers. 4

sented thus far to the U. A. W, by

dred or so Hoosiers—real and adopted—paid tribute to Alvin Nugent! Ha Tells Gov. Gates. - | three. . * Mike Loses (OTHER CLERKS banquet was held in a rustic/giang’s fying envoy to the United home, 1180 Maderia st. in which a

(Bo) McMillin, named by his coaching colleagues as “Coach of the Year.” hall hung with 1. U. pennants and Nations Organization, landed in In-| woman I i , - guest also perished. eo u | provided generous servings of both |g t } A 16 3 EET CAPTAIN DENIES ft mignon and after-dinner | jute of thy TING. world pence Bellhop Praised y y |

NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-~Bear Mountain Inn, a hilltop hostelry some . : eo fe ‘ : ; . ’ i | bins hotel, 140 8. Illinois st. early 80 miles up the Hudson, became a bit of Indiana last night as a hun- Indiana Still in the Running today brought the total number of| Office employees who sought to return to work at Allison plant 2 foday were turned back by pickets. . The Rev. William Smiley, 53, died The New York World-Telegram, the Indianapolis Times, and other By ROBERT BLOEM last night in City hospital of burns Scripps-Howard newspapers were sponsors of the poll. The testimonial| yjeqt Gov. Richard T. James, In-| received Saturday in a biase at his : } . location of the UNO world peace . speaking talent. capital still is an open question. ae oO ngwn h er Cibo Flying Glass , 10 insure the But it was Bo himself, who turned) For two weeks Mr. James has . remy

{ dustrial relations director, who said {that the increase would be equiva~ {lent to 124 per cent. Says Company ‘Takes Risk’ | In making the wage offer, MF.

ciency: charges which he denied. come, Governor Gates was on hand Fights Fire Alone

Capt. McVay said that he felt N A that the orders to abandon the reoores stricken cruiser had been given in

resistance. 8 e - ing bef, iss Shays : ho right McMillin manner, Bo Injected London and doing some. old-fasn.|the midwest. Cniling tempers-| After 9-Week Absence. Its easier to get o “new” eye | At Call of Company. foun McVay Says He Couldn’t|® Rote of seridusness into the oc-|ioned Hoosier-style back-room poii-|‘Ures = elsewhere are preventing) o.oo pe 1g , py han It Is to find a new comster | or iiaried workers at Detector Car easton, ticking to have the peace capital . “into | Generalissimo Stalin returned to| Wagon, little Mike Shuler may |,,,..n' assumed two fronts toda ene Warn All of Crew. T'm just basking in the glory of located in Indiana. Last leg of his| [Ninety guests were routed into) Kremlin from s nine-weeks va-| learn this Christmas. oiys sasumed | vy TE ~ “ee ~ | bunch of kids,” he told his audi- | trans-Atlantic junket ended at 10:25| 2T® Weather by the Stubbins hotel | " : i ers a i laboratory in WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (U. P.).|ence. this morning when he stepped down | devices ore -a~Capt. Charles B. McVay HI, “Frankly early this fall I thought! from an American Airlines plane at : skipper of the cruiser Indianapol team would be the worst of my | Weir Cook airport. . said at his court-martial trial ¢o- years, but three or four veter-| ‘15 the UNO going to locate its : day that damage to the Ship's com- ans came back from the service in! headquarters in Indiana? Mr. James America, for ¥ oe np a (Continued on Page 20—Column {) Commission to U. S. oh. £ iy {Inst morrow Rock sank. re All h¢ could say. was; old lad wrote Sante Claus fe- [ions he final The Indianapolis was torpedoed "1 think we're sll i thie Funting. questing a’ wagon. ‘The Thought | In" lo Sarid in by a Japanese submarine nthe! 3 | UNM DRIVES TWO It looks now as though the final de- ig 8 4 it ‘was stressed by Roger Flem- : Philippines sea mst July 30 with| cision won't be made until a sub- ol & Sigh} siiiny coaster WAGON yng the division's director of public : the loss of 880 officers and committee of the preparatory com- of his ho a ve bring fla un; Mr. Bisning ag, dnd Many 8 Sed : States to look over some of the pro- “But Santa.” Mr. and Mrs. La~ | greg” to work had which did not come until five days! posed sites personally.” Yorn, fier, Me 3 oti, id wo at 06 later. Cruiser Augusta, Loaded] rs Person fogreet the lieutenant second floor firemen obtaining the gift,” They ordered Workers: were : Capt, McVay Is being tried on| su. ” governor at the airport was Mrs, [veloped sec when Dec. 31. one at a store, but were told the 8 NORE yore Tedued s E charges of negligence and inem-| With Troops, Puts Back. James, who accorded him a wel. arrived. Returns at Meeting Time | gynment failed to arrive line with an ag

LONDON, Dec. 18 (U. P)—Two|to make it official. He also was the first fo detect

gusta, loaded with homebound|decision to locate its headquarters tinguisher, shouting warnings into foreign ministers

troops, and the carrier Wasp, eastbound to pick up redeployed soldiers —prepared tonight to put into British ports for emergency repairs to

dozens of American delegates from |fire’s'. source. In Room 116, he| Viacheslav M. Molotov, Secretary of and union spokesmen. every section of the country, all|found a burning bed, poured chemi-| State James Byrnes and Foreign Ress At he hospital ibis morn- ‘0

“Was it possible for adequate orders to be passed to all hands?”

Naval sources in London said the

; Thomas Jr. | damage ips’ on Pa |t0 Hotel guests. He also directed one| They were enforcing a policy of “ to work but at Plant No. 2 ; a : See Oo: the eR The 5% 1 Sol seis waa pve (Continued on Page 2—Column 6) of them to turn in a fire alarm. secrecy about their discussions rbd Him Mee ot Tetie brown were turned back” | oy Flint Pickets Bar Gates ; “Since the public address system| which were leaking slightly but not re Hotel patrons filed downstairs. | which will not be altered until they| = “I'm sure he's too small to rea- | AD estimate of the number who| Meanwhile General Motors con and all communications were out, it| dangerously w M d | 4 | Three persons, including Manager | have made substantial progress,| jz. what's happened » sald Mrs reported for work at the other tinued its campaign to get none ax Mogae! o James Dean, scrambled down A|probably not until the conference| shuler. “We've tried to mini. -|{PIRts was undetermined because Striking office ‘workers through U.

in would have been impossible in my| The Wasp was standing by off

) third floor fire escape. Generally |ends. mize the seriousness of this-ti a company representative sald a work, opinion to get abandon ship orders| Plymouth and schetluled to go into Truman Clothed "bias to the hotel's| “A of views” ser Ms -thing “very large group” of the 2000|But.at Flint about 600 pickets stood , : ' salaried workers make up the

" to all parts of the ship in the short|drydock there tomorrow. The Au- at. . ar U0 ye desert + + + especially since It's 50 near

gusta, on which President Roose-| wASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (U. P.). Body Near Stairs of the second meeting, The three . .

velt made some of his wartime trips, : . was putting back to ‘Southampton,| — me. Tussaud’s wax works in | Hobbs’ body wasn't discovered leaders were to meet again today.| MIKE KNEW he would lose

. “No news releases” was the an-| his right eye last Thursday. where the damage was expected to London now has a complete cos- {until the flames were virtually sub- BILLINGS 10 BECOME } - i : swer in all quarters. Both Mr. Even. so, that didn't deter him He t stairs!" N be repaired quickly. tume to put on its figure of Presi |dued. lay at the foot of Byrnes and Mr. Bevin had warned| from helping his mother and dad : L

Plant 2 personnel,

Vay replied. . . Capt. McVay said he did not believe it was necessary for the \ cruiser. to: follow a zig-zag course,

: | Capt, McVay is charged the ugusta = leading floor. Depu 5 : Davy with failing to direct a trouble, bit won feat 1S uman, Corner Sidney J. Sievens saild vd correspondents earlier that littie| trim the Christmas tree Satur- | ) The company claimed that about cruiser to follow a zig-zag rather|gio ) indicated they had the Mr. Truman sent a gray plaid |gopns probably - suffocated. His news could be expected because the! day. He wants to see it again 13000 office . workers returned to than a straight course. ; ce in hand. The Wasp| “it 8 light gray shirt and a blué | peck jegs and head were scorched talks were largely exploratory. with his one good eye on Christ- their jobs in a dozen plants yesCapt. McVay was asked by his|was on the way wo Britatn 10 poy tie to the museum through J. L. The hotel management ssid there na Augtican wh Bliish leaders mas morning. WIRY: Sanaa) Sona “ . up American troops when it ran Rowan, Setsetury lo Primé Min- |i; a fire escape directly outside! ’soncion with Mr, Mol Joter:| © Glas : suvers Yitesd Myes ‘Unit Stays Permanently, .ounted for more ars srike ae :

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PLANES HUNT SHIP REPORTED SINKING

PEARL HARBOR, Dec. 17 (U.

also donferred for a (Continued on Page 2~Column 4) Ludlow Announces.

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5 eh ne ik ete oS te House 168aY septs Apparently, they asserted. he lost| sera outh- message of than bearin, ward bound, turned about at South-| grom the directors of the m * Tin gs oR the excitment, ard,

. ” . ” in the U. 8. to the mass appeal of |individual rooms as he sought the Afternoon. Forelgn = Commissari oo 0 lous. |It Was estimated by management|Ford boost would become effective

Mr. Fleming summed up the tion reaches or exceeds 80,000 units bent on bringing the world capital |cals on this until the blaze swished| Secretary Ernest Bevin talked for Hg he from Bis employees’ response today as fol- monthly, The G. M. a ae caused by & raging gale. |i their particular state or city. up the curtains. Then he scrambled two hours and 20 minutes, adjourn-| oT, great bandage cov. |!OWS: “Generally, the office and effect as soon as the 25-day old damage Mr. James himself was regarded out to continue sounding the alarm |ing at 6:20 p. m. ering his eye socket, as his mother administrative employees returned | strike ends.

British ambassador to Iran, to| SEN. CAPEHART GETS Billings general’ hospital will be| At Washington the administration

review the latest developments sur-|| converted into’ a Pi. Harrison “sta- | ioday promised to try fo decide hi All shipping in the English chan- come by-smoke and stumbled to- — 2 NEW ASSIGNMENTS " bospl remaining | Prida hethe : U. S. TRANSPORT BAN ward the upstairs instead of those| (Continued on Page 3—Column 1) wade Washington Barmy linn Rep. a ami | prices tor ts products and its profits

to go, 4 mee Three| doesn't look p able ; American warships—the cruiser Au-| Mr. James credited the UNO's|the smoke and seized a fire ex-|Second meeting of the Big Cot on Mire Shute svg, ie to | gome two-thirds of the personnel tors proposal of & 13% cent an hous

only when car and ‘truck produce

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fast at the gates of G. sparkplug division. Several hundred

{ter the building. There de | lence, although police patrolled the area. i

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of the nation's 455,000 strike idle workers.

P)~A search by naval patrol| continued on Page 2—Column 1) : leading down into the lobby. A planes and surface craft vas _in ne BALKS CHIANG ARMY Bellhop Ford said the. cecupant Ae Suaioy intormed the Indianapolis Chamber Shall be. take, mio account in mak te i rg Eo unidentified N CHUNGKING, Dec, 18 (U, P.).—|of Room 116, root of the fire, was LORD HAW HAW T0 two new senate committee assign-| chamber officials said when ‘the! Frank P. Graham, chairman of ship which radioed that shé was IRA CHARGES REDS The Chinese Nationalist govern- hs Salat St Jegitered 4. Sam Pel Lo DIE FOR TREASON Suiits . 08 catcun eS change occurs, the hospital will be | the fact-finding panel in the wage sinking. i ment urgently needs 500,000 more |, IB CL TY Oe nutes bef , used by Pt. Harrison personnel and . h ; ore| * They are the banking and cur- (Continued on’ Page 2-~Columnp CA. DANY spd at, +7 may HAMST RUNG ACTION Hoos In Marth hina and Man-|the blaze was discovered, deciar- lone mr and. the senate] er families, we won't find for weeks or months, pese— except, walk since American refusal ing. id Je hace" rord-wuia-w; i small business committee. His oth-| cmurcmme pve iv v. 8. (NIP GUARD'S TRIAL or it may be a hoax. But we aren't| ny, is to transport any more troops north, | Demace to __ | His Appeal Is Dismissed, So, cr assignments, which he still main-| LONDON, Dec. #8 ©. P). — OPENS IN JAPA a {oe 1Claims Russia Prevented . id oy '| ‘Damage to the hotel which also tains, are interstate commerce, post | Sources close to Winston Churchill : Wiking any chances - Hil ; Atary Soutes today. oq. [B88 an entrance on Georgia st. He Will Hang. offices and post roads, patents, man-|ssid today that the war-time prime! YOKOHOMA, Dec. 18 (U. PB) 3 We he Sarina message es §0 was hetrd oa Quelling of Revolt. ed ake troops ~|was not immediately determined.| : ufacturers> and the privileges and minister was planning to visit the Tatsuo Tsuchiya, a former prisom ; —- Jig stations oahu. Bee. 18.40. 75 ha 800k Sh er. Manchuria and In all, 14 rooms were completely 13 EDO, Dat. JB 4B) wl, elections committee. United States early next year. |guard, pleaded not guilty’ : degrees, but di not specify whether | government. of Tran charged. today | Policing North China. SL (Continued on Page 2—~Column §)| the German radio, lost his last LOTHE She opening session of the 8 it was east or west. ‘aS mend 4 member t th Baka G 4 bi . 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