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VOLUME 56-—NUMBER 260
Fiend Is Sought As Murderer of
Kidnaped Child
Police Discover Dismembered Parts of | . Body in Cesspools; Death Due
To Asphyxiation.
By ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN United Press Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, Jan. 8.—Police combed the neighborhood|
i . » 1 EY Lo avn lee today for ihe trail of the fiendish
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year-old Suzanne Degnan who was kidnaped from her bed-
room,
The child’s blond, curly head, her legs and torso were found last night in separate cesspools within a one-block
Edgewater Beach area.
Her chubby little arms were|
still missing. The child apparently had never been taken from the
neighborhood after she was lifted from her bed early yesterday, car-
"ried through a window and down a
seven-rung ladder, The ladder,
with one rung missing, was found|
nearby. An examination of the butchered body showed today that she died of asphyxiation when choked by the man who stole her. Dismembered After Strangling The coroner's office reported that a post-mortem examination showed that the girl's body was dismembered after she was strangled. The report said there was evidence that the six-year-old child ~had-been the-vietim-of -a-sex crime but there was no conclusive evidence that she had been raped. The results of the examination were announced shortly after police discovered. a blood-stained push cart in a basement near the girl's home. : Detectives said" they found the cart in the apartment building in which Thomas Lundmark, a butcher, formerly was janitor. Lundmark and six others being questioned by police were being given lle detector tests. Seek Bloodstains Police searched darkened corners
bloodstains that might show where the body was dismembered. More than one hundred police, aided by two-man squads enlisted from the Chicago department of sewers, hunted for the girl's missing arms, believed to have been hidden nearby. Mayor Edward J. Kelly spent more than four hours during the night personally directing the investigation, The mayor was closeted early today with the distraught parents,
"Mr. and Mrs. James E. Degnan,
in their home. Mr. Degnan, 39, who discovered his daughter missing and found a ransom note demanding $20,000, is a Chicago OPA official. Kelly Issues Protection
Emerging from the Degnan home, Mr. Kelly issued this statemerit: “I want to give assurance to the mothers of Chicago that police are carefully guarding all’ districts to prevent a recurrence of such a crime against Chicago's children. “It was a terrible thing and must have been done by a maniac.” One suspect, a 17-year-old grocery clerk, was taken into custody after neighbors reported he: was “slightly dementéd” and might have had access to a cleaver or other sharp implement, In one of several telephone calls to the Degnan home, where detectives had tapped wires, a man demanded the ransom and said he
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NEWSPAPER FOLK GET PREVIEW OF COMICS
CLEVELAND, Jan. 8 (U, P.).— The only. people in Cleveland today who knew the goings-on of their favorite comic strips were the em« ployees of the three strike-bound néwspapers.
In an informal Jgreament Rg
papers are exchanging comic pag proofs. which are promptly posted on city room bulletin boards.
ENVOY 'IN U. 8,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8
(U. P), ~. Hungarian Minister -
Aladar
: Bazegedy-Maszak has arrived here
to take up his official duties, He is the first Hungarian diplomat in this country since the start of the war,
TIMES INDEX
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Amusements ,
. Business ..... 7 Movies ..... . Churchill .... 12|Dr. O'Brien , tn Comics ...... 17|Obituaries .... 6 Crossword... 1 Othman ian H David Dietz , 11|Fred Perkins. I . Editorials .... 12' Radio ..:eive Fashions .,.. 14 Mrs, Roosevelt rt Forum ...... 12|Ruark ,....., 12 Paul Ghali ., 11|Wm.P. Simms. 12 G. IL Rights.. 13 Sports ....:. Meta Given. . 14 "State Deaths. 5
Burton Heath In Indpls. Inside Indpls. 11 Whipple Jane Jane Jordan . 1 posvings eelved, geeeived by 3 Jan, | 1th at Mortis
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PREDICTS HIKE
“IN STEEL PRICE
Truman Refuses Comment On Strike Effect.
By UNITED PRESS President Truman predicted a small increase in the price of steel today, as strikes threatened to idle more than 1,800,000 workers, among them 700,000 C. I. O. steelworkers. Mr. Truman said that the price increase had been under discussion and that he expected some small increase. He declined to discuss the possibility that the increase might avert a strike in the steel industry scheduled for Jan. 14. From other sources, however, had come hints that a settlement formula ‘was in the making for the steel industry which might also provide the key to labor peace in the automobile, electrical, “meat packing and other major industries plagued with wage disputes. The formula, it was said, would involve limited price increases which
{would absorb at least part of any
wage increases granted under it. In a general discussion. of the explosive labor Truman Felterated hope gress would pass, without major changes, the fact-finding _ labor legislation- he has repeatedly asked. Meanwhile, Western Union telegraphers in New York City walked out today, bringing the number of workers idled by strikes and shutdowns to 383,000. Western Union telegraphers in New York City walked out today, bringing the number of workers idled by strikes and shutdowns to 383,000. ~ Kaiser-Frazer. Signs Pact An impetus was provided for settlement of Detroit's motor industry dispute with the agreement of the infant Kaiser-Frazer Automobile Co. and the C. I. O. United Automobile Workers union oh a contract. The threat of a nation-wide com-. munications tie-up continued grave, but ther® was new possibility of governmental intervention to forestall it. The following development$ highlighted the labor picture: ONE: The Kaiser-Frazer Corp. and the U. A. W-C.. 1. O. announced agreement on a one-year contract providing for wages substantially higher than those now
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MERCHANTS BANK OFFICERS RENAMED
New Member Added to Merchants Staff,
The Merchants National bank, during the annual* stockholders’ meeting at noon today, re-elected all officers and directors and added one new member to its staff, R. E. Sweeney Jr., of the Fountain Square State bank, was assistant cashier.” Mr, Sweeney just recently returned ‘from three and a half years of service in the Pacific with the navy. A lieutenant, he participated in major engagements at Iwo and Okinawa. While at Okinawa he was wounded and afterward spent two months in the naval hospital at Guam. Re-elected officers are: J. P. Fren+ gel Jr,, chairman; Otto N. Frenzel,
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vice president
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Career Ended
* Dr. Herman G. Morgan
Dr. Morgan, 33 Years Health Officer, Dies
the past 33 years, Dr. Herman Grover Morgan died early today at
the Isolation hospital, his virtual ome and office for the past two | years. He was 60. One of the nation’s veteran public health authorities, he had held office longer than any other city or county official. Services will be held at 11 a. m., Friddy at Flanner & Buchanan mortuary and at'l p. m. at the Christian church in Brooklyn, Ind. Burial “will be in Brooklyn, his birthplace. Aware of End Chronically ill for several months, he was on the job at the isolation bospital until Saturday aftérnoon when he was confined to bed. “He was conscious almost-up to the time of his death at.5:20 a. m. Dr. Morgan was “very aware” that the end was near, according to Dr. Gerald Kempf, who attended him. Members of the family were at ‘his bedside. By Sunday Dr. Morgan had com-
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ROMANIA MEETS
Broadened Regime May Get Recognition. By HOMER JENKS
United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, “Jan. 8 (U. P.).—Romania met Big Three requirements for recognition today by including two opposition ministers in a broadened government. Meanwhile the Bulgarian premier sought support in Moscow for his reorganization fight, = A Romanian communique announced that Michel Romniceanu of the liberal party and Emil Hatsieganu of the National Peasant party were sworn into the government of Petro Groza Monday night as ministers without portfolio. They had been approved by both Groza and thie allied control commission. The two opposition ministers pledged their allegiance to King Michael, the communique said. King Michael recently returned to Bucharest and resumed an active political role after four months of semi-retirement because of political differences with Groza.
Former Bankers
Romniceanu = was minister of finance in the Radescu government and former administrator of the Romanian National bank. Hetsieganu was a former director of the National bank and leader of the Transylvanian resistance movement against Hungary. Broadening of the Bulgarian government, required by the Big Three foreign ministers’ commutiique as
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"DOROTHY LAMOUR IS MOTHER OF BABY BOY
HOLLYWOOD, Jan, 8 (U. P.).— Actress Dorothy Lamour, wife of Maj. William Ross Howard III, today gave birth to a 6-pound 8%4ounce baby boy. The child, the couple's . first, was named John Ridgely Howard. Maj Howard, son of a. Baltilumber dealer, was discharged from the army air forces Saturday. He was stationed at San Bernardino air depot. They were married April 8, 1943.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1946
Demobilization Cann Be Speeded—Tru
30 PER CENT TROLLEY FARE PROFIT SEEN
Accountant Says Rates Netted $141,000 Increase.
By ROBERT BLOEM Allen D. Fisk, chief accountant for the public service commission, testified before the PSC today that Indianapolis Railways, on the basis of a mathematical projection, stood to make as much as 30 per cent profit next year under existing transit fares. As the hearing to determine whether or not an emergency exists for reduction of fares moved into its second day, the first witness pointed out that current trial rates had netted the company $141,000 more from Sept. 15 to Jan. 15 than during the’ previous three months’ period. . The ‘company’s actual revenue of $1,853,000 during the trial period, Mr. Fisk said, represented $154,929 more profit than the company would have made by hauling the
|same number of passengers under
the old rate, Mr. Fisk said his projection was) based on an assumption that revenués would remain about the 1944 level, but took into consideration not only increased returns under the trial rates but a decrease of more than 200,000 in thé number of persons who rode public transportation during that period. Hadn’t checked Figures
Attorneys for Indianapolis Rallways declined to cross-examine Mr. a fair vy eck figures or to prepare a refutation of his projection before his testimony was introduced. Contending that the current emergency hearings jeopardize their right to fair and impartial consideration on the main issue of making = present rates permanent, lawyers for both the company and its employees’ unions have virtually refused to participate. Hearing on the main issue has been set for Jan. 21, and attorneys objecting to today’s proceedings said they would be unable to crossexamine before that date, Increase for Most In his testimony Mr. Fisk said that the new trial fares had re-| sulted in decreased riding expense | for less than 14 per cent of the company’s passengers and had increased fares to more than 86 per cent of the riders, Ab the opening of today’s session, the commission overruled a company motion to separate the emer-gency-rate hearings from the main hearings coming up in two weeks, Members of the commission, originally expected to decide on the
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VETERANS GROUP SET FOR BIG BONUS DRIVE
V. F. W. Plans to Promote Payments of $4500.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (U. P) —The Veterans of Foreign Wars is ready to make its pitch for a 25 to 50 billion dollar bonus for world war II veterans, it was learned ‘today. V. F. W. may begin putting on the pressure in a matter of weeks. Other big veterans organizations, meanwhile, still believe the time is not ripe. So far, the American Legion has not even come up with a bill. The powerful V. F. W, legislative committee meets here Jan. 14¥16 and a major item on the agenda will be plans to promote the world war II bonus. . Months ago V. F. 'W. endorsed a
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Indiana and Rest of U.S. Slow in Heading
Truman's Plea to "Turn Heat' on Congress
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer
from Indiana. But it was nothing] like the post office-swamping bees
| Some are bitterly partisan Senator Raymond E. Willis’ (R.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 8—Hoosiers| the citizens used to produce on big Ind.) office reported letters, post-
| are showing some signs of respond- | |ing. to President Truman's plea for a “people’s lobby” to put aver the | administration program. But Indiana and the American people as a whole—called the “most | powerful pressure group in the | world”—have :heen slow in turning | at on congress. A sampling of the offices of sena-|
showed an appreciable increase in she _mail—more than the average
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issues in pre-war Roosevelt days.
|cards and wires are beginning to
The wires and letters from In-|come in at the rate of upwards of
{diana are unanimous on only one | point. They want strikes stopped and production under way. Differences lie in the methods advocated for adoption or who they blame for the' present work stop+’ | pages« » A bare majority from Indiana city districts seem to support the President and condemn a “do-nothing | congress” 3
75 a day. One-fourth or more of these are tersely worded and seem to come from some organized source. They come from oll over the state, but mostly from the larger cities. ~~ The longer letters are divided about 50-50 for ant against the President. Those against him raise
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COUNGIL SETS ‘GRAFT’ HEARING
Taxicab Licensing Measure Brings Charge.
By KENNETH HUFFORD An investigation of graft charges involviffg the city’s taxicab licensing system was under way today. Subpenas for witnesses to attend a general meeting of the council Monday in which the entire taxicab situation will be aired were being fssued by City Clerk Frank Noll _The probe was launched following a council meeting last night in which charges that “two employees of the executive branch of the city
charged. Immediately, Council President John A. Schumacher ordered an investigation and a special meeting Monday night was called. Dauss Rebuffed City Councilman R. C. (Bud) when he complained bitterly about alleged rebuffs from Administrative Assistant Stella Jacobs, $2340-a-year confidante of City Controller Roy Hickman, The councilman safety commit-tee-chairman declared he was told [by Miss Jacobs “ it was none of my business” what the license situation was. Mr. Beckwith arose immediately and said he wanted to “add something on the same subject.” .
Licensing Ordinance
He advised that council “look into the whole affair.” It was then that he followed with his thy of graft. A proposed measure that would authorize 50 additional taxicab licenses to add to the 420 already being issued annually had been referred to Councilman -Dauss’ -committee. He explained that he was
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GEN. PATTON'S NIECE REPORTED SUICIDE
NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (U. P.) —Miss Jean Gordon, 30, a niece of the late Gen. George S. Patton Jr., committed suicide in a gas-filled room,
a Red Cross worker overseas during the war. She-was found lying on the floor in a negligee with pictures of her famous soldier uncle around her. She left no notes.
REFUSES TO RESIGN LONDON, Jan. 8 (U. P).—Lt Gen, Sir Frederick E. Morgan has turned down a second request that he resign as UNRRA director in Gerlnany, a spokesman at the London regional office of the organiza tion said today.
ORDER PLANTS RAZED BERLIN, Jan. 8 (U, P.)~The allied military government announced today that orders had been issued for destruction of 22 Dornier and six Messerschmitt aircraff plants in Bavaria.
N. Y. Dress Institute Opens—
® Even the mayor of New York turned out for the curtain raiser on 20 style shows this week. . , . Miss Louise Fletcher, Times woman's editor, is there . .. to report to Indianapolis on the parade of new de-
Byrnes Ready To Bare Atom Pact Details
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (U, P). «President Truman told reporters today this government has no reason to believe that Russia possesses an atomic bomb, He made the statemient in answer to a news conference question prompted by stories from Londonderry, England, to the effect that Russia had developed a bomb far su‘perior to the Anglo-American explosive.
By CARL D. GROAT Scripps-Howard Staff Writer LONDON, Jan. 8-~The United
The alleged side payments ranged | meeting opens, to hear from Secfrom $300 to $500, -Mr. Beckwith retary of State Byrnes exactly what
the recent Moscow pact envisages. LONDON, Jan. 8 (U. P)~—
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes said today that he was confident
| sat "the atomic question will be
worked out satisfactorily at the United Nations - assembly. Mr. Byrnes arrived by plane today from Washington,
It was expected that the secretary would be here in plenty of time to reveal to the delegates the innermost details about the atomic bomb agreement. Meantime it still appears an amendment will be offered to clarify the subject, especially the plan for inspection and. control of the bomb. Under ‘UNO procedure this could be presented without consent of the signers at Moscow but it is indicated that as a matter of good prac tice, Russia and the others probably will be asked to acquiesce in the move. The Daily Herald points out that
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BRITISH . REMARKS MAY DEFEAT LOAN
Some Members of Congress - Getting Irked.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editer WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.~If enough self-appointed British spokesmen put their minds to it, congress may develop such an inferiority complex by the time the $4.4 billion loan comes up a fortnight hence it will be turned down. Leaders of both parties have expressed the opinion that if the British loan came to a vote now, it might be defeated. Rep. Gerald W. Landis (R. Ind.) Saturday reported that a “congressional poll” on Capitol hill revealed ‘enough votes to defeat” the measure. Appdrently, therefore, the. pros
“land cons are pretty evenly bal-
anced. So in rushes the Very Rev
LaFollette Pushes Drive for Senate Nomination
Congressman Charles LaFolletle, aspirant for the Republican nomination of U. 8, senator in the 1946 campaign, was“in Indianapolis: today, conferring with farm and labor representatives. Here he's talking with (left) Carl Mullen, president of the Indiana American Federation of Labor and (right) John Acker, secretary of the state A. F, of L,
CONFERS WITH LABOR LEADERS
Congressman Also Sees Farm Chief Here.
Launching his senatorial came paign with’ whirlwind verve, Rep. Charles LaFollette consulted farm, labor and political leaders here today. From here, Rep. LaFollette heads for Gary, then back down to southern Indiana, returning to Indianapolis Jan. 18. The fighting G. O. P. “liberal” conferred with Carl Mullen and John Acker, president and secretary respectively of the state A; PF.
Farm Bureau. Although the Indiana a. °. P. was reported to have “put the finger” on Mr. LaFollette's bid for the senatorial nomination, the redheaded candiiate closeted himself for 30 minutes yesterday with Governor. Gates. Conference ‘All Right’ Rep. LaFollette said his talk with the Governor was “all right.” =“T told him I was a candidate for U. 8S. senator, and he replied, ‘so I've heard.” Governor Gates asserted: “I've never had an unpleasant word with Charlie in my life.” He conferred with Henry Ostrom, county G. O. P, chairman, and Gov. Dwight Green, in Indianapolis to make a speech, The; dashing, insurgent Republican also was scheduled to confer with several C, I. O. spokesmen here today. The state Political Action committee has virtually agreed to support LaFollette if he should win the nomination and be opposed by a conservative Democrat,
Views Opposed Yesterday, Rep. LaFollette and Ben Bartlett, 8th district political leader, also visited State Auditor A. V. Burch. Rep. LaFollette’s candidacy is eyed skeptically by some Republican organization policymakers who consider his outspoken left~ of-center views somewhat rebellious. Rep. LaFollette is opposing Senator Ray Willis, an ultra conservative legislator, A flurry of speculation now centers around possibility that State Republican Chairman William E. Jenner may enter the race for the nomination as a “compromise.”
SEES NO INFLATION TREND IN MARKET
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (U, P.),— President Truman today received a report that there was no inflation~ ary trend in the stock market. This report was made to the chief executive by Emil Schram, president of the New York Stock Exchange and former head of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. Mr. Schram saw the President
this morning. Mr. Truman later told
his news conference that Mr, Schram came to tell him there was
‘Ino inflationary trend in the stock
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A successful treatment for syphilitie blindness, heretofore incurable, has been developed here by Dr. Walter L. Bruetsch, research director at Central state hospital and Indiana university psychiatry professor. . Of world importance, the process
produced in the patient by injec-| tion of malaria germs. It is announced .in" this week's issue qf the Journal of the American Medical association.
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Local Man Finds Treatment For Syphilitic Blindness
of experiments in.the Central state hospital laboratories, over the past eight years, However, it was not until the wartime development. of the “miracle” drug, penicillin that the key to the prevention of syphilitic blindness was found. The penicillin-malaria team halts
wastage of optic neryes. attacked by syphilis, ! Dr. Bruetsch says ‘the vision of
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President Bluntly Answi Protests by G. I.’s And Others.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 P,).— President Truman bluntly told protesting G. 1's and others today that. mobilization cannot be s;
The Presid ent spoke out as G. in many parts of the world
strations now going on in throughout the world, ought arouse congress to action as as we reconvene,” Mr, Rankin nid in a statement. Mr, Rankin denounced as “stmply bunk” war department assertions that new international
“The war is over,” he said, “nq 4 these men have the right to return to civil life at once.” 3 Mr. Rankin's bill, which he intre duced in September, also would d! charge all servicemen with pendents and those who wish gg return to school. The measure | now pending before the house n tary affairs committee, The White House said Mr. Te man’s statement was in response
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Temperatures Wil Average 5 Degrees Above Normal, bs
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week if the weather follows order put out by the wea in his extended forecast today, = Bos it's going to stay pretty wary
in that vase Yous likely for i yourself in the same situation | has Ray Haneline of It must be spring, he he has “millions”. ot Norms up for. future fish lure, Over week-end his yard swarmed them’as the temperature. Now he has several rin and just is waiting for sunshine or Zing Wi Either is a I sunshine is cast reads: |
‘Temperatures will five degrees above | ubertai. send | [ Saturday.
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