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‘Speeding Train Smashes Truck; Parents, Son Die Instantly.
A father, mother and their baby son were killed in-
stantly this morning when a}
farm truck was struck by a fast passenger train at a crossing in the heart of Lawrence. r The dead are: .: Richard Arthur Land, 49, of R. R. 12, Box 300, near Oaklandon, a farmer, Mrs. Ina Land, 39, his wife, Clayton (Jackie) Land, 2, their son, The {tragedy orphaned another son, 15-year-old Richard Dale Land, a pupil in grade 6-A at Oaklandon school.
The train, a New York Central express inbound - from Cleveland, scattered truck parts for a halfmile beyond the scene of the crash, ¢ Which occurred at 8:05 a. m. The crossing is a three-way junction of the N. Y. C. tracks, 46th st. and the Franklin rd. All three of the victims were mangled. Mr. Land was crushed in the crumpled wreckage of the truck
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cab, carried far up the doubletrack right-of-way. The body of Mrs. Land was hurled 125 feet. Little Jackie, his tiny shoes ripped off, was flung 50 feet from where the truck chassis finally came to rest. 2 Richard Land, the surviving 15-year-old son, was in his classroom when his parents were killed. He readily answered questions asked of him by deputy sheriffs without having been told of their fate. : Says Signals Working An eye-witness, Miles Staley of the Lawrence Granary, said the crossing’s signal bell was clanging
said. “on He sald the truck, a 1% ton Ford westbound on 46th st. approached the grade at about 15 miles an hour, and continued on across without stopping. The locomotive plowed squarely into the vehicle. Marked an hour late at Union station, the speeding express apparently was trying to make up time lost in its run from Cleveland. B. F. Claw, of 2337 N. Gale st., was the engineer, and W. T. Minahan of Bellefontaine, O., the conductor, Lawrence Shocked
The crash shattered Lawrence's usual early morning suburban placidity as townspeople dashed from | homes and business places to the scene. of the tragedy. At the time, the Land family was driving to the home of a ‘daughter, Mrs. Virginia Gastineau, at 46th st. and Emerson ave. Other survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elija Land of 1804 S. Denny st. Deputy sheriffs investigating the crash were Ernest Crickmore, Paul Jones and William Stockdale.
ASKS CLEMENCY FOR SLAYER OF 2 JAPS
COLUMBIA; 8. C., Jan. 16 (U.P.). —The Sciith Carolina house today had asked President Truman to in_tervene in the case of a soldier sentenced to die for killing two Japanese. A resolution adopted by the house asked the Chief Executive to exercise clemency for Joseph E. Hicswa of Wallington, N. J. In passing the measure yesterday house ‘spokesmen said it should be granted “because allied governments have exercised clemency in the cases of several high- ing
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Trash . , . in the rear of N. Illinois st. 2000 block.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY. 16, 1946
Indianapolis Needs Sp
FORECAST: Fair and warmer tonight and tomorrow; lowest tonight about 22.
By SHERLEY UHL : JNDIANAPOLIS needs a ‘spring cleaning.” Generally speaking, we're living in an unkempt town. Our face and other portions of our civic anatomy are about as clean as a dump scavenger who takes a bath once a year. :
Many of the city’s streets and alleys haven't been scoured in months—some not for more than a year.
In some neighborhoods, systematic garbage and ash collections are lagging far behind.
The city administration blames the situation on
severe weather conditions an ages. ss x ¥
SCUM remaining from
d help and equipment short-
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last month’s cold spell still
lines the streets. Barring a cloudburst, much of the resi-
due probably will be on the the spring. :
thoroughfare until far into
Gutters, particularly those downtown, are littered with debris. Not the ordniary day-by-day trash inevitable in a big city, but the undisturbed accumulation of months.
Strong winds whirl grit
to make inroads on the consumer's
SPOTLIGHT ON STEEL PARLEY
Nation Watches ‘Elephant’ For Strike Signs.
By FRED W. PERKINS Seripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 16—How “the elephant” behaves in a return engagement at the White House
this afternoon will have a big effect on the parade of labor-man-agement rows—might break up the whole, show. “The elephant” has become the accepted descriptive term for the threat of a nationwide steel strike, because this stoppage, if it comes next Monday after the current oneweek postponement, will overshadow everything else in the procession. Its trumpeting will drewn out even the noise of the bandwagon, occupied for 57 days by the General Motors strike. Some informed elephant handlers spy that Benjamin Fairless, president of U. 8S. Steel Corp., and Philip Murray, president of the C. I. O. United Steel workers, are likely to get together—before the new deadline if not this afternoon. This is the belief of some of the same people who missed out with predictions last week that General Motors was sure to accept the rec
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enemy generals convicted of the most heinous offenses.”
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KILLED IN EXPLOSION
FINDLAY, O., Jan. 168 (U. P.).—| One man was killed and five others injured, four of them seriously, in! a fire following a series of explosions that rocked the National Refining Co. works here today.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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TIMES INDEX
Ruth Millett. 11
Amusements 6-7 «Ned Brooks .: 11 Movies ...... 6-7 Business ..... 18 Obituaries ... 4 Churchill ..., 12|Dr. O'Brien . 11 Comics ...... 21 |Othman ..... 11 Crossword .., 21|Radio’ ....... 2 Editorials ... 12|Mrs. Roosevelt 11 Peter Edson . 12|Scherrer .... 12 Fashions., 16,17{Wm. P. Simms 12 Forum ...... 12|Sports ...... 8-9 G.I. Rights.. 22[Stranahan ... Meta Given . 18|George Thiem 11 Burton Heath 11|Troop Arrivals 10 In Indpls. ... 2|Al Williams . 11 Inside Indpls. 11 {Women's Jane Jordan. 21| News ... 16,17
BIG CUT IN CHINA'S
ARMIES IS PLANNED
Action Is Part of Broad Post-War Program.
CHUNGKING, Jan. 16 (U. P).— The Chinese government announced today that its armies will be reduced from their present wartime strength of 4,830,000 men to 1,800,000 during the first six months of this year as part of a broad program to unify and rehabilitate - war-torn China. Announcement of the new de-
mobilization plan was made by Vice |
War Minister Lin Wej. before the people’s consultative council, now meeting in Chungking to work out an agreement to unite all of China's
1 [warring political factions in a sine
gle coalition government. Lin's announcement coincided with dispatches from the north disclosing that nationalist troops en-
8 tered Mukden last night, marking
the symbolic restoration of Manchuria to China.
1 +1It was calculated to speed up the
unity negotiations by easing Communist fears that the nationalist government planned to retain ‘a
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Meat Tieup Boosts Nation's Strike-Idle Total to 916,000
By UNITED PRESS The long-threatened walkout of meat workers materialized today, crippling a third major U. 8. industry. :
i total of strike-idle to 916,000. A PF. of L and G. I. O, unions, dinner table by the C. I. O. leaders an early end to the walkouts, Meat workers thus joined C. I. O. electrical and automobile workers ih mass work stoppages in support of demands for higher wages. And, unless government mediation is successful, steel, the basic industry, will ibe strike-paralyzed by next Mon- ' day. In the major labor developments: ONE: Labor Secretary Lewis B. Schwellenbach telegraphed packing union officials to call off their strike
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (U, P.). ~President Truman today personally notified principals in the steel wage dispute that an agreement between them is vital to the welfare of the country.
DETROIT, Jan. 16 (U. P.).— The C. 1. 0. Auto Workers Union today formally anounced its-will-ingness to accept a general settiement of its industry-wide pay boost demands at less than its original 30 per cent demands.
and meet with him in Washington tomorrow to continue negotiations. Lewis J. Clark, president of the C.| I. O. United Packinghouse Workers! union, announced that he could not accept the request to halt the strike during further negotiations.! Mr. Clark said he would attend the! Washington meeting, however, TWO: C. 1. O. President Philip Murray will’ hear the steel industry’s reply to his demand for a 19%-
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LABOR BILLS LOONS
Military Affairs Group May Push Action.
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.~The {house military affairs commit|tee today decided to take the “ser fous ‘strike situation” into its own hands if the house labor committee does not act in “a reasonable time.” After a closed committee session, Committee Chairman Andrew J. May (D, Ky.), said the committee decided to wait a “few days” for the labor committee to take action on. President Truman's request for fact-finding machinery for dealing with the snow-balling strike situation. Asked what he meant by a few days, Rep. May said !' a reasonable time.” “We don't want to be in an attitude of coercing or attempting to coerce another committee into action,”-he said. “What we want to do is give them
(Continued on Page 3 Column 5) "KILLED BY TRAIN COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. Jan, 16 (U. P).~Robert R. Parker, 37,
was killed instantly yesterday when he drove his automobile ‘into
an eastbound troop train at a city
NEW DETECTIVE
CHIEF IS NAMED!
Capt. Sanders to Succeed _ Clifford Beeker.
Capt. Howard Sanders jecante défective chief today, following the resignation of Clifford F. Beeker, former police chief. His appointment was announced by Mayor Tyndall. The new detective chief has been police attache in the city legal department since July, 1943. Mr. Beeker, stormy petrel of the force as it was reorganized by the
Republicans when Mayor Tyndall Tells Probers He Was Un- | work in the Flanner house com-
took office in 1943, goes to the Red Cab Co. as safety direetor, . Long Feud His resignation climaxes a longstanding : feud with Safety Board
{President Will H Remy and the
present police chief, Jesse McMurtry. A veteran of 23 years in every rank on the force, Chief Beeker
rose from motorcycle patrolman to
police chief, a post he assumed in January, 1943. He was reduced to detective chief in January, 1945. One of his first acts as police chief was to lead raiding squads carrying out Mayor Tyndall's original -anti-gambling edict. Later, Chief Beeker split with administration politicians over gaming policies. Wounded in Fight
Behind him Chief Beeker leaves a career in both the uniform and detective division. He once was seriously wounded in a gunfight with desperadoes on the West side, Chief Sanders, 49, and a selfstyled graduate of “the college of hard knocks,” was appointed to the force in 1920. He served as a patrolman, then became bailiff in the old police court. He then was bailiff in 1925 in the newly-created municipal court. Later, he spent five months in the detective division and under the Democrats, droppéd down to a patrolman, where he stayed for nine months, Promoted on Merit
As a result of merit examinations, he was promoted to detective sergeant, in which job he served on the homicide squad and handled general assignments, . In July, 1942, he retired for five months, then re-entered the department as bailiff in municipal court 4. He later directed the. police
remained until he went over to the legal department detail. Both Chief Sanders and Chief Beeker are Republicans,
and dust into the eyes, hair,
. noses and clothing of the citizenry. Residents say sprink-
ler trucks no longer cover routes on regular schedules as in the past.
” » » IN SOME places longexposed, decaying garbage wafts obnoxious odors over entire neighborhoods. On neglected streets, where alley pickups are impossible, garbage . cans burst at the seams and strew their contents over the pavements.
Tin cans and broken bottles * are booby traps for auto tires.
Ash buckets, stacked high, spill and scatter. ~ » »
BUT THE alleys bear the brunt of the collection delay. Lemon rinds, coffee grounds, cabbage leaves, egg shells and just plain junk overflow from
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jammed containers. Some alleys are virtually paved with spilled ashes. Conditions in downtown alleys | are putrid—literally. In abounding filth, rats and insects romp in a sort of perpetual field day, An dl Yous ap of
refuse pours daily into these nar-
KIMMEL ‘NOT IN ON ARMY PLANS
aware of Shorts Defenses.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (U. P).—|
' Adm. Husband E. Kimmel said to- | day he did not know until after the | Japanese attack of Dec. 7, 1941, that | army defenses of Pearl Harbor were {alerted only against sabotage. The deposed commander of the Pacific fleet, which suffered a crush- | ing defeat in the Japanese attack told the Pearl Harbor investigating ‘committee he knew army defenses in Hawali were placed on the alert in response to warnings from Washington. But he said he did not know. it was just an alert against sabotage. | Adm. Kimmel said he received a {letter from Gen. Short on Aug. 5, | 1941, asking him to detail a liaison | officer between his and Adm. Kim- | mel's headquarters. On the 16th, | he said, he assigned Cmdr. Maurice | E, Curts to the detail. No ‘Watch-Standers’ Asked | Gen. Short never asked him for | any “watch-standers—for the in- | formation center,” Adm. Kimmel said. He added that it was re- | ported to him that the information | {center had operated satisfactorily | {during drills. ! Earlier, Adm. Kimmel testified {he asked the navy to retire him after the Pearl Harbor disaster only | because he was officially notified {that Lt. Gen. Walter C. 8hort, his |army counterpart in Hawali, had asked for retirement. Gen. Short was commander of {army defenses at Hawali when | {Japanese raiders swooped in on|
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FIGHT SET JUNE 19
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Such sights / are commonplace ++ + Washington and Meridian.
RELIGIOUS WORK AWARDS VOTED
Fellowships for Flanner House Planned.
By EMMA RIVERS MILNER 4 Times Church Editor
Plans were started today for young people of all church denominations, preparing for religious professions, to be awarded fellowships for a years residence work at Flanger house. They will live in a house to be erected in connection with the social settlement for Negroes.
Approval of the proposal for the new inter-racial project was voted
The proposal was embodied In a report made by Dr. James A. Crain, {executive secretary of the depart{ment of social welfare of the so-
ciety, Fellowship Awards Students preparing for the ministry, for positions as religious education directors, Christian social worker or missionaries will be eligible for the fellowships. They will ambunt to $750 to $1000 each. The students will do social
B EUROPE G.I
isons May Have
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Series of Soldier
McNarney. cracked down
angry G. L's clamoring to be shipped home. The European protests were climaxed last week by
a noisy demonstration in front of McNarney's Frankfurt headquarters during which soldiers jeered the European commander and threatened for a time to storm the building. They were dispersed by armed guards summoned to the scene after a scuffle between one of the demonstrators and an MP officer.
repressive move taken by highranking authorities since the wave of demonstrations against demobilization delays started = early this month in Manila, There was no immediaté indication whether McNarney’s action was taken on orders from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, U. 8. army chief of staff, who told congress yesterday that every soldier eligible for discharge—approximately 3,000, 000—would be out of the army by July L Eisenhower coupled that pledge with a stern warning that “the time has now arrived to replace hysteria with calm judgment and sound discipline.”
to Pigs ~Acting Secretary of War Kenneth ©. Royall said today that the United States may have to decide soon whether to abandon millions of dollars worth of surplus property overseas or keep men in the army to it. Sard Royall, defending the army demobilization program, told a senate military affairs subcommittee that it is difficult to sell surplus in war-ravaged countries. “I'm not naming anybody.” he added, “but there are indications in some parts of the world that the
Dr. Crain funity under the guidance of the institution and Dr. Cleo Blackburn; director. Xa Fifteen fellowships for all denominations, including five financed by Disciples are envisioned. The trustees’ board of the United Christian Missionary society announced an increase in receipts from all sources for the six months ending Dec. 31, 1945, of $44,410 over the corresponding périod in’ 1944. Additional proposals approved at the meeting are indorsement of the bil] introduced by Rep. Louis Ludlow providing for the establishment of a secretary of peace and goodwill for the President's cabinet; and an appeal for official change of restrictions regarding the shipment of food and clothes to Japan. The board accepted the resignation of Mrs. John Hanna, the former Miss Kathleen Shannon, of
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Dr. Blackburn
TRUMAN'S MESSAGE OVER 20,000 WORDS
{countries are waiting and hoping {for the time when we may have to walk off and leave the property. | They ask themselves ‘why buy it?’ : ! As Mr. Royall testified, there were {hints in congress that the selec{tive service act may be permitted |to expire quietly next May 15. | The acting secretary backed up | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's statements to members of congress yes-. terday. Want More Details The house military affairs com. mittee decided at a closed session to summon Eisenhower for a more detailed outline of army- demobilization procedure. Committee Chairman Andrew J. May (D. Ky.) told reporters that
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IRAN MAY ASK UNO RULE IN RUSS ROW
‘Big Powers Seek to Avoid ‘Trials’ in First Session.
LONDON, Jan. 16 (U, P.).—The | Iranian delegation disclosed today [that it has received new instruc[tions from Tehran to place the | Iranian dispute with Soviet Russia | before the United Nations. [Only yesterday the Iranian ampassador to London, Seyed Hassan | Taquizadeh, told the assembly that
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (U.P) — po might present.the Irdnian-Ris-President Truman's state of the | sian quarrel for United Nations
|union and budget message Will run|o,ngderation if an agreement be-
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (U. P.).— between 20,000 and 25000 words,|;v.en the two countries wasn't training school as a captain and Promoter Mike Jacobs announced |the White House said today.
{today that the Joe Louis-Billy Conn {world’s heavyweight boxing bout {will be held at Yankee stadium | Wednesday night, June 19,
The combined message goes congress Monday. The President will hold a seminar for reporiers on the budget section Saturday.
Here's ‘Inside’ Dope on Governor—But You Can't See X-Ray
By DONNA MIKELS WHETHER OR NOT Governor Gates’ heart is in the right place today was made a state secret, unavailable for publication, Today the Indiana public came near the chance of a lifetime—to see what really goes on inside a governor, : Yesterday at the bi-annual meeting of advisers of the state board of health the governor had an X-ray made as he inspected equipment. Today, however, the state's No. 1 man turned down a request to publish the X-ray shot.
(It's probably the‘ dhly pose newspapers have not carried of* the. much-photographed executive). Though unavailable himself, the governor let it be known through a secretary that he'd smile for the birdie any time-but there'll be no “inside” stuff. The tiny micro-film X-ray was intact atthe board of health and, the way to it was barred with verbal barriers and virtually padlocked darkrogm doors. Ralph F./§ booming “No” left the voters to speculate as to what really goes on under his bluff ex-
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terior. A couple of pertinent facts, however, eked out from people who peeked at the film. Pirst of all, the governor's lungs
are normal, What's more, -he has a good air supply, the picture revealed. (Unfortunately, the machine was not equipped with a device to measure temperature as well as supply.) And, it might please the public to know that his lung expansion is good—very good. Thal means the Hoosier executive can vie with any other state's in putting up a good front,
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Beyond that, however, the “inside” information on the govas
ernor was as unavailable General Motors’ books. Meanwhile, the governor was
assured enough proteins to keep him in fit shape despite the strike of packinghouse workers. , ‘Ray Hahn, operator of the John L. Hahn. Packing Co." said his firm -had a call from Mrs, Gates this morning. She wented a roast for the governor's dinner tonight. “I had a roast put away for myself,” Hahn said, “but I'm ocer-
Gen. McNarney Cracks Down Following
For Demobilization. :
FRANKFURT, Jan. 16 (U. P.).—All G. I. mass meets ings, protests and demonstrations against the army's dee mobilization policies were banned today by Gen. Joseph TT 3 McNarney, commander of American forces in Europe. "
McNarney's order was the firsc|
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POLITICS SEEN IN GI PROTESTS
Recognized Pattern Noticed In Statements, 3
SHANGHAI, Jan, 16— The vast majority of G. I's participating in “we-wanta-’ go-home” demonstrations here are motivated solely | by a natural desire to return
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ordinary American soldier, when he's upset about something, does not express himself in phrases
such as “implementing post-war state department policy.” 2 The policy to which this state~ ment refers is that of aiding prese
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U.S. MAY RELEASE 200 GERMANS
Jails Needed to Make Room For Nazi Suspects.
FRANKFURT, Jan. 16 (U, P) =~ Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay announced today that more. than 20,000 Gere mans who were jailed automatically as members of suspected German organizations might be released as a result of a new directive from the war department. i The war department authorized the U. S. military government in Germany to free members of or+ ganizations not facing war crimes indictments, Gen. Clay revealed. He is deputy military governor of the American zone. Gen. Clay reported at a press conference that “perhaps 20,000 of ' 117,000 confined” would be released in keeping with the directive from Washington. Gen. Clay intimated, however, that more arrests of suspected Nasi ® war criminals could be expected. “We have got to clean out our jails to make room for others we expect to put there,” he told news« men. ta Organizations or categories not indicted and not likely to be ine: dicted would include industrialists as a group, burgomeisters, police officials, and Germans serving as government officials in countries occupied by Germany before the Nazi defeat.
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