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A zero wave that plunged the mercury to eight below at 7 a. m. will linger through| today. The local weather bureau saw no relief before tomorrow. Traffic accidents on slippery streets claimed two lives in the state, one of them here. Scores were injured in falls on icy pavements. The eight-below reading was recorded at Weir Cook airport. Lowest downtown temperature was one above, registered atop the Federal building at 6:15 a. m. Later the downtown mercury leveled off at two degrees. ‘Fair and Cold’ The Indianapolis forecast was “fair and cold today and tonight. Tomorrow fair and warmer.” Early reports listed 11 below zero at Richmond as the coldest spot in the state. Extreme cold numbed residents of the north central states as New England and the upper Atlantie region lay blanketed under heavy snow. The coldest point in the nation, as reported by the U. 8B. weather bureau at Chicago, was Bemidji, Minn. where the mercury fell to 20 degrees below zero. A stinging mass of air reaching down from the north swept across the Mississippi valley and brought snow and freezing rains to the Atlantic coast. 20 Inches of Snow During the last 12 hours, 20 fnches of snow piled up at Greenville, Me. The warmest spot in the state was Evansville, where the mercury went no lower than five above zero. The warmest in the nation was—
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perature yesterday was 83 degrees, reduced fo 69 last night, but still the counfry’s highest reading. Los Angeles had a high of 71 degrees yesterday, a low of 40 early today. Other low temperatures in the state were nine below at Terre Haute, eight below at Marion and four below at Pt. Wayne. The low mark at South Bend was one above zero while neighboring cities shivered in sub-zero temperatures. An fice film on W. Morris st. in the 3300 block sent Edward J. Freyberger. retired Vincennes farmer, to his death in a two-car crash. Mr. Preyberger, who was 62, was riding in a car driven by William D. Robertson of Vincennes, when it collided with another coming in the opposite direction. Driver of the second car was Carl Richardson of 3212 Mars Hill rd. Police said fhe automobiles skidded into each other. Mr. Freyberger was thrown from the ear, his head striking the pavement. He died in the City "hospital emergency ward. Well known in Daviess, Martin and Knox counties, ‘he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Margaret H. Hief and Mrs. Ardella Marshall, both of Indianapolis. Killed On Road 31
Charles Foley, 65, of Kalamazoo, Mich, was killed yesterday when
south &f Henryville-en Road 31, ° Two pedestrians were injured last night when a car skidded at Pennsylvania and Washington sts. They were Frances Buskirk of 2138 N. Delaware st. and Miss Shirley McQuire of 1101 Central ave. They were treated at Methodist ‘hospital. Other persons hurt in falls and treated at hospitals included Russell Stevens of 5276 N. Capitol ave.; Claude Chandler of 918 Union st.; Mrs. Ruth Holcomb of 1914 Martin-
dale ave. and Mrs, Anna Stevens!
of 124 Virginia ave. Services for Mr,’ Freyberger will be held at 2 p. m. Friday in the
VOLUME 56—NUMBER 272 Mike's Case Opens
and Mrs. Lavern Shuler, 2012 West brook st. was cut in the right eye last Oct. 29 as a result of a pre-
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SENATOR POSTS | $100 REWARD
7 Testify in Prank That Cost Boy His Eye. :
Hearing in the case of Mike Shuler began in Juvenile court today after Senator Capehart deposited $100 with Judge Mark W. Rhoads for apprehension and conviction of parties responsible for the loss of Mike's eye. The 5-year-old boy, son of Mr.
Mike Shuler takes a look at the $100 check offered by Senator Capehart as a reward for finding the person who caused the 5-year-
old youngster to lose his eye. Judge Mark W. Rhoads holds Mike as
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Mitchell Clarence Johnsom . . , defendant in the Shiuler case.
Halloween prank. He was struck with a glass bottle hurled from a speeding car. Senator Capehart posted the reward when he was in Methodist hospital at the same time as the Shuler boy. May Share Reward Althotigh the recipient of the reward has not yet been determined,
go to Detective Earl D. Smith and Detective Technician Ey C. Shroeder of the Indiana state police. The case was turned over to state police after deputy sheriffs failed to crack it. Mitchell Clarence Johnson, a,discharged marine veteran, has been charged with driving an army truck in which a half dézen juveniles were riding. The bottle which struck Mike is alleged to have been thrown from this truck. Seven Testify Seven juveniles testified today that they were riding in the truck driven by the ex-marine. “We went out to ride and to! throw some bottles,” one of the| witnesses said. | “We started about 7 o'clock at a drugstore at Miller st. and Belmont ave. After riding a bit we stopped at a filling station at Morris st. and Tibbs ave. There we picked up some
bottles. Mike (Mitchell Johnson, the defendant) was driving the truck.”
The testimony hung on whether anyone in the truck had seen a boy playing with a pumpkin on a porch with an iron rail, the Schuler home.
Saw Lighted Pumpkin
One of the girl witnesses said she had seen a lighted pumpkin on a built-in brick porch. Mrs. Arthur Barton, 2959 Westbrook, another witness in the casé, testified that she saw a truck similar to the one in which the teenagers sald they were riding about 7:30 , o'clock the night of Oct. 29. — She said - the occupants of the truck were yelling and creating a commotion;
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IN DEGNAN SLAYING
TOLEDO, O., Jan. 2 (U, P).— Sidney L. Sherman, 22, Northwest - ern unjversity, today disclaimed any knowledge of the kidnap-murder of Suzanne Degnan in Chicago. Sherman was picked up by Toledo police after a newspaper reader read that he was wanted for questioning and then noticed his name in the marriage-licensé column.
PSYCHIATRIST, DIES,
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Dr. Larue D. Carter, prominent local physician and psychiatrist, died today at his home, 4280 N. Meridian st. Born in Westfield, March 17, 1880, Dr. Carter was a graduate of the old Indiana Medical college in 1904. He served as interne at City hospital from 1904 to 1006. He also served as interne at Philadelphia,
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Pearl Harbor Disaster.
By JOHN L. CUTTER United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.—Lt.
Gen. Walter C. Short today accused the war department of trying to hide its own guilt by making him “the scapegoat” for the Pearl Harbor disaster. Not he, Gen. Short asserted, but Gen. George C. Marshall and the war department were to blame for
the fact that the army was caught napping by the Japanese attack of Dec. 7, 1941.
PARALYSIS OF INDUSTRY HERE
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IS THREATENED
Stockpiles Could Idle 70 Pct, Leaders Say.
Continuation of the steel strike is creating a slow paralysis which within 30 days could close an estimated 70 per cent of the plants here,
The result will be an involuntary work stoppage by about an equal percentage of local labor. Leaders in every fleld of business said today, in answer to a survey by The Times, that continuation of the strike will be felt drastically within two weeks to a month. The time element easily is calculated. Government restrictions limit industries to a 30-day steel
even that large a stockpile on hand. Paris Shortages But every stockpile need not be depleted before many industries are forced to shut down. A parts-sup-plier might have a short supply. His closing could force, almost immediately, a second concern to shut down. Through a series of subcontractors, one supplying the other, wigespread closings would be threatened. Large construction projects will be forced to a standstill. Indianapolis now has some 25 to 30 such projects under way. Construction men estimate that there is enough
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is involved. When it comes to pipe installation, all building will hit the snag. The majority of other industries not employing steel in their end product also will be hurt. In many such cases a slowdown would be caused. An example would be a company using steel containers for storage purposes. Steel, the backbone of American industry, is cracking, business lead ers said.
The deposed commander of the] army’s Hawaiian department broke a four-year silence to declare before | the Pearl Harbor investigating com- | mittee that the war department | {should long since have confessed | its own failures. “Instead,” Gen. Short said, “they ‘passed the buck’ to me, and I have kept my silence until the opportunity of this public forum was presented to me. Offers Summary Gen. Short was relieved of his command 10 days after Pearl Harbor. He retired soon afterward with -the rank of major general Gen, Short preceded his formal statement with this opening summary: “ONE. On Pearl Harbor day I was carrying out orders from the war department as I understood them. / “TWO. At no time since“June 17, 1940, had the war department indicated the probability of an attack on Hawaii. In none of the estimates prepared by G-2 (intelligence) war department was Hawali mentioned
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Aid Meat Relief
Indianapolis appetites may be; spared the full effects of the meat | shortage even though the Usted Packinghouse Workers of Ameri (C. 1. 0.) strike continues. A survey of local needs is under way today by Local 167, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America (A. F. of L.). Louis B. Daniels, international | union official, sald that every of- | fort will be made by the local to provide Indianapolis with meat. “If the general strike continues it might be necessary to put our) plan into effect. We will then bring | meat here in private trucks from | packing houses employing A. F. of| L. werkers,” he said. There are several near Indian apolis, Mr. Daniels said. Star Wetzel & Co. is a local plant. hind are located in Louisville, Terre Haute, Cincinnati and Frankfort, Ind. | The move also will supply work for the union’s 550 meat cutters
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‘COASTING, SKATING UNDER WAY HERE
oday was a natural for cold ey sports fans and skaters and tobogganists were ready to swing|togra | Into action ~ Lake Sullivan was to be open for
sion stands serving hot coffee and sandwiches. Bonfires were to be burning at various spots around the lake, Tobogganing at Coffin golf course will be open to persons bringing their own toboggans.
Demand Retu
WASHINGTON, Jan: 22 (U. P). <A score of servicemen's wives waylaid Gen.- Dwight D. Eisenhower on his way to a congressional hearing today and demanded a. speedup in release bf their husbands. The general of the army sald |later the experience was “emo-| tionhlly upsetting.” The group confronted the army staff. chief outside the office of Chiatimat-Andren J. May (D. Ky)
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employed in 280 local stores includ- | | ing the chain Organizations.
STALIN ADOPTS NEW TYPE OF. UNIFORM
MOSCOW, Jan. 22 (U, P) ~Photographs of Generalissimo Stalin, taken at a state function commemorating the death of Nicolal Lenin,
Services Set for skating this afternoon with conces- showed today that the Russian
leader has adopted a new-style uni-' form hitherto unseen in the Bovies union: | The Generalissimo’s blouse Baa a v-shaped collar, in contrast to the ons collar he wore with his marshal’s. aniform.
G. |. Wives Waylay Gen. lke;
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of questions and complaints at him for more than half an hour. The women tld Gen. Eisenhower that: ONE: Fathers should be released in order to take care of their families. | TWO: OChildless married * men | should be released in; order to start
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been prevented from founding.
Gen: Eisenhower gave the. wives a patient hearing and then told them: “There will be no armies of occu-
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Hundreds of Idle Workers | ‘Here Are Living Off Savings
By SHERLEY UHL Indianapolis pickets are living off either “their fat or their guts”
{ depending on their financial status. “Fat” is the picketline term for
termination and practically nothing more.
Hundreds of anxious men are tin tiny picket shacks throughout the the
FIBBER AND MOLLY LISTED RADIO TOPS
Bob ‘Hope and Bing Crosby Are Other Winners.
NEW YORK," Jan. 22 (U. P.)~ The comedy team of Fibber McGee and Molly were ranked today as | America’s top commercial radio program of 1045, according to the ninth annual poll of 1100 newspapermen made throughout the country by radio daily. The two also were voted the top ranking comedy team of the air. Other winners were: comedian; Bing Crosby, singer of popular songs; Guy Lombardo, leader of “sweet” bands; Dinah Shore, singer of popular tunes; Arturo Toscanini, symphony conductor; New York Philharmonic orchestra, classical orchestra; Tommy Dorsey, swing -band leader} America’s town meeting of the air; John Charles Thomas, classical vocalist; Lilly Pons, classical vocalist; “One Man's Family,” dramatic serial; “Le’s Pretend,” children's program; Joan Davis, comedienne; Don Wilson, announcer; “Hi Parade,” musical show; Lowell Thomas, news commentator; Bill Stern, sports fommentator; Lux’ Radio Theater, dramatic programs; Andrews Sisters, singing unit; “Till the End of Time,” song of the year, and “Pol‘onaise,” musical composition.
OXFORD TO HONOR MARSHALL OXFORD, England, Jan. 22 (U. P.).—Gen. George C. Marshall,
of staff and now President Truman’s special envoy to China, will be awarded an Jowerasy degree by | Oxford nekt June, was an-
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. steelworkers + Sleciwqrkers patruntsed th their “kitchen,” a converted ‘sarage near Link Belt.
STRIKE CLOSES
savings. “Guts” denotes sheer declustered around pot-bellied stoves city. Picket vigils are kept 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Some steelworkers who = walked out yesterday hadn't had time to prepare shelters yesterday afternoon. They sloshed about on snowy sidewalks, moving constantly to | fight the numbing cold. Shelters Erected
At most struck plants, however, weathershields had been erected. Before one Link Belt gate, pickets clomped around a huge drum of smouldering charcoal placed in the middle of a canvassed inclosure. On the opposite side of the Link Belt plant, steelworkers had converted an abandoned garage into a soup kitchen, At Kingan & Co., packinghouse workers huddled in a parked car, its
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PROMISE TO SPEED UP STUDENT CHECKS
INSLEY PLANT
A.F. of L. Machinists Barred By C. I. 0. Pickets.
The Insley Manufacturing Co. was closed, completely today when picketing C, I. O. steel workers refused to let A. F. of L. machinists
through the lines. David Nelson, business representative for the International Association of Machinists, district 90, said today that local 1840 was in sympathy with the C. I. O. strike. “We have our own contract with the company and are not involved in any dispute,” he sald, “Our men reported for work and weré barred from entering the plant. There was no trouble on the line and everything is peaceful.” Meanwhile some 11000 United Steel Workers of America (C. IL 0) continued their picketing of nine local steel plants. / A total of 17,000 Indianapolis workers are on strike in various industries. Yesterday management of the Insley plant called ©. I. O. workers from the picket line in near zero weather to discuss a settlement. “Their offer was not good
Federal Bureau Says ‘Night, Shift Will Help.
Reduction of the “paperwork bottleneck” that has delayed monthly subsistance payments to ex-G. Is enrolled in Indiana ‘ colleges and universities was promised “here today, although the relief may be deldyed ‘several weeks. The Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation Education Division of the Veterans Administration will move to latger quarters in the Old Trails building, Washington st. and Senate ave., “within 10 days” and a night shift of clerical workers will be added, C. J. Dexter, department head, announced. This was in answer to 250 Uni-
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enough,” said James Robb, district representative for the strikers. Mr. Robb will leave today for
SAYS ATOM ENERGY AUTO IS POSSIBLE
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (U. P). — It's really possible to build an automobile powered with atomic energy, if’ someone insisted on having according to Dean George R. I rison of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. However, Dean Harrison explained last night to the New York Economic club, the driver “would feel pretty funny . . . perched upon top of eight feet of concrete. arranged
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