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Eddie Ash.... 30| Jim Lucas .. Jack Bell..... 19{Ruth Millett, . Ned Brooks .. 21 (Movies ....... 12 Business ..... 16 Obituaries ... 10 Crossword ... 32! Dr. O'Brien.. 19 Comics ...... 36 J. E. O'Brien, 30 _ Editorials .... 20/Radio ....... 38 . 20

FORECAST: Showers probable tonight and tomorrow, = Cooler tomorrow. afteinoon.

Bill Frazer, Indianapolis’ spelling champiom, is served a deluxe breakfast by Shirley Faubian, hostess

of the TWA luxury liner.

Bill Hops Off... . For the National Title, Maybe

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ULTIMATUM ON Pim Beach's GH WAR BAB LIQUOR IS GIVEN

'Springer

Springer today sounded what he

{sued this morning,

THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1946

- Entered as Second-Olass Matter at Postofice Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday

Wait Rail Strike rd eaders At White House

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T0 POLITICIANS.

SocietyQueen ls Dead at 81

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, May 3 (U. P.).—Mrs, Edward T. Stotes-

bury, widow of the noted financier

| decades,

That Both Parties | Must Obey Law. |

died here today. She was 81.

The undisputed queen of Palm

| Beach society since 1920, she died By ROBERT BLOEM {in the fabulous El Mirason mansion Republican State Chairman Clark she and her late husband acquired |New charges of insanitary condi-|

hoped would be the death knell of ji, 0)ioht because of her failing

in Indiana. |

{the 13-year-old liquor-politics tieup | health.

Mrs. Stotesbury was born in Illi-

Warning members of both parties| nois and married the J. P. Morgan |

to sever financial and political re-| partner in Washington in 1912, after Smith, 5's months old, who arrived into

DIES; PROBE OF BRIDE SHIP ON

Malnutrition; Insanitary Conditions Hit.

NEW YORK, May 23 (U. P).—

Y. Fi

heats

Tieup, Called

ls Being Made by Truman

BULLETIN WASHINGTON, May 23 (U. P.).—~President Truman ' summoned railroad carrier representatives to the White Issues Warning|and a leading Social figure for five ggtors ay y Fatalities to Rouse shortly after 12:30 p. m. today, A spokesman for the Association of American Railroads announced the presidential action while Mr, Truman was in conference”

with rail union chiefs.

Answel

nal Attempt to Avert

for 5P. M.,

WASHINGTON, May 23 (U. P.).—Heads of the train-

|in that year. For the past several yi, and overcrowding aboard war | ih | years she had remained out of the| a 8 ‘men and engineers went to the White House today, presum

bride ships were made today as the | ably to reply to President Truman's 1815 cent compromise

| sixth baby died in a Pittsburgh hos- | | pital,

The latest victim was Vivian |

| proposal.

As the leaders of the trainmen and the engineers went

the President's office, they

told reporters: “We're here

lationship with the liquor and beer |a previous marridge which produced in this country Sunday aboard then, jy yitation and we'll have a statement when we come out.” industries now, Mr. Springer threat- |the three surviving children:

ened to use the full weight of the

They are Mrs. Alf Hieberg, a

Brazil. The charges were made by indig-

law against any who may persist in {former wife of Gen. Douglas Mac- nant mothers. A four-man army-

playing both ‘ends against the

middle.

Arthur;

James H. R. Cromwell,

appointed investigating board prepared to make public an official re- |

In a statement prepared after a | (Continued on Page 3—Column 4) | port on conditions aboard the hanes

tightly closed policy meeting with! party leaders two days ago and is- | Mr. Springer said: "“The Alcoholic Beverage Act prohibits any liquor or beer licensee from contributing funds to any po-| litical organization, and the Republican State Committee has somite | ! with provisions of the act. have called attention of the Trios, county and district committees to, {the provisions of this act and gwe| ishall insist on strict compliance by | h local com ‘We shall insist on equally strict

Spelling Champ, Rabbit's Foot OPA INCREASES hime! ams, es

And All, Greeted by Capehart NEW CARP PRICES "reve wane

Times Washington WASHINGTON, May 23.—Indianapolis Spelling Champion Bill Praser, his rabbit's foot and four-leaf clover in his pockets, swooped | into the nation's capital today at noon. Jauntily stepping out of the big Trans-World Airlines luxury liner, accompanied by Times Staffer Art Wright, 12-year-old Bill was greeted by 1; 8: Senator Homer E, Capehart and Times Washington Correspon-

ent Daniel M. Kidney “Oongratulations, Bill” said Senstor Capehart to the lad whol

‘Indiana in the national -

spelling bee tomorrow. Confident He'll Win “Tm confident you'll win and I wish to congratulate The Times for its community service in sponsoring the spelling bee,” he declared. The pride of John Strange county school was served with a special breakfast by Shirley Faubian; hostess of the picked crew. It was 7:40 &. m. when the giant ship raced down the rw vay of Weir-Cook airport for the takeoff to the capital, At the controls of the twin-en-gine Douglas DC-3 was Capt. Glenn Brass, a combat veteran of wonld

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‘Cost Ranges ges From $33 to, $167 More Than in "42.

WASHINGTON, May 23 (U. P). —New automobiles will cost you

‘Prager of

The finals in the national spelling bee in which Bill

the Mutual system and heard here through WIBC. Ed Mason, program director of the local station, said the contest would be on the air from 11:30 a. m. until 12 noon, Indianapolis time. At that time it is expected the national champion will be determined. Pupils of the John Strange county school, where Bill is an eighth-grade student, will listen to the broadcast at their school.

from $33 to $167 more than in 1942, according to the make and design. The OPA boosted prices another] 4 to 8 per-cént yesterday iti grant-

year. OPA promised cdnsumers, however, that there will be no further price advance operating experience at volume is available.”

normal

Hudson, Nash-Kelvinator, Packard, | or Studebaker. The higher prices reflect increased costs to manufacturers for ma-| terials. Previous increases Were granted for higher labor costs changes in design. The new pe creases range from $33 on a Chevro-

let to a §167 for a Lincoln.

FDR Knew War Was Near,

Konoye Memoirs Disclose

By JOHN L. CUTTER United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 23.—The late President Roosevelt accused Japan of war intentions a month before the Pearl

Harbor attack.

The increases go into effect-on all automobiles sold by the manufacturers after May 232. Here are the new and 1042 prices | on four-door sedans: Plymouth De Luxe-—1948 $1069; 1942, $882. Dodge De Luxe—1946, $1176; 1942, | $991. Desoto De Luxe—1948, $1251; 1942, $1003. Chrysler Royal—1946, $1353; 1942, {$1167.

“until actual |

organizations of

Simultaneously, Mr. Sprin ner | served what appeared to be final notice on G. O. P. party leaders | {alleged to be closely allied with if | not actually engaged in beer whole- | sale businesses in the state. “I am advised,” he said, “that the! jAlcoholic Beverages Commission is |calling the attention of all licensees {to the provisions of the act relatin to contributions to political Ri zations and advising all licensees

ing the third price increase this|that their licenses will be revoked ot be done

in case of violation. “I ant further advised that the A. B. C. has already adopted or will adopt a

WARNS BUYERS

pare tatan

ON: PRIORITIES

The Civilian Production admin- |

| istration today urged all persons] planning te lease commercial or

the Democratic industrial property requiring struc- | tural change to investigate build-*

ing material priorities before entering any binding lease. 7”

Albert ©. Evans, Indianapolis |emoved to a Pittsburgh hospital {two if railroads {was the seven-month-old son of |yirtually all

Mrs. George Herter who was en throttled and the effects on the|the suggestion at White House con route to Waseca, Minn. Its condi-|food picture would be drastic once|ferences late yesterday, but Train-

CPA district manager, pointed out| that many applications for building material for remodeling are be-| {ing turned down, even if the re-

unless it eonfaincidn escape clause, even if nec » of the | terial scarcity.

| Figures Cited

| He pointed out that during a peregulation which will pro-| riod from April 12 to May 16, the hibit any person holding any posi-| CPA denied 62 from a total of 210 The new ceiling prices apply toition in the state administration,| cases. The 148 cases approved were all new passenger automobiles made |either appointive or elective, from| for remodeling totalling $11,827,319, by Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, having any interest directly or in-|while those denied would have re-

{ quired $11,117,710 in remodeling ex-

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SHERIFF REFUSES "

T0 RESIGN POST:

Noblesville Officer Ignores Grand Jury.

NOBLESVILLE, Ind., May 23 (U.|

“I will not resign under any cir-|

He told Japanese diplomats bluntly that he did not be-| Ford De Luxe Eight—1946, $995; | cumstances,” he said. “I have not| lieve their denials, it was revealed today.

The disclosure was contained in the memoirs of Prince Fumigaro Konoye, former Japanese premier. The memoirs were placed

GIRL CHANGES MIND

ON 19-STORY LEAP i= evidence before congress’ Pearl . -maki Harbor investigating committee. | Memorial day automobile race, to-|They were charged with contribut-

{day filed suit in superior court ing. to the delinquency of minor Wanda Charlton, 18-year-old circus

Flees From Ledge as Police, Fire Cars Arrive.

PHILADELPHIA, May 238 (U. P.) ~—Pretty 22-year-old Adeline D. Mavilla wavered on an outside ledge of the Bellevue-Stratford hotel today. Then, startled by a scream, she ehanged her mind about a suicide leap to the street 19 floors below | and fled from the ledge as police radio cars, fire company ladder trucks and émergency squad cars raced up. Mrs, Mavilia, mother of a small daughter, told police she left her parents” home some time earlier

1942, $931. Lincoln Model 731946, $1919;

the late|1942, $1799.

KELLY PETILLO SUES

| been convicted of any offense.” | Sheriff Micheifedler, his bride o 2 month, Mary, 40, and a former ousekeeper, Mrs. Bernice Maker, [ho all were named in a grand jury

TRACK FOR $5000] 1cictmen alleging that the bars of thes Hamilton county jail proved | Kelly Petillo, winner of the 1935/ no barrier to illicit love-making.

| penses, applications were approved.

odeling materials before Dy Aw a lease, Mr. Evans said his office weighs each application upon the basis of community necessity or personal hardship.

Applications Refused

semedeling can-

Twenty-five Marion county |

In urging that prospective tenants, [iestisnte the possibility of obtain-|

| por, Zebulon Vance, the vess: [whith 20 babies became Saal ps

{during the Atlantic crossing.

Five of the babies stricken aboard

he Vance have died since the vessel

: .¢ System. babies and two All Industry Would Close if “Mr. Steelman declined comment | when he emerged from a “final. talk” with union chiefs béfore they {answer President Truman's wage compromise proposal.

docked Monday. Twenty-two | mothers have been stricken by a|

disease, believed to be “summer diarrhea.” Both mothers have re-| covered. |

Spasms of Vomiting

The Smith baby was one of two children aboard the Brazil Both]

‘burgh and taken to a hospital.

spasms of severe vomiting and diar|rhea and apparently was suffering |

RAIL ISOLATION THREATENS oi

[tion today. as prospects for a na-

They arrived at the White House at 11:31 a. m.

Walkout Is Called.

Indianapolis again was threatened with virtual economic isola-

tion-wide railroad tieup mounted. Approximately 15,000

strike goes through and at least 11

Station may not depart. Although it appeared probable no|

{ from malnutrition. The other child |effects would be felt for a day or

{tion was reported improved.

140 other infants. of Nursery Was Crowded

ma- for all of the babies, a broken Re {vomited andphad diarrhea. For two {days he could eat nothing. We could {see our babies only once a day for an hour.” She said quarters for women on the ship were good but the ursety was crowded. “Our babies got no fresh air Tor seven days,” she reported. The fifth reported victim of the | epidemic aboard the Vance, the daughter of John Ball and his Al-

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POLICE HUNT GRAVE

f J For example, he said, materials IN MYSTERY DEATH

‘for a physician's office would prob- |

ably be approved while those for a’

| P.).—Sheriff George Michelfelder, | lgrocery in a community which al- Search Roadside

Ditches

{ready had several other such stores

might ‘be refused. “With the present short supply | of . lumber and other essential building materials,” he" declared,

[to build or remodel commercial or | {industrial property must be refused |

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CIRCUS AERIALIST

| PLUNGES 35 FEET

“many applications for permission |

And Fields -for Body.

| RENSSELAER, Ind, May 23 (U| | P.).—Police, sheriff’s deputies and | road workers joined today in -a search for the grave of Charles Fodor, 27-year-old Chicago church

¢ by the CPA in order to divert sup- | worker whose blood-stained auto-

{mobile was found here Monday.

Sheriff Vern Michal, working on|

{the theory that Fodor might have been slain by hitchhikers, instructed workers to search roadside ditches and flelds in the area for the

| modeling is necessary for ra Mrs. Herter, a Belgian bride, said

{on business. He warned. thet the tenant still g | 15 bound by the terms of the lease, |

ed baby was taken from her at Le Havre and placed in a nursery with

grt baby

The committee released copies of {the documents at the final public i session of its investigation to assess Indianapolis Motor Speedway. the blame for the worst naval de- He charged in the sult that] feat in American history. | Speedway officials refused to perIn addition to the Konoye mem-|™it his entry in this year's race. oirs, the committee accepted as He further charged that because testimony the written answers of of his daring style of driving, he is

former Secretary of State Cordell] ‘feared” by many drivers and that the Speedway had termed him “in-

(Continued on Page 3—Column Die Spee of driving.

| 5, asking $5000 damages from the|

War Secrecy Restrictions Hised

By NED BROOKS

after a quarrel over her not working. She said she was married six years,

. TIMES INDEX

12, Inside Indpls, 19 19|Jane Jordan,, 35

Amusements . Aviation .....

Europe Today 20| Reflections Fashions .... 24 Mrs. Roosevelt 19 Mrs, Ferguson 24|Serial ....... 9 Forum ....... 20|Sports .....30-31 G. I. Rights.. 7|Washington .. Don Hoover.. 20! Geo. Weller . 22

8 tion still classed by the army or 19 navy as secret is being released.

> bought about 1000 of them. .

Seripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, May 24.-—Russia was revealed today as a leading

| buyer of scientific information from which wartime secrecy restrictions

now are being lifted by this government, Documents describing new inventions, discoveries and technical processes are being collected by Soviet répresentatives despite lack of reciprocal arrangements making similar Russian- held information avail- | able to this country. It’s all legal, officials’ explain, and no informa-

V-J day. Russia has bought about 175,000 such documents.

Russian purchases fall into two classes: 1-—Copies of reports on technical discoveries, consisting largely of in |P formation seized from enemy sources, These documents are available through the interdepartmental publications board and Russia has

ment has been negotiating with |

American firms for designs and processes on. wartime products.

electronic devices.

headed by Senator Eastland (D.

2—-Copies of patents many of

In Indpls. ... 2 Women's , 34-25

These negotiations have been chief- | these stories,”

ly in the field of radar and other reported here that Generalissimo many ‘Stalin is having trouble with his| from the army into thé supreme future of

A senate judiciary: subcommittee marshals, It is said: Miss.) is investigating all phases of | and troops for that reason. which ele Hing secret until after (Comitied on Page 3~—Column 3) | troops home,

DETROIT, May 23 (U.P)

girls. : ol | aerialist, was unconscious and apr. Jnajetment charged critical condition today after plung-

hiing 35 feet from a trapeze wh

serving a vagrancy sentence, wit statutory rape. “Maybe ‘the public will change its|ers circus at Olympia stadium. mind when it hears the other side| Attendants at Providence hospi

~— | body.

Fodor's car, with a bullet lodged near the sun visor, was found in a eserted tourist camp on the outskirts of town. There were blood ile|stain and traces of what police

in|

| performing with the Barnes Broth- identified as a portion of a human

brain on the front seat.

Fodor, a war veteran, was last

tal

of the story,” the sheriff said. He|said extent of the girl's injuries (seen when he left home Sunday

ignored the grand jury's suggestion|could not he determined

that he resign. mediately.

im- {afternoon for a church festival at

South Bend, Ind.

What's Russia Up To? Soviet Is Leading Buyer Of U.S. Scientific Information

What's Russia up to now? She's buying up copies of patents in the U. 8. She is sending troops to “occupy” Czechoslovakia through Sunday's elections. These are reports of strange goings - on in Russia's internal politics. These three stories by ScrippsHoward staff writers raise an intriguing question mark.

Is Stalin Facing Internal Trouble ?

By Soripps-Howard Newspapers WASHINGTON, May 24.—Berlin i8 a rumor mill. But some of the chaff ground up there may be straws in the | according to a former U. 8. army officer: who has written back some

politics as they were told to him while he ‘was in Berlin. | “I can't judge the accuracy of pa he said. “But it is| “THAT he potential

| Soviet where they will have

“THAT he is afraid to bring somé Wal

| %

wind

is kicking upstairs trouble-makers| ures cou

“The sources of this information

| occupation. | The Russians have the Czechs so

Reds Rule Czechs, We Pay Bill

By PARKER LA MOORE Seripps-Howard Staff Writer VIENNA, May 23.—Russia’s action in sending troops into Czecho[slovakia prior to the elections Sunday is regarded here as tantamount to

should shut down,

industry would be]

Ithey set in. Although the Hoosier ° capital would be better off than many cities because of the large extent to which foodstuffs already are shipped in by truck, many items

“thre tables altogether within « day or two. The coal situation, already serious because of the mine strikes, would be heightened by inability to get shipments into the city. Mail and other delivery services depending directly on railroads would have to be completely revamped, an operation of doubtful efficiency. Even trucking would be affected shortly because of shortages which might result in supplies of gasoline and oil, much of which is shipped in railway tank cars. Ray E. Gilbert, legislative representative of the railroad brotherhoods, said some 10,000 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train-

| viser John R. Steelman held je srcial 27-minute confer- =

ned Wilh de He then met with | manggement representatives as the | zero hour approached for a strike | that would cripple the nation’s rail

Earlier, presidential ad- .

Hint New Proposition’

Mr. Steelman’s subsequent oon-

Indiana (ference with rail officials suggested | were removed from a train in Pitis- | {raitnmen will be affected if the|De might be carrying with him a» ¢

new union proposition for avert-

Doctors said the Smith child had | trains scheduled to leave Union|ing the nation-wide strike sched-

uled for 4 p. m., local standard time, today. Mr. Truman bas proposed a $148 a day wagé increase. The carriers {and 18 other brotherhoods

Engineers ton held out. James P. Shields, second in com mand of the engineers union, said at Chicago he’ saw little hope of ’ acceptable”

working out Ee “anything

men President A. F. Whitney and

chief engineer of the engineers runion who said at New York “the situation still. looks bad.”

Leaders Are Threatened

Brotherhood of Trainmen said today that railroad officials in New England and elsewhere have threatened union leaders with prosecu« tion under the Smith-Connally act, The statement was made by Wil liam E. B. Chase, deputy national president of the brotherhood, who was assigned to direct the railroad strike in New England: He said railroads “throughout the

men and 5000 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers would be involved in a strike. | There are 32 local unions in Indi- | ans. Mr.

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ARAB RIOTS FEARED OVER ACTION BY U. S.

WASHINGTON, May 23 (U, P).| —Arab nations today were expected to renew their strong opposition, possibly in the form of violence, over the state department's blunt announcement that the United States fully endorses immediate | admission of 100,000 Jewish elutees into the holy land. The department night that President Truman's ap- | proval of the plan, recomniended by the Anglo-American Palestine committee, constitutes the official stand on the matter.

disclosed last

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Gilbert said wage iaeredses |

country” had threatened such action if union leaders actively urged trainmen and engineers to strike {when the 4 p. m. deadline arrives

Declines to Elaborate Mr. Chase declined to alaborate lon his statement or to name any lof the railroads which, he contended, had made the threats. He

{also refused to express an opinion

(as to whether the strike would take place as scheduled, Meanwhile, union proposals for settlement of the coal crisis were laid - before President Truman by his top labor advisers, They were trying to avert a resumption of the strike at midnight Saturday. ... .. John L. Lewis, president of the | United Mine Workers (A. F. of Lo, had submitted the proposals during initial bargaining with government officials who took charge after seizure of the pits yesterday. The government officials took the proposals to the White House for & conference with the President. President Truman met with Reconversion Director John W, Snyder, Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach, John R. Steelman, White House labor expert, Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug, and Vice Admiral Ben Moreel, Mr, Krug's deputy in operating the mines, Mr. Krug planned to confer later today with Mr, Lewis, The union proposals were submitted yesterday during more than six hours of con~ ferences of Mr, Lewis, Mr, Krug and othr union and government officlals.

completely under the heel there is

[no further need to intimidate them. Yet there isn't any expectation | that the country will go Communist at the election, which will be by

| secret ballot,

| Soviets. A drop

Even rightist leaders have told of | | visitors privately. that they hope the In addition, the Soviet govern-| | the observations he has made on a several months’ tour through Europe. Communists will poll an increased Part of a recent letter is devoted to some aspects of Russian internal, ts as a friendly gesture to the in Communist | strength as. shown by election fig-

ld be disastrous to the Czechoslovakia, the lead-

been rolling with the punches in the Communist dilemma by nationalizing most of {Convinueq on “Page 3—Column 6) the SuniY ‘basie industries while

| voiding the yoke of totalitarian dictatorship. They have sought to appease Russia for this departure from prescribed formula by giving the Soviets’ a virtual monopoly on the country’s manufactured products, So Russia has been benefiting handsomely from her control over the country without the necessity ot throwing her weight around by a show: of arms. Moreover, even though it is against the national

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