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Shoes] VOLUME 57—NUMBER 77 Tuning Up for Today's '500 Miler' in Miniature

Eleven-year-old Bobby Bredewater, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bredewater, 904 W. 31st st. up his miniature racer for today’s “500 miler.”

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" FORECAST: Partly cloudy this afternoon. ad tonight. Tomorrow fair and cooler,

Photo by Dan McCormack, Times staff photographer.

With other School

tunes 41 pupils, Bobby spends all his

spare time at a small concrete race track they've constructed at 939 Congress ave. Mothers in the neighborhood have contributed small m for the weekly races. Today's race was a 100-lap affair.

BOP APPOINTEES “HERE ASSAILED

Major ar Row Flares A

Over Registrations.

By NOBLE REED

A major row over Republican “personnel policies” in connection with operation of voters’ registration files broke out at the courthouse today. David M. Klapper, Democratic member of the bi-partisan registration board, protested the “type of personnel” committee was sending to the registration office. The change in Republican registration personnel was started June | 1, shortly after Harold N. Fields, | defeated juvenile court candidate, was appointed Republican member of the registration board . by County Chairman Henry E. Ostrom.

Recalls 1944 Probe

“Some of these new Republican staffers are the same ones who worked in this office in 1944 when charges of registration irregularities resulted in an investigation of the 1944 election by the U. 8. senate,” Mr. Klapper charged. “I am not going to sit by and take any chances on a repetition of the 1944 registration muddle.” Mr. Klapper explained that with the approval of Democratic County Chairman Walter C. Boetcher he had ordered a working procedure whereby all Democratic staff members would work in pairs with Re-

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Governor 'Saved,'

Gets White Shirts

CINCINRATL, June 8 (U. P).—~ The gove f Indiana had white shirts toddy and the honbr ¢¥f the Hoosier state was saved. A Cincinnati shirt company received an urgent plea from a store in Columbia City, Ind, where Governor Gates usually bought his white shirts, “Governor Gates writes us that he no longer can fulfill the duties of his office unless his stock of white shirts is replenished,” the plea read. “As a good Hoosier, IT am appealing to you to save the honor of our state.” The Cincinnati store replied with an express shipment of a box of white broadcloth shirts. ,

TIMES INDEX

Amusetnents SlLabor ........ 7 Aviation . T|Ruth Millett.. 7 Eddie Ash a Movies ....... 5 Churches ..... 4| Obituaries 10 Churchill ..... 8/J. E O'Brien. .14 Classified .11-12|Radio ........ 13 Comics .......13|Reflections -... 8 Orosswqrd:- ...10| Mrs. Roosevelt 7 Editorials + BiSerial .....%.10, Yorum. ...:... 8| Sports ....... 14 Gardening ... 9! Stranahan . ...14 Homes Page .. 9 Téen Talk .... , Don Hoover .. 8 Tillie's Noteb'k g ‘In Indpls. .... 3/In Wash'ton . 8 Inside Indpls.. 7! Women's ,,... 6!

the G. O. P. county

WASHINGTON

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WASHINGTON, June

Weekly Sizeup by the Washington

8.—You can start placing

your election bets for next two years.

Conservative candidates

will win in most contests.

In all but few localities, labor support will be liability,

particularly C. 1. O.-P. A. C.

support. If a bad maritime

strike occurs, few C. I. O.-indorsed candidates will have

chance.

Liberals are confused, divided, by events of last few This week's primaries left them stunned.

days. One observer put it this way: has lost its power.” Republican house leaders talk

“Truman has lost labor, but labor | . 1

big about winning the house this

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British See End Reds—What

By PARKER

England that ‘the possibilities of exhausted.

employed. War is the first alternative sug

STELLE ACCLAIMED IN HIS HOME TOWN

{Governors of Indiana and Illinois Speak. |

McLEANSBORO, Ill, June 8 (U.| P.).—This town of 3000 persons turned out today to honor a hometown boy, John Stelle, only national | commander of the American Legion | to come from southern Illinois. | The quiet, tree-lined streets were | decked with Legion and “welcome | to our national commander” banners as the largest crowd in the | town’s history squeezed in to enjoy the old-fashioned carnival and hear two governors speak. The town solved the problem of | feeding a crowd many times its| population by scouring the entire area and all guests were invited | to “step right up” to food and refreshment stands as long as sup- | plies lasted, Commander Stelle, who grew up in this county seat town, arrived

wife and two sons.

arrived shortly: before noon and

McLeansboro. A parade of eight bands, state and Legion dignitaries and ve6 hicles of an army air forces show launched the afternoon program, |

to the oounty Jaisgrouncs,

Gov. Dwight Green of Illinois apartment today. and Gov. Ralph Gates of Indiana |had been strangled.

to Appeasing Is Alternative?

LA MOORE

Scripps Howard Staff Writer LONDON, June 8.—There is general,

if reluctant, acceptance a) Russian appeasement have been

There is less agreement as to the alternatives which may

**! official Report §: Says Injury

gested. Nobody wants that. Sober opinion concedes the drift seems steadily in that direction. There is still hope Russia may t be induced to become a contre member of the family of nations. But all such proposals seem largely the product of wishful thinking and often unrealistic thinking. Russia 4 Mystery One trouble is no one knows what | {is going on inside Russia, or much about the true situation in ®arious| | satellite nations. A familiar thesis is that the Russians, while masters of propaganda and intrigue, are falling down as administrators and builders of sound economy. Proponents of that theory further contend Russia herself is in serious economic straits. They believe the time rapidly is -approach|ing when she must decide whether her industrial machine is to produce consumer goods or war materials. It apparently is not equal to the task of producing both. This school of thought holds that)

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WOMAN STRANGLED,

BRANDED WITH ACID

PHILADELPHIA, June 8 (U. P).

last night by plane at nearby Mt.|-—The nude, battered body of an Vernon, ‘where he was met by his attractive 40-year-old woman was

found face-down in her second-floor Police said she

The red-haired woman, identified

lunched at the Stelle hore east of fas Mrs. Mary Duffy, had been Beat-

en viciously by her assailant, detectives said.

On her stomach the letters “L'|

and “A” weré branded, apparently by acid. The letters were about

arching from the public square twp inches high and crudely fashjoned, .

SATURDAY, JUNE

8, 1946

Entered

as Second-Olass Matter at Postoffics Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday Wal vai

Find Stolen Crown Jewels In Chicago Station Locker

PRICE FIVE CENTS.

500’ LOTTERY FRAUD CHARGE BEING PROBED

$75,000 Reported Involved; ! Prosecutor Says He Is Investigating.

. City and county authorities today probed charges that a $75,000 lottery conducted on the recent 500mile race here was a swindle. They said they had a complaint that the top $10,000 prize had gone to an accomplice in the lottery. County Prosecutor Sherwood Blue reported his department was inves tigating nine winners of the lottery he said was conducted by “notorious” underworld figures. Although he would not divulge the names, Prosecutor Blue said “three or four of the winners came from Indianapolis.” City Police Silent Mr. Blue asserted the probe was initiated “three days ago” but. he did not know whether city or state police or the federal bureau of investigation were involved. Police Chief Jesse McMurtry denied that city police were involved in the lottery investigation. “I don't know anything about it,” he said. , However, William H. Remy, president of the city safety board, disclosed that city police were working “quietly” with other law enforcement agencies in the investigation. “The investigation was begun when ‘someone’ complained that a confidence man won the top prize,” Mr. Remy said. Hunt Key Figure Mr. Remy didn't know whether the FBI was co-operating with the city police, but implied that the local bureau would be investigating if the lottery spread beyond state lines. Meanwhile, police detectives yesterday were known to be searching downtown spots frequented by alleged gamblers for the key figure behind the lottery. The man sought is reported to have an international police record, having been arrested here and in Massachusetts for operation of fraudulent lotteries in recent years. It was reported the FBI had requested the city police to look for this man in Indianapolis hangouts. Denies FBI Inquiry

James Dalton, in charge of the bureau here, denied that his department was probing the case. “I don’t know anything about any |

{$75,000 or any $50,000 lottery con{ducted on the Speedway race,”

he said, It was reported tickets were sold throughout Indiana and in St. Louis, Mo, for $1 offering prizes

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ARMY GLOSES BIXBY : SHOOTING INCIDENT

Was ‘Accident.’

The army today labelled the shooting of Col. Ernest A. Bixby, Camp Atterbury commandant, as “accidental” and said that is all there is to the affair. : That was the official report made today at Ft. Hayes, Ohio, Fifth Service: Command headquarters, Headquarters also said no charges involving anyone were contemplated. From the army's viewpoint, the report wound up the shooting which has been ‘a minor mystery since it leaked out at Atterbury. Facts were, according to the amy, that Col. Bixby was shot with a .22 {caliber rifle Tuesday midnight while |alone with his wife, Martha, in their cottage on the post. The commandant, who served as division artillery commander during the Battle of France, was sent to Wakeman general hospital for treatment. His wife also was hospitalized for “nervous reaction.”

For Sports ... | Jt’s The Times

EDDIE ASH, Times sports edftor, writes authoritatively on the Indianapolis Indians.

J. E. O'BRIEN has a report on golfing activities in the state.

BOB STRANAHAN bares a possible pro basketball feud in the making.

~ ” ~ , These articles are written in a style you'll like to read, and

" they'll keep you abreast on the Hoosier sports scene,

NO KISS FOR BRIDE— Woman of 79 And Her Farm Hand, 18, Wed

LOUISA, Ky. June 8 (U. P).— Mrs. Mattie Lyons Large, T9-year-old grandmother, and her 18-year-old farm hand, Delbert Lee Sprouse, did a turn-about face and were married ‘this morning at the Lawrence county court house. Crowds of curious townspeople

HOUSTON, Tex, June 8 (U. P.).~Paris H. Larrance, 871 years old and ready to take his 11th bride, said today he didn’t think marriage was such an unusual thing. “I've just as much right to marry now as I did when I was 21,” Larrance said. His prospective bride is Mrs. Marie Haines.

crowded the county judge's office during the ceremony. Judge L. F, Wellman performed the brief ceremony in his office. The two had canceled their original plans to be married in Mrs Sprouse’s * two-room log cabin on a fork of Cooksey creek about 16 miles from here. » ® ” IMMEDIATELY after the ceremony, young Sprouse, who forgot to kiss his bride, left without her and rushed to the office of County Court Clerk W. H. Moore, to inspect

papers “and make sure it's all legal,” Mr. Moore said. Soon afterwards, Mrs. Sprouse,

who gave no indications of being a nervous bride, followed her applecheeked husband to the clerk's office. The two were brought into town

neighbor, Mr. and Mrs. Sprouse declined

the weeds are running away with our crops.”

” » WHEN ASKED the future, Mrs, mented: “We'll just stay out at the farm awhile unless we take a notion to leave.” The two declined to await news photographers and reporters scheduled to arrive later in the day for the wedding. Young Sprouse removed his hat

- their plans for Sprouse com-

| here today.

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during the ceremony at the request {of Judge Wellman.

Okay, Governor— You Pay Tax Too

MANHATTAN, Kas, June 8 (U. P.)~A customer in a Manhattan restaurant who had ordered a piece jot Je and a glass of milk asked amount of the check. A dime for the pie, a nickel for the milk and a penny for the gover{nor,” the counter man replied. “I am the governor,” answered Andrew F. Schoeppel as he handed over 16 cents,

RELEASE SCIENTISTS LOS ALAMOS, N. M., June 8 (U. P.).—Seven of the eight scientists exposed to radiation in a recent accident at the Los Alamos atom bomb laboratory have been released from the hospital, it was reported

HINT HUMBERT REFUGE LISBON, June 8 (U. P.)).—Former

in a truck by Elmer Diamond, a

invitations from: Mr. Moore and other town residents to. have. dinner here and journey home in a taxi. Mrs. Sprouse said she was in a hurry to get home “because

{der-the-counter sales.”

OPA PLANNING ONE-CENT HIKE INBREAD PRICE

Spokesman Says Increase Is Due About ‘Middle Of Next Week.’

WASHINGTON, June 8 (U, P). —The office of price administration plans to increase the price on most types of bread by about 1 cent a loaf in an effort to step up production, it was learned today. An OPA spokesman said that the bread price increase, which excludes rye bread, has been approved by OPA and the agriculture depart ment. Prices on rolls also will be boosted 1 cent a dozen when the order is announced “about the middle of next week,” he said. An indication of the seriousness of the nation's bread supply was given congress yesterday by Economic WASHINGTON, June 8 (U. | P.).~OPA officials said today that retail prices of shoes may have to be boosted as result of a 6 per

cent increase on tanned leather.

Stabilizer Chester Bowles. He told the senate small business committee that the government is considering rationing short bread supplies to retail stores. Bakers Ask Increase Rationing also may be placed into effect on wheat stocks to millers and of flour to bakers. Bakers have been asking for a cent-a-loaf increase for several months. They claim that OPA artificially has held down the price of bread by giving them higher ceilings on pastry goods. ; The OPA spokesman ‘sald that the price agency “realizes” that it is necessary to increase bread prices

, Jn Indianapolis, about the same meager supply of bread will be available to housewives this week-end as has been for the last couple of weeks. No new reduction in the amount of bread baked is pfesently in sight. Most bakeries already have reduced their daily production on the basis of limited flour supplies. This was done by most of them three to four weeks ago. Result is that about the same | amount of bread is scheduled to | be baked each week from now until the new wheat crop is available the middle of next month

|in order to keep many bakers in| production and thus increase bread | supplies. A price increase of 2 cents a loaf on rye was approved in April. OPA Asks Probe OPA, concerned about a possible | black market in bread, last week asked district price control boards to find out how bread supplies were being distributed throughout the country. Out of 57 districts reporting, 93 per cent stated the bread shortage has grown worse in the last two weeks. In 79 per.cent of the districts the shortage was said to be “serious or acute.” In 65 per cent, merchants | already are limiting sales of loates to one per customer, selling only to regular customers, or making .“un-

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CANADIAN SEAMEN STRIKE MONTREAL, June 8 (U. P).~—

King Humbert of Italy and his|Ship movements on Canadian in- |

family are expected to live in beautiful villa at Sintra, 11 ile north of Lisbon, it was rumored here today.

a|land waterways were almost at a standstill ay with millions of dollars worth of cargo held up as a result of a seamen's strike.

Marbles Gltamp

Fourteen - year - old Raymond Ryabik of Pittsburgh, Pa. shows you the on-the-knees, knucklesdown technique he used to win the annual Scripps - Howard.’ sponsored national marbles tournament at Cleveland. The champion is a brother of Richard Ryabik, 1943 winner. The Indian‘apolis Times’ entry, Donald Yates, finished third in his section.

SHIPPING TIEUP THREAT HOLDS

Talks at Stalemate; Hard Coal Contract Signed.

By UNITED PRESS

Coast ports ended today.

wide shipping strike June 15. The West coast tieup ended when shipowners agreed to resume negotiations at San Francisco. Other labor developments: ONE: The hard coal strike was settled and miners were ordered to return to the pits Monday under a contract similar to the one that ended the prolonged soft coal walkout, TWO: The Pittsburgh Pirates

voted not to strike last night, defeating the plans of the American Baseball Guild. Then they handed

ASSAULT GIRL, KILL ESCORT IN N. Y, PARK

'Hoodlums Hunted in Central Park Slaying.

NEW YORK, June 8 (U. P)— Three hoodlums—leaping out of the darkness in Central park—interrupted a young couple's love tryst on a park bench early today, criminally assaulted an 18-year-old girl and beat to death and robbed her escort, The girl, Yvonne Kenny, of Span-

|ish descent, staggered to nearby Mt.

Sinai hospital. Minutes later, police found her sweetheart, Jack Hylands, 20-year-old former member of the army air forces, lying face down on the grass. He died without regaining conscinusness. The couple had known each other |for about three moamths and at-

|tended a dange at a Young Wom=

en's Christian association club last night.

: la A two-day work stoppage by the|found in A. Woof La Seflors' union: af West | ordinary

But seven other maritime unions hastened preparations for a nation-

DURANT TELLS U. §. OFFICERS

mounted in Cardboard Box.

(U. P.).—The war departs ment today announced the remainder of the $1,500,000 in stolen German crown jewels has been found. They were located in a baggage check locker at the Illinois Central railroad station in Chicago. Col. Ralph W. Pierce of the crime inal investigation branch, provos$ marshal general's office, recovered

was revealed by Col. J. W. Durant, 3, one of the confessed Jewel thieves. About half of the jewels had been recovered earlier in Hudson, Wis, after, a confession by the colonels bride, WAC Capt. Kathleen - Nash Durant, 34. Colonel Breaks Down Army investigators said Col. Due rant broke down at 8:30 p. m. lasé night and confessed where he had hidden the rest of them. Within 15 minutes the army had the jewels in its possession. Col. Pierce would not reveal the identity of an army major and &

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from th and were lying loose apparently ready for some “fence,” Brought by Plane The investigator said Col. Durant apparently brought the loose jewels back from Europe with him by plane after removing them from their mountings.

ficer and used this advantage te fly the jewels into the country, “To the best of our knowledge we now have practically all of the jewels,” Col. Pierce said. | “The only way we can determine

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{to match them with inventories | which are still in Europe. Confesses Secret “You can imagine how difficult this job will be since many of the stones are loose from their sete tings.” He said the confessions given by Durant and his bride were being kept secret. He emphasized thas they had confessed, but “have nog yet been convicted.” The Durants were married in

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FIVE CARS OF CRACK TRAIN LEAP RAILS

BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. June 8 (U. P).~Five cars of the easte bound St. Louisian, crack Pennsyls vania Railroad passenger train, were derailed at Dinsmore crossover near here today. No one was injured. A coach, a diner and three Pulle man. cars left the track, but ree mained upright.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am. ....71 10am... 80 TRI eas 72 am... 83 Sa m..... 75 12 (Noon)... 82 9am... 1pm... 8

How fo Save Bread...If, as and When You Can Buy It

With bread hard to get, . here's how to make each loaf do . full duty.’ Plastic (above) gives exira days to s bread’s freshness. Use waxed paper if you haven't a plastic bag and store it mn the refrigerator , . .

milk and eggs; bag your loaf will

two weeks in the * moist chill and it ‘won't get moldy it wrapped , . .

. + beside the . « + Tt stale, bread

tay fresh for

“youthified”; put in paper bag, sprinkle a little water on bag and place in moderate oven 10 minutes. Or steam it over boiling water, but don't let the water touch the bread . . . :

on he $iwly

With scissors, cut .. stale bread - into ¢ubes, store in sealed glass jarin refrigerator. Use for salad, stuffing, croutons, for scal-

HIDING PLACE

Gems Are Discovered Une

WASHINGTON, June 8

the jewels. He said their location

He sald Durant was an air of