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VOLUME 57—NUMBER 83

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WINCHESTER D SHUT HOSPIT

FOR VACATIONS

Protests Mount Over Closing County Institution, Ousting Patients.

WINCHESTER, Ind., June 15 (U. P.).—Plans to close the Randolph county hospital to permit nurses

and employees a two-week vacation went ahead today despite protests from doctors and civic leaders and intervention by the Indiana state board of health. While an emergency meeting of the county hospital board, the county commissioners and a state health board representative was tentatively set for tomorrow afternoon, physicians began moving patients from the 35-bed institution. “We couldn't give any vacations with our present short staff with out closing,” said Max Diggs, Winchester banker and president of the hospital board. Mr. Diggs said he had received humerous protests but he “didn’t know what else we can do.” Offers Assistance

In Indianapolis, State Health Director Dr, Leroy Burney said he had wired Mr. Diggs offering assistance in an effort to forestall the shutdown of the hospital, which serves a county of 28,000 persons. “Our interest in the situation lies in the fact that the closing would affect the health of the community,” he said. “We would be glad to send our director of hospital division for consultation with the county commissioners and hospital board.” Mr. Diggs said he had not replied to Dr. Burney's offer, wired yesterday, but that he hoped to

The sport that Hoosiers than any begins at midnight tonight. throughout Indiana anglers getting tackle in shape for the | opening of the 1946 fishing season, _ Partly cloudy skies and streams |

attracts more| other activity And |

arrange such a meeting tomorrow. He doubted that it would be in time to prevent the hospital closing. Could Talk Business

“If they (state board of health) | bring up ‘a bunch of nurses we | could talk business,” he said. Mr. Diggs said he didn’t know how many patients would be af- | fected by the order. He said the hospital was overcrowded. Later, Dr, Burney said that “for e short period of time we might be able to provide public health nurses.” “If there is any possible way to prevent the closing, we'd be glad to do what we can,” he added. ‘It's a Shame’ A spokesman for Winchester physciians said “it was a shame” the hospital had to be closed. He said there were probably some patients in the hospital now who shouldn't be moved. “We're still working on it, it probably will close,” he said. State health board officials said

but

chéster tomorrow anyway to ap-

FOOD SCARCITY NEARING CRISIS

Holsewives. $ Soon to Face Higher Prices.

Sunday dinner in many Indian-

lapolis homes tomorrow will be a

relatively simple meal, with a crisis approaching in the supply of meat, breat and butter, Housewives ransacked the city| today for enough meat to ake} a center dish. _ Meanwhile, word from OPA offi- | cials indicated the average consum- | er will be required to pay more in| the future for what limited sup-| plies he may find available. Plan Coffee Price Hike

A plan to increase the price of | coffee 3 to 5 cents a pound | beginning with the new fiscal gh July 1 was disclosed today

prove scheduled alterations to be | made at the hospital. Mr. Diggs said they would be made during the vacation period. Hospital ‘Overcrowded’ Members .of the Winchester Ki-| wanis, Rotary clubs and the Kappa Kappa Kappa sorority have offered assistance in plans to set up an emergency hospital at the Masonic hall. Doctors said most cases would either be taken home or to surrounding cities where hospitals were already “overcrowded.” Mr. Diggs defended the order. He said the vacations were necessary because the hospital was so short staffed that the loss of one nurse would disrupt service.

NAME SENATOR TO SUCCEED BANKHEAD

MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 15 {U. P.).—Gov, Chauncey Sparks today appointed Robin Swift, Atmore, Ala., to the U, S. senate to succeed

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 15 (U. P.) —Rep. John Sparkman (D. Ala.)

announced today that he will be a

Washington officials. Efforts to cut | subsidy payments to coffee growers | led them to ask that coffee prices be increased as compensation. Additional supplies of wheat ex-| pected the latter part of next| month may provide some relief for bread consumers, although the government warned that largescale movement of grain abroad must be continued to meet mini- | mum needs. " Sugar Going Up, Too i With price rises already in effect or about to be inaugurated for milk, bread, butter, cheese and some cereals, housewives will be expected to lay ‘out an extra penny for a five-pound package of sugar, another government source said. And while they searched for some food items that are almost nonexistent, a word battle continued between food producers, processors and consumers concerning who is to blame. A squeeze play on prices pinched off the already woefully inadequate supply of butter here. Butter Vanishes The scarce commodity became al-| most entirely unobtainable when! producers quietly stopped the bulk of their sales and deliveries to|

candidate in the forthcoming pri- | await clarification of the newest]

mary for the unexpired term of the| late Senator John H. Bankhead. Under Alabama law a special primary and election must be called to fill Mr, Bankhead's senate seat. An_ interim appointment may be made in the meantime by Gov.! Chauncey Sparks.

DEATH OF THREE PROBED MISHAWAKA, Ind. June 15 (U. P.) —Coroner C, T. Goraczweski today probed the deaths of a 34-year-old mother and her two young children, whose bodies were found in their gas-filled home by the husband and father. The coroner said he probably would return a suicide verdict in the death of Mrs. Stanley Faber,

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price tangle, Premature announcement fromi| Washington of an OPA intention to increase the retail price of butter 11 cents was hlamed for the new! butter crisis. Widely publicized, the | price boost still has not gone into!

| effect” here.

TRACTOR KILLS CHILD | DELPHI, Ind. June 15 (U. P.).—| Evelyn Hanaway, 4, was killed: instantly yesterday when struck by. a tractor driven by her father, George Hanaway, at their] farm home near here. The father said he did not see her playing in| the barnyard when he started the | tractor,

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World Affairs., 8/

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A fellow can dream, can't he? . .

next week after he carries his route—sit o pole and wait for the fish to bite.

muddied by rainfall seemed to be] And the home “fly-makers,” that! the general order of the day|Indiana war-born crop of crafts- | throughout the length of the state. | men who learned to make good arti-

were | {Only in the Tippecanoe river region| ficial bait when regular lines were |

was there a forecast of clear normal| non-existent, waters in streams. Lakes are clear were good. Ki the state. | In fact the only thing that wasn't]

WASHINGTON

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Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

WASHINGTON, June 15.—Robert Jackson may leaye supreme court and run for Governor of New York, seasoned politicos think. Jim Farley conferred with Mr. months ago on governorship race, previous indication Mr. cians figure it this way: Now that he’s sure he can’t be chief justice, Mr. Jackson may try for presidency, via Albany. He wanted to do it in 1940 and Mr. Farley blocked it. Now Mr. Farley wants candidate who won't play too close to Mr. Truman. Mr. Truman's disclosure that Mr. Jackson defied him in making public his complaint against Black adds to impression here Mr. Jack-

son intends io leave Washington. » n a ” ” »

Jackson ' several but there'd been no Jackson was interested. Politi-

When Mr. Vinson takes over as chief justice, he'll find bitterness of Jackson-Black feud is matched by differences between Justices | Murphy and Frankfurter; Murphy and Jackson; Frankfurter and | Black.

” ” o » Senate's zest for talk has disrupted its timetable With only two weeks remaining before new fiscal year begins, seven (Continued on Page 3—Column 3)

WHY CALL IT A MYSTERY?

Clash Between U.S., Britain

Is Stalin's Aim, Eastman Says

This is the last of three articles by Max Eastman, the radical whe | thought he would find Utopia in Russia. He went, he saw, he followed through and this is what he sees today. » u » 8 ~ » By MAX EASTMAN Written for the Seripps-Howard Newspapers

IN THE FACE of Joseph Stalin's clearly stated purpose eventually

to conquer the globe by revolution and remake it in the Russian image, many of our statesmen still cling to the belief Stalin is joining in an effort to tranquilize the world. They were astonished when on Feb. 9, 1946, in the midst of their | supposedly co- )-operative effort to prevent wars, Stalin announced in-a

{speech to his own people tha | ‘under a capitalistic system 3 BIG. 4 MINISTERS { Fora economy” wars are unpreable. With N ONFERENGE hooey by way of Uf EW 0 introduction, Sta~ lin based his pro \

gram for a 15« Atmosphere year development of the Soviet not United not a

Pessimistic Prevails in Session.

PARIS, June 15 (U. P.).—The Big word about that Four council of foreign ministers’ —but on the met today in an atmosphere of pes-| prospect of ansimism. It may be-the final attempt | other war. to break the deadlock between Rus-| That Stalin

on the Nations —

Max Eastman

she was | sia and the western powers over the | wants peace with the great powers

European peace settlements, The conference reopened | Luxembourg palace aftet a month’ s| tion to go on believing that he takes recess. The ministers will seek seriously the effort of the United agreements on the European peace Nations to make future wars imtreaties and the future organization | possible. of Germany,

for the immediate future is obvious.

IT MUST stand. clearly in Stalin's mind that anly two great capitalist! powers have survived the war. The | “two armed camps” into which he

The foreign ministers and their aides gathered at 4:09 p. m (10:09 a. m. Indianapolis Time) with their

stafls. | sees the capitalist world dividing Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin! can only be captained by Great | arrived at Luxembourg palace at Britain and the United States. 3:50 p. m: Foreign Minister V. M.

Russia's diplomacy, so long as it

Molotov arrived five minutes later. {rests on Stalin's Marxism, will have

Secretary of State James F.| (nat. constantly in mind. And Byrnes, smiling broadly, peared aotute statesmen, American and at 4 p. later pritish, will as constantly remem-|

m. and two ig Foreign Minister Georges idault

joined the others. temporary maneuvers, is for con-

The first session was expected 0 fiot between the United States and be devoted to hearing reports of the Britain.

deputies who worked during the: recess and to preparing the pro-| ! (Continued on Page 2—-4lumn 4)

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{day of the tale he told all winter on | the ‘big one’ that got away.

PORTS RETURN BAGK TO NORMAL

‘Shipping Contract.

WASHINGTON, June 15 (U. P.). —Maritime workers began return- | ing to their jobs in Amerigay ports’ today. Unions started ratify ing new wage agreements that were reached too [late to prevent widespread walk- | outs last midnight,

War Shipping Adminisirator |

© WASHINGTON, | June | 15 ( (U.P PR.) —Government officials today foresaw at least a brief period of relatiye peace on the labor front. For the first time since last fall, there was no imminent threat of a throttling strike in. a basic industry,

contract. Ratification votes were | scheduled to follow in New York, | {San Francisco and other struck! ports. The longest West coast stoppage was foreseen at Seattle where union { members will. not meet to vote on | the new agreements until 2 p. m.

| ¢ PST) tomorrow.

Walkouts Not Prevented | The new wage agreements were | reached shortly before last night's | midnight strike deadlnie. They | were too late to prevent walkouts (and confusion in most ports. The last union to reach an agreement in the negotiations here was

{the West coast’'s International Longshoremen’'s union (C.1.O)! headed by Harry Bridges. He an-

nounced agreement for his union

at 10.59 p. m.—one minute before}

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$75,000 FIRE SHUTS |

Gy Rh MT. VERNON PAPER

fl ‘Entire City Block Threat-|

ened by Blaze.

MT. VERNON, Ind: June 15 (U | P).—Damage was estimated at | $75,000 today in a fire which de- | stroyed a garage and damaged and [closed temporarily the Mt. Vernon | Democrat, one of the oldest daily puplications in the Midwest. The flames threatened an entire] city block in the Posey county com- | | munity last night. Mt. Vernon and | Evansville firemen brought the fire [ under control before it could spread to the Stephan Implement Co. which occupies space, a | The fire started in the Breeze garage wher workmen were welding. | Orvin Hall, publisher, said an abbreviated edition- of the Democrat, would be ‘published today at [the Western Star office, a Mt Vernon weekly,

COMMUNISTS STILL FIGHT ON THE SUNGARI BRIDGEHEAD, Manchuria, Juné 11 (Delayed) (U, P.).—Communists at- | tacking since the civil war truce began have wiped out at least half {of the Nationalist bridgehead across the Sungari river, 72 miles south of Harbin.

‘|the event

(golden rain trees,

81 Gambling Cases Tossed

Out Of Court

Father's Day Gift—

ARMY ORDERS DRAFTED DADS SHIPPED HOME

Men With 21 Mo Months Duty Also Included in New Order.

who have served 21 months are to] be discharged immediately. Army officials expected all of the 105,000 father inductees now over seas to be returned home by Aug. an, The war department said the order to release the fathers and longservice draftees had been sent to all commanders overseas. { Processing Underway Men with more than 21 months of service will be returned in the order of their length of service. Preliminary processing already hid started, the war department announcement said, Some of the | men will be started back to this | |country late this month. The most difficulty in getting | fae

are serving. There are 18,000 inducted" fathers in the European theater’ and 10,000 elsewhere over-

orders probably will be from Europe. Says Security Periled

Meanwhile, Senator Chan Gurney (R. 8S. D.) said today that congress |

will be “tampering” with the na-|

tion's security if it fails to approve drafting of teen-agers. His statement came as a senate-| house conference on the draft ex-| tension bill remained deadlocked on the teen-age issue. Senator Gurney, who led the senate fight for outright draft extension, declared that the army needs! authority to call up 18 and 19-year- | {olds if it is to be held responsible for the country's defense. He made it clear that senate con- | ferees are unwilling to give ground |

__ | in face of strong house pressure for

a ban on conscription of men under 20.

U.S. LOSES APPEAL IN GYPSUM CO. SUIT

WASHINGTON, June 15 (U, P.) —A special three-judge federal court today dismissed the government’s six-year old anti-trust suit against U. 8. Gypsum Co. Board Chairman Sewell Avery and six other companies and individuals. Goverpment attorneys said the case would be appealed to the supreme court. The suit charged defendants with establishing a monopoly in the| gypsum industry, It contended this was accomplished by the execution of sham patent licenses granted to Gypsum and accepted by the other firms,

OLD-TIME STAR INJURED HOLLYWOOD, June 15 (U. P.).— |e Joyce, 52, former stage and silent movie star, was in serious condition today from injuries received in an automobile accident. {Hollywood Presbyterian hospital officlals sald she had a fractured leg {ind head wounds.

back by Aug. 31 was ex- | vacancy created by the recent death to be encountered in the of Ward G. Biddle. pesesd theater, where 77,000 now

‘to death today while a helpless

|. U. Treasurer

Joseph A. Fra A. Franklin

NAME FRANKLIN T0 BIDDLE POST

New Official With School Since 1927.

Times Special BLOOMINGTON, June 15.—Joseph

A. Franklin, assistant treasurer of Indiana university, today was appointed treasurer of the school by the board of trustees to fill the

The position of vice president, also held by Mr. Biddle, will remain vacant, it was announced. Associated with the university

since 1927, Mr, Pranklin was named Pirst movements undér the new |assistant to Mr.

Biddle in 1942 of the

ficial Associated |

JUDGES, POLICE PUT BLAME ON ONE ANOTHER

150 Charges Are Dismissed Here During Period Of 44 Days. :

By HEZE CLARK Many are arrested but few are found guilty in Marion county's unsuccessful war

lagainst gambling; a Times

survey revealed today. Every month police round up scores of persons on gambling charges. Just as regularly, those corralled are freed by the courts, The wide discrepancy between the number arrested and the num ber convicted indicates a serious breakdown in the enforcemente Judicial system. Police and city officials blame it on the prosecutor and judges. Prose= cutors and judges blame it on the police and sometimes on éach other. For instance, records show that in 96 cases disposed of by municipal courts between May 1 and June 13, only 11 defendants were declared guilty. Charges Dismissed Some 150 charges against 81 others defendants were dismissed. Judge ment was withheld on four cases. Fines, not jail sentences, were meted to those convicted. But in

under a reorganization school’s business staff. During his tenure as accountant land controller, he directed super|vision and planning of all university buildings and handled details {of investments and securities under [the investment committee of the board of trustees. He also negotiated army and navy wartime training and research con- { tracts for the university,

HELPLESS NEIGHBORS

ed from almost 100 ¢itizens accused of gaming activities, For several years, Safety Board President Will H.L Remy has cone tended gamblers operate under vire tual immunity in Marion county because of lax prosecution and court procedures. Thus, while Police Chief Jesse McMurtry has launched a quiet, but steady anti-gaming drive executed by “Mr, X” an anonymous plainclothesman in the detective division, the campaign isn't paying off in the courts,

Blue Blames Police

WATCH 6 DIE IN FIRE

No Fire Denartment in Kansas Town; Calls Ignored.

CENTROPOLIS, Kas, June 15 (U, P.)-—A mother and father and their four young children burned

throng watched a dawn blaze destroy their two- “807 farm residence. The victims were Winifred L. Flory, 36; Mrs, Ruth E. Garber Flory, 32; Ruby, 9; Marie, 7, LeRoy, 4, and Margaret, 1. Centropolis has no fire department, Frantic calls to Ottawa and surrounding towns brought no help. Fire department officials in each case explained that no equipment was available. Neighbors and this village of summoned by sounded Odver

townspeople of 100 persons were a general alarm country telephone

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LOCAL TEMPERATURES

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New Harmony Will Present Festival of Golden Rain Tree

NEW HARMONY will become the capital of Indiana for one day tomorrow when state officials and citizens trek to the historic city for

the Golden Rain Tree festival.

The celebration, the first since the war, commemorates the restoring

lof the historic Hoosier village. Her

(affair,

Tomorrow's festival will include

a quarter-block | the crowning of the New Harmony | Robert Owen, founder of the social-

queen, Miss Sara Zérnow, and her | attendants by Governor Gates, a concert by a 25-piece accordian | band, and the Rain Tree pageant: The pageant will depict the early settlement and development of New Harmony. Divided in four parts, will be arranged on a stage overshadowed by two huge

” ” " NEW HARMONY was one of the first sites of the golden rdin tree | in the United States. From that historical background the festival | got its name. The golden rain re was sent to

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On the other hand, Prosecutor Sherwood Blue frequently has ace cused police of making improper arrests and thus invalidating their own efforts, With few exceptions, Municipal Judge Joseph M. Howard weighed gaming cases disposed of in May, Many of these were investigated by “Mr. X,” who made pool ticket “buys” from unsuspecting taverns and hangouts, Judge Howard says “Mr. X" failed: to prepare his cases properly in that he neglected to cite the spe~ cific nature of the gambling schemes in his affidavits. “I can't guess whether they were lotteries,” says Judge Howard, “I've got to have definite proof.” Indiana law requires that prosecuted lote teries be described in detail, he says, Hits Delayed. Arrests Judge Howard also says “Mr. X" has been foiled by shrewd lawyers who challenge his practice of issuing warrants and making arrests days, and sometimes weeks, after he has actually detected the evidence, They say arrests should be made on the spot, “These attorneys raise damaging technical questions under the search and seizure acts,” Judge Howard explained. He also pointed out that in gambling charges, actual proof of money won or lost, must be pre sented. This often is lacking, he declares, Judge Howard asserts officers sel dom have time to prepare their cases adequately, with the same handicap applying to prosecutors. Too often, he asserts, the state's case is whipped up in a matter of minutes in a hall outside the courte room. He recommends the assigne

iceforward, it will become a yearly

{istic community by William Mec|Clure from Mexico. With the seeds came the instructions to plant “by the gate.” The gate was entrance to one of the old German Rappite gardens. Restoration of the New Harmony community began nine years ago when Mrs, Fred Balz, president of the commission that now has {charge of the state site approached | former Governor M. Clifford Townsend. Two years latér, the state officially - began purchasing property rich in sentimental value. Toimorrow's opening marks the first

Semi-Suburban 3-Bedroom Bungalow Near Harvester Co,

Within easy walking distance’ of International Harvester, yet with every advantage of sube urban property, there are many extras included—particularly the lots which are ideal building sites , . , . Bungalow {ype—~3-bedroom modern lots 60x200

only 5 'years old--on 5 ead 2 good wells: 2-car garage;

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seven of the 11 convictions, either fines or court costs were suspended, As a consequence, only $35 im fines and $20 in court costs were extract=

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