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[Sars moweee] VOLUME 57—NUMBER 107

HOUSE ACTION 5 DUE TODAY ON OPA ISSUE

Senate Approves Battered Measure After Stormy 14-Hour Session,

By EULALIE McDOWELL United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, July ‘13—~The senate , . . after a tumultuous 14hour session . . . early today. approved the battered and riddled OPA revival bill, The vote. was overwhelming , , . 62 to 15. With provisions for drastically curtailing many of OGPA’s price control powers, the measure now goes to the house. There, it will be approved as written by the senate or sent to a joint conference for compromise. Special Session Held House action on the measure eould be taken today. The house met in a special session to vote on the British loan proposal. The loan survived its first vote|

SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1946

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday

Brookside Girl Is Wading Pool Queen

BY HOOSIERS IN Pe ‘Little Yoo! steady eye and nerves of steel, will {be back Monday to collect the A “gentleman's agreement” Higher Prices assure Mr. Murill's payment by Dub promised better that held hardened gamblers spellThe prices of the meat that grace Ro Mr. Murill claimed the dice their tables, however, threatened t0|at Mr. McLanahan's- club, he was

RENO, Nev, July 13 (U. P).— Better Sunday Menus Are $109,000 he won on a single throw McLanahan, loser in -a dice game Hoosiers - Were jou as dawn was breaking over dull their appetites. {$5000 loser and he had a long-

CAUTION USED Shake of Dice Fred Murill, a quiet Texan with a Assured but With |e 4° Sunday dinner menus today. HY Consumers discovered that gro-| standing gambling grudge to set-

will |

PRICE FIVE CENTS

YOUTH, SOUGHT IN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING, HELD

Eddie Hazel, Parole Violator, Arrested by Deputies in Mars Hill Case.

Eddie, Hazel, 18-year-old parole | violator sought for questioning after a 32-caliber pistol belonging to him was used in the accidental shooting of a 99-year-old Mars Hill youth

July 4, was arrested by deputy

3 Farm Boys Drown In River Near Brownstown

Baby Buyer

Mrs. Le Roy Lorenz of Chicago holds 19-month-old John Francis,

TWO PERISH IN FUTILE EFFORT

Go to Aid of 3d Youth After He Calls for Help While Swimming. BROWNSTOWN, Ind., July 13 (U. P.).—Three farm boys drowned near here while swimming in Muscatatuck river early today.

T0 SAVE CHUM

: S lly i / A i when a motion that would h ceries and butcher shops genera Y| te with Mr. McLanahan, who won } : Sil ii : killed it was defeated, 180 to oe reflected the increased trading at|100 bales of cotton from Mr. Murill's | Sheriffs today. whom she says she contracted to The tragedy occurred when ow. : Indianapolis stockyards late this : | Deputies searched last night for| buy from Mr. and Mrs. John F. [one of them went under and the half-gallon 4 As passed, the OPA bill would the. RO | uncle in a dice game 25 years ago : week, for the first time since OPA | Hazel, after they were called to-the| Schaetshober .for...81000.. The |others tried to rescue him, i Yevive price control unul June 30, ntrols were lifted June 30. 323,000 On the Line | . hy Schactshobers claim they only The victims were J. ©. CGockeri 1947, but would: 2 : act became more plentiful in| Mr. Murill put $23,000 on the line, | Mars Hill vicinity by thie parents left the child with the Lorenzes |ham, 15, James Dean Davers, 10, all or § ONE: ' Prohibit price ceilings on|’ stores. but the supply still! {shook the ivory cubes and rolled (of Norman Vaughn, 9, of 3555 Mars for a holiday and want k him back. |and Bobby Stafford, 10, all of R. R. ; ; | meat, livestock, dairy products, poul- many them out on the green cloth of the |Hill ave. - tics ee | 1, Freetow at Jelly # = lagged in others, a o The Vaugh th fired the shot rE ev x x ' ‘Prices generally were far above table, e Vaughn you req Lhe 5 Take Morning Dip lasses WASHINGTON, July 13 (U. OPA | “The crowd ‘murmured when - he Which critically . injured Richard The drownings occurred when five ¥ P.).~The Bureau of Labor Sta- Wholesalers ed on to retailers| threw a four—a “Little Joe” and|Odom as the two boys played a holi- | youths took a morning dip in the C . tistics daily price index for 28 onsumers the in-|one of the hardest points to make. |day game of “cops and robbers” in uddy river at Millport Knobs after Doz. basi oditi 49 and retailers to ¢ muddy at : asic comm es rose 4.9 per creased costs of meat on the hoof.]| Mr. Murill's expression did not |front of the Odom home at ime) an all-night fishing trip. -pits - Sze. cent Yesterday, reising' 0 22.1 The situation reflected livestock | change. 5 : {Mars Hill ave. He told deputy Two other boys, Don Gaiter, 13, Piste with Ber sent hie total rise singe ‘he prices which this week reached all-| He waited for” the operator to|sheriffs he believed the gun was a Brownstown, and Robert Lee Butler, or Ro price. con Iota we wee time and 26-year record proportions| rake in the dice and return them [cap pistol. 16, Seymour, survived the tragedy. squa Me Tae mdr a 244.6 com- on some grades of meat, as well as|to him. Brother Threatened 6 Crit it oC diti Young Gaiter told the authorities yan oH Tury ”®y the abandoning of subsidies. He put $43,000 more on the table,| Ag he returned from a movie last| ArOUP Url icizes Conditiona that the Stafford boy shouted for Shun Meat Counters at odds of 2 to 1, gathered up the night, Billy Vaughn, an older broth- Offer of Legislator. help and floundered in the water. bar 25 fev, Som, milk, yin aud gradu] Many housewives, shopping in the| C58 JUG SSL HET be Oo a oy ie en EE ~ 3 1 , tobacco, - i i , shunned 5 . |said, displayed a gun under his| ww TON. July 13 (U. P). y - oz. 39¢ Se un, 10 cco, cotton face of in rly he Mr. Murill sent the dice bounc-|shirt. AEHINGTO . {gating | Ame confused and frightened, and ----380 TWO: Return rent ceilings to naller quantities of lower grades.|Ng out over the table. “Start praying. I'm going to kill| ~The Senate War Invesugauing|,., cqjieq for aid. 2o-1.80 their June 30 levels, but outlaw Chief target of an unorganized Up came his point, “Little Joe." |you. Your kid brother got me into committee refused today to allow Pulled Them Under ach 10¢ federal controls in states having buying boycott was the butter sup- The house owed him $109,000. trouble,” the shaking Vaughn boy| Rep. Andrew J. May (D. Ky) t0| Then young Cockerham swam to their own regulations. ply. As the retail price of butter Mr. McLanahan said the taciturn said Hazel told him. Billy ran to|testify on his own terms on his| ward the Davers boy. He pushed THREE: Grant producers, manu- rapidly approached the dollar-a- Murill walked out without collect-|his home and deputy sheriffs Were lations with a “paper empire” of | the boy on his shoulders but young facturers, processors, services and pound mark, housewives passed up ing, but would be back Monday for | called, munitions firms now under commit- | Davers pulled them both under, the transportation agents their 1940 the product. his winnings. The area was searched, but Hazel tee: sorutiny. Gaiter boy said. : prices plus increased costs if the Butter was selling today in the Going to “Rest Up” was not located at the time. Later,| oo com iiee said in a letter to| [Rescuers recovered the bodies of higher prices are necessary for in- stores in Indianapolis from 78 to} Mr. Murill, a Dallas night club|he Was found hiding under a bed | yr, May thit his position left it | the Cockerham and Davers boys. creased production. 84 cents a pound and on up. Some owner, said he was going to Lake|8! A sister's home, located in the | with the conclusion that he was| The youths were the sons of Mr, FOUR. Remove controls on all stores asked 90 cents, but ‘they Tahoe. His explanation was typl-| {Mars Hill vicinity. No gun Was | inable either to explain or contra- | 8nd Mrs. Orville Cockerham, Mr. non-essential” ftems ‘at ‘the end of “Tweren't getting it. | catty riers | found, however, dict testimony linking him with the | 80d Mrs. Robert Davers.and Mr, ie. Seek Margarine “To rest up.” Youth's Condition Improves 16-firm combine accused of war and Mrs. Ted Stafford. FIVE: Transfer all controls over : At the same time, the bureau of | The Odom bo ho h d | profiteering. 0 : t y, who hovered near P agricultural commodities from OPA ‘In fact, butter wasn't selling a internal revenue said that Mr. [death for several days, was re-| Mr. May sent the committee a "OPERATION T0 HELP

78 cents, just as it didn't sell last

to the secretary of agriculture.

Murill might have to pay about | ported in an improved condition at {letter yesterday asking if he, as a SIX: Establish a decontrol board,

| $65,000 in federal income taxes on Riley hospital from an abdominal| witness, would be allowed to have | HUGHES CONSIDERED

week at 67 and 69 cents. Housewives sought margarine at 26 cents

for

to be named by the President, to supervise the removal of controls when supply and demand are in

at the June 20, 1946, levels, allow cotton and wool manufacturers prices which include reconversion costs and authorize price increases for southern pulpwood. Veto Appears Likely As approved by the senate, administration leaders in both houses

a pound, one-third of the cost of today's butter, but it was hard to

shortage in oleo fats. Shoppers who wanted butter took quarter pound sticks. When butter was scarce, housewives tried to buy it by the pound. But today shop-| pers generally were cutting their| purchases.

Other Shortages Continue

the, $109,000. That is the tax the Dallas, Tex., [night club owner would have to

to offset it.

STATE MAN KILLED IN CHICAGO WRECK

CHICAGO, July 13 (U. P.).— Ronald MacDonald, 33, South Bend, Ind, was killed today when the

wound. Young Vaughn said the weapon with which young Odom

The Hazel youth, who has a long| police record, is a parolee from the Indiana reformatory, where he had been sentenced to one to five years on a charge of escaping from the Indiana penal farm, He was serv-| ing time at the latter institution on| a second-degree burglary conviction |

witnesses and use

counsel, to recall cross-examination

| privileges afforded witnesses,” but criticized him for asking special rights. The committee often allows witnesses to have counsel, but does [not give them subpena or crossexamination rights. Decline to Appear

“Stripped of ‘ifs’ ‘ands’ and

the| (U. P.)~Doctors was shot was taken by the two committee's subpena powers to get | possibility of an emergency opera-

BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, July 13 considered the

; balance. ind : h Seen. short. tor P2Y if the $109,000 lucky roll rep-|boys from Hazel as he napped on | | government records. | tion today to aid the- recovery of 1 The bill also would continue subs SiZarme a3 {the general] resented his total income for 1946 [the floor of the Odom home, where! In reply, the committee assured | Howard Hughes, whose condition sidies, to April 1, allow mark-ups months ‘because Oo € BENErAll and he had no gambling losses|he was a frequent visitor. |him the “customary rights and | remained critical despite a stubborn

battle against death. “There is no operation in the immediate offing,” Dr. Verne Mason, Mr. Hughes’ chief physician, said. However, he admitted he and other doctors with whom he is had discussed the advisability of surgery to relieve pressure on Mr,

EE saw little chance that the OPA bill Shortages of other food products i : by a criminal court jury here. Hughes’ lung. itte id, would escape a presidential veto. continued, but home garden produce car. which he was driving struck a asm— "buts, "the Senate Sommitite 5 Mr. Hughes was bolstered in his rE, : . |safety island, overturned and burst F “the plain and simple import of They banked their hopes on con- helped offset them as the Hoosier into: flames your letter is that you decline to fight for life by the good wishes of ferees knocking out many *“objec- vegetable harvest continued. . : MORE PF PRINTS MATCH President Truman who, with scores i : Wit Don. ttee to-face ’ tionable” provisions - written into At Union stockyards, choice steers SER Sed 234 000s ald FE fre som) _-. have of other well-wishers, sent the ‘ the bill by the senators. brought up to $21.50, a record high,|)." 1it the concrete I When | been presented. pioneer aviatof a telegram of enIf such action were forthcoming, and calves sold as high as $21, a IN KIDNAP- -SLAYING couragement. ught to * some. officials who recommended 26-year record. [Flames shot from the motor of the! “The coumitice has sous

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veto of the first bill said they would

urge : the President to sign the present measure into law, Approval of the measure finally came at 1:56 a. m. (Indianapolis time) today, after the senate had

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FAMILY AUTO KILLS WIDOW’S ONLY CHILD

DETROIT, July 13 (U, P.).—A 41-year-old Detroit woman whose husband died last Christmas sobbed uncontrollably today over the death of her only child, killed when she ran into the family car as the

Honorable mention . . . Sonja Lee Keating, Greer's 5-year-old “queen.

MARGARET LA MAR, 3,

Supplies of beef also increased! near record proportions during the| week, and quality averaged general- | ly the best of the year. Although | pork supplies dropped slightly from | last week, prices remained above $18 on some weights. Meanwhile, ~ across the nation! consumer De protesting rising prices continued today. Prices More Stable Prices generally appeared to be] becoming more stable pending decisive congressional action on con- | trols. In most areas, prices leveled off YR old OPA ceilings or at new, and igher, rates set during the two

{P.) —~William H. Pierce of Dallas,

oar as soon as it overturned, said. Firemen, who arrived after the accident, said Mr, Mac- | Donald was dead when they pulled his body from the burning wreckage.

TEXAN NAMED HE HEAD | OF OPTIMIST CLUBS

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., July 13 (v. |

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Tex., today is the new president of Optimists International, chosen in the 28th national convention which concludes here today. Other officers elected include Lucien Renuart of Miami; H. L. Scott

shortly 24. Hour Gard Maintained to true

Over Degnan. Suspect.

CHICAGO, July 13 (U. P.)— | Chief of Detectives Walter Storms {said today a third fingerprint on | the ransom note in the Suzanne Degnan kidnap-killing had been found to resemble the prints of William Heirens, 17-year-old sus-

pect held - under 24-hour-a-day | guard in the county jail. Previously, authorities had found | Heirens'- prints matched at a" ma- |

find an alternative to the conclu-|

| sion that you admit those facts to

explain or contradict them,” the | committee said. “It cannot find such alternative.” Witnesses before have testified . that. Rep. May “pressured” the war department |into giving war orders. to the 16- | firm munitions combine. They said he had a financial stake in one of the companies Rep. May, who has denied stead-

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2 SENTENCED FOR THEFT FROM TRAILER

Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind, July 13.— Guy Horton, 39, of Anderson, and Ernest T. Byrd,~18, Charleston, W, Va., were sentenced to e from one to 10 years at the Indjana state prison at Michigan City by Judge

guilty to charges of grand larceny in Shelby circuit court. The men had been charged with grand larceny and first degsee bure glary in connection with the theft of $2000 from a house trailer parked on state road 9 north of this city

other backed it out for a shopping jority of ints with two other | last Monday afternoon. trailer mol pp WINS TIMES CONTEST wee Sine the expiration of price|of Corpus Christi, *Tex.: Charles oy on Jo note. ( y was the a of = Hattie Police sald Mrs, Everon Baker was 1 Sir -tags on choice livestock Klapeke, Louisville, Ky, anid Finding of the new print came NEW ATOM GUN | Brooks, formerly of Tampa, Fla, too hysterical to make a statement. Whim yéached” new highs ai Charles Snyder of Detroit, vice joss than 24 hours after authori- {and Indianapolis. Neighbors who sought to. comfort Gold Lovi C A ded|three Midwestern stockyard presidents : : : ties linked him through fingerprints the grief-stricken widow said she] 1 oving Lup Awarae yards. The concluding session will In-|gith the Dec. 10 “lipstick” death of | HURT IN ACCIDENT

A load of choice steers sold for

Expect Increased Protons

f : clude the national oratorical con- i— T Special es stared ta Luck Be | Sar out St eit et After Judging. $2.3 a Hardrotieht at Chigago's| test for boys finals. * | (Continued on Page 2—Column 8) | IE iment COLUMBUS, Ind, July 13 3 : nion s This rm y , \ Jane dashed suddenly behind the| Honorable mention in the Tiny By ART WRIGHT exceeded a ls Twiarday, d pil A EXperimen | Frank Bauer, head of the Colum~

car. Mrs. Baker slammed on the brakes but the child had been hit.

CRASH INJURIES FATAL COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. July 13 (U. P.)~—Funeral services will be held Sunday for Benjamin Henry

Tot Beauty Parade finals . . . “Bonnita Watts, 3 years old, of Northwestern wading pool.

Broom Eliminates

Three-year-old Margaret Louise LaMar, Brookside park's representative in the Tiny Tot Beauty Parade, today was City Wading Pool Queen,

$23 set Wednesday. It was the fourth new record set since the end of the OPA, ’ Record All-Time Highs

New all-time high prices also |

WASHINGTON

were recorded at Omaha and South!

BERKELEY, Cal, July 13 (U. P.).

—An-experimental linear accelera- |

tor, potentially the most powerful | atom-smashing “gun” in the world, is “under construction at the University of California.

[bus Tool & Machine Co., was treated at the county hospital yes | terday following an auto accident |at a local street intersection. His {condition was not regarded as serious,

: s The blond daughter of Mr. and|St, Paul, Minn. . : Dr. Louis W..Alvares. who aided - , 57-year-old meat cutter who - p DO after being critically Big Chicken Hawk Mrs, Lonnie LaMar, 1933 N. Ta-| Meanwhile, buyers’ strikes gaied A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington in the development of the atom HOTOGRAPHER DIES coma st, last night was judged momentum in many cities. bomb. said the university's radia-| NEW YORK, July 13 (U. P)—

injured March 26 in ‘an automopile accident south of Churubusco.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

BEDFORD, Ind. July 13 (U. P). —Farmwife Mrs. Newton Lake forgot the danger when she saw a gi-

outstanding for charm, poise, personality and health from 20 girls under 6 years old who represented

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An emergency committee planned | Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

tion laboratory work on linear accelerators was expected to make it possible to accelerate protons to

de og.

Alfred Stieglitz, the father of mod« ern artistic photography, died today of a heart ailment in Doctors

! $ ’ tA , ‘ Its | hospital. He was 82, 6am... 64 10am... 80 [ant chicken-hawk attacking her 3s man > tig h bor haoy Jools WASHINGTON, July 13.—Republican strategy on energies of 600,000,000 electron volts 7am... 87 lam... 82 |poultry. Rushing out of her kitch- |throughou ie cily, e ‘ 1ina’s L M M iy 5 . Aaa for atomic research, : ; : 8a.m..;..1 12 (Noon).. 84 |en, she swung at the bird with a|Wwere held at University park where azy an oves, OPA: Get house to accept senate bill, shoot it right This speed, he said, is equal to| Modern Brick Building Which Samia. TT. lpm... 84 broom. more than 1000 persons saw the WwW down avenue to Mr. Truman. that of comparatively slow “pri-| Cat $160,000; For Sale $75,000 The first swing stunned the bird, tant youngsters in. town" on. pa. Train hizzes By Democratic strategy: Send it to conference and ‘e- |MAaI cosmic Hs wih boubard There, ure 1000 square: Joat of which had a wingspread of 47% ! hy the earth's atmosphere at e b) TIMES INDEX inches, and Mrs, Lake beat it to Parade Three Times FT. WAYNE, Ind, July 13 (U. P).| write it there. : from a few hundred million to bil- nea le Spot in this death. : Two girls who came close in the she Nickel Pals frog. Whistied Don’t bet on which will win.” Almost as many schools: [lions of electron volts. tment brine J It EH . < and screeched and whistled some . i Th elerator will supplemen Amusements . 5|Ruth Millet . 7| For months, neighbors had com-(nCTu, ol SICCES ROOTES) pore ag i raced west of here yes-| of thOUBDY on sublect hs there wre congressmen. Republicans wre | NU ersty's giant 10-inch cy-| ~ SOnVerted into Eb arts Eddie Ash .... 8 Mies ,..... S/iained of the bird's chicken yada. ‘worihwestern's ‘queen, Bonnitg| terday, but the man lying on the), pee are afraid Mr. Truman might sign senate bill and theyll [clotron, largest in the world, which| other uses , . , Churchill ,... 8|Music ....... 5 , Watts, 3, of 2593 "Boulevard pl. rails up ahead wouldn't budge. Yo be satisBed as long as OPA exists in any form, ° will be completed this fall, and a Carnival ..... 8|Obituaries ... 10 Moni BADS RU ARRE by | Greer's queen. Sonja Lee Keat- . Te enginger was worried. He It Democratic leaders win. conference committee’ will do & Job |300,000,000-volt .:synchroton to ‘be cam Sottory rick bul hurches .... 4|J.E OBrien, 6 , Wis., July (U.P). : ooted again. The man rolled : oh ; ont Veal. 1, ve "hyatane Cte aR rr 18] pr ebm” to wo P08 ESB Ct J 0 0, "UL of compromising ena bl nd cing ne ace wl house uses, | BAe ws SI | Rt Comics ...... 13 | Reflections ... 8|war II veterans over which branch|ne judges three times before the|Whizzed past. The engineer stopped Conferees would have considerable leeway, could be. counted on |famed nuclear physicist, predicted ; tiort Crossword ... 10{Mrs. Roosevelt 7|of the army won the war ended|gina) decision could be reached and ran back to investigate. : the accelerator within a few years Editorials .... 8|Serial ....... . 14|today in death for Lioyd G. MYT-| Tne Brookside choice was a pop:| Albert Smith, 29, of Gadsden, Ga,| '© PIE In something cisser to Adu sEa on Vieis Blak sine Me | might produce protons of more than| Forum ....... 8|Sports ....... “8[vang, 21, Madison. Detectives said |, jar decision judging by the cheers|1Y sound asleep by the tracks. without Simi ly Ty me, pan Ey A Ss Ti thay |a billion volts. These in turn may] . Gardening ... 14| State Deaths. 10fthat Clifford J. Kieven, 33, Madison, | u,q applause which greeted the an-| “WhY in blazes didn't you move?”| «1. to June 30 ceflings would Be impossible even if price control |produce “mesotrons. which are the x. .. 14|Teen-Talk . 9{a former infantryman, admitted the engineer bellowed. i cosmic | estate Hom ver ‘ g Tiller Ntok. 7| striking Myrvang, - armored force AE Louise was a. Valen “Too sleepy,” Smith yawned. “Too| '* gsloTen, i eres of Slate vo wii. pub ok to TSSOPA Dene aling a u honing (3 ; In Indpls. 3|{Teen-Talk ... 9|veteran, in front of a Madison| ici day baby. She was born Feb, | tired to move any farther.” parts: pour in here of efforts to win public conse no i Mesotrons’ will enable. scienhists SN ; ‘Inside Indpls. 7 Women's ..... 9|taverf. Myrvang was dead when he ie | “He slept more comfofably last] ~ IN one fown merchants give customers 10 per cent difcounts, say sah pts Times Classified he Labor, cena T7\ World Affairs. 8larrived at a- hospital, (Continued on Page 2—Column 7)! night—in the county jail. (Continued on Page 3—Column 4) (Continued on Page 3—Column 2) _ Phone Rl ley 3 hy ion : Ags : . ; v : i

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