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dgley, Tenn., was issouri side with Janice Eastwood, an, and another were Robert Lee Ann Thompson, ville, only known surar—said he saw )arge just before i not have time > automobile.

ct came, he said, was just sweepwater.” He esti-

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on the girl as he the window. As 11 his companions

and

ckers were sitting of their car and and Larry with vanted to see the s the river, A by Arm began capsizing, bed Jerry by the him. Mr. Vickers

p time to think,” of us believed we eeling was indeutomatically we le children. We r them and have hen it happened.” ed the door open vife out into the swift current om his grasp and saw of the boy. oute to Mt. Verheir cargo, were B. Zigler Towing

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THE IN DIANA

Fate of Five Nations Rests On Decisions Of

Big Four Dominates Plans With Russia, U. S. Violently | At Odds Over Principles

By HAL O'FLAHERTY Times Foreign Correspondent

PARIS, July 29.—A conference began here today in the gloomy senate chamber of ancient Luxemburg palace to consider the punishment of. five nations—Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Finland—for supporting Germany in the recent war. Some call it a peace conference. preliminary meeting attended by 21 victorious nations. Seventeen of these nations will have the privilege of debating treaties already drawn up by the four major / powers—the United States, Britain, France and Russia. These treaties put into legal form the grand larceny, confiscation of property, displacement of populations and other practices that make up what is known as “a Just and lasting peace.” But even when this conference ends {ts debates, the four great powers will have the opportunity to review. And, if they desire, they may add a few further twists to the wrack of punishment. The great difference between the making of peace treaties today and the methods used after world war I lie in the strict control, maintained

Actually, it is only a

Romania, who lost a large slice of its territory to Russia in the early phases of the war, now comes up for further lashing — even though its people broke with Germany and, aided Russia in the last stages of the fighting. & Its army is to be reduced to 120,000, its navy to 15000. Its airforce is cut to 8000-—which seems n adequate for a nation \ 8 Il ‘pay. enormous repof the térrible levies | of

arations already ex Romania the so-called with everyone, fro seeking a share in Ownership of oil mania's valuable fields But one thing is certain—its misgoverned, mulcted people will receive little or nothing from their former properties. Then comes Bulgaria to ment. This tiny nation At a) population of 5,000,000 is to have | an army of 55,000 men, a navy 4 3500, an air force of 5000. Long before Germany collapse: {Bulgaria had been looted, apes land punished. It must continue to nd they exercise au- |Pa8y reparations and is virtually a Songun Bere 25 A: they (part of Soviet territory. | Last but not least of these vic-

And, as the conference proceeds, | it will become ever plainer that of tims of war is Hungary, and in this

rs reckonings for | settlement— |

In 1919, with President Wilson leading, the vietors met together on the basis of virtual equality. Big Four in Saddle Today, those nations forming an alliance against Germany are separated into major and minor

groups. The four major powers are rec-|

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Peace

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All the mail for Story, Ind., is delivered into box es mounted on an old wagon wheel.

= $2100 STOLEN

FROM 3 SAFES

Burglars Get $1875 at South Side Grocery. |

Burglars got more than $2100 a

those four only two are vested with nation’s treatment will be the most |cash and goods valued at more than

a nited States | Critical issues of Europe's future. ea} Juchostey sie U Hungary is being asked to pay] These, two are violently op { $200,000,000 worth of goods to Ruson the principles to be wmoorpo- |Sia; another $100,000.000 worth to| rated in the treaties. ee {Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, The treaties were completed dur= Boundaries Cut ing the recent meeing of foreign| Its boundaries have been slashed ! ministers here. They have been on all sides. Romania has some of | printed with almost identical pre- [its people. Czechoslovakia has other | ambles containing indictments of chunks of its territory and popula- | the five defeated nations, and texts tion. outlining the penalties each must| Some means must be found to pay for the sin of losing -the War. pring order out of present chaos. When” this conference ends, the | Hungary once had. a population | road to peace will be open only of 8000,000 and is to be allowed an! to the five defeated hations in- ‘army of 65,000, an air force oft 5000 | volved here. lif it can find means to pay both Deal With Others Later |its armed force and its reparations. Germany and Austria will be| These are the melancholy redealt with in a later show at which sults of the war, in brief form,| the victors—more especially, Russia which the Paris conference will in—will provide the world some hith- corporate in the treaties. erto unknown forms of post- war | Delegations from five defeated gouging, quartering and dismember- nations are waiting here in Paris ment. | to provide information and make The largest of the nations now | impassioned pleas for mercy—and | up for judgment is Italy—which| {eventually to sign on the line inonce had a population of nearly dicated by the ales powers, i 40,000,000. Soviet-U. 8. Clash Winston Churchill's somber warn-| Whether mercy iy justice is ing that Italy's empire would be yet to be seen. ripped from it will be fulfilled to the | Only in one brief passage of the letter. The proposed treaty will leave | treaties is any word said of human nothing but the boot-shaped pe-|rights. ninsula and the islands of Sicily,| Each defeated nation is required Flba and Sardinia. to “take ,all measures necessary to All Italian rights in Albania,|secure to all persons under their Ethiopia, North Afric# and its con-! jurisdiction, without distinction as cessions at Tientsin, Shanghai and!to race, sex, language or religion,

dered. of fundamental freedoms, includThe valuable port of Trieste Will ing freedom of expression; of press be internationalized between Italy and publication; of religious worand Yugoslavia. { ship, of political opinion and public To Be Allowed Army jmesting.” : For internal safety Italy will be! Shot through the whole fabric of allowed an army of 185000. This the peace are internal quarrels beseems an absurdity in peacetime in| teen the allies as well as between T defeated peoples. view of the fact that the United States had an army of 200,000 be-! These conflicts will become ob- |

fore the war and Britain’s armed VOUS as the conference proceeds. forces numbered even less. But all of Europe's ancient ha-

In addition, Italy can have a po- treds are tiny flames compared to lice force of 65000 and 200 tanks ‘he blazing wrath surrounding the Its navy is to consist of 22500 world’s greatest opponents—the cap- | officers and men, aboard two dilapi- italist democracy of the west and, dated battleships, four rusty eruis- Communist Russia.

ers, four destroyers and some minor patrol boats. extinguished the world may find |

Italy must hand over to the al- lasting Peace only in the grave. lies, three battleships, three cruisers, | “P45: he Chicago Daily News. Inc. "| seven destroyers and other small |

naval eraft. Russia has put in a Here Are 21 Nations

bid for a large share of this booty. Participating in Talks

Italy's air force will number 25,000 men and consist of 200 fighter] PARIS, July 20 (U. P.).—The 21

planes and 150 others, but no bomb- | nations ‘participating in the peace

ers. | conference are: Thus, will end Italy's nightmare, The Big Five—Brifain, United of conquest. | States, Russia, France and China. Finland to Lose | Other Nations—Australia, BelPoor, suffering Finland, the vie- | gium, Brazil, Canada, Czechoslotim of 1ts geographical position, vakia, Ethiopia, Greece, India, |

FIRE SWEEPS TENEMENT |

will rise from the wrack with two| Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, members amputated. | Poland, South Africa, Ukraine, | The whole province of Petsamo | Byelo-Russia and Yugoslavia. will be removed, from Finland's _ ownership and pass over to Russia. Also Russia will lease but virtually LOC AL own the northern area of Porkala| Udde, which is to be converted ka B a Russian naval base. RIEFS Already badly“ mauled in tw phases of the war, with Dra | losses both in life and material] The regular meeting of the J. U.| wealth, Finland will emerge only a G.’s, business girls’ club will be held | thin skeleton of its former self. | atthe home of Mrs. Wilma Green, | It will be allowed an army of| 5338 N. Pennsylvania st. at 7:30 34,000, a navy of 4500, and an air p. m. tomorrow, Miss Frances Jean force of 3000 men. | Jasper will act as hostess, Russia magnanimously gives back to it, Hango peninsula seized in the early stages of the war. Next in line for punishment are|® the Balkan countries — Romania, | Bulgaria and Hungary. It is in this] area that the greatest trouble will arise in reaching agreements sat-| isfactory to Russia, on one side of the Iron-Wall, and the democracies, on the other. | For make no mistake about the Enterprise Civie league will wii reality of the- present situation in|a meeting ih the community house | Europe, it is split ‘from north t0|in Rhodius park at 7:30 p. m. tosouth—with Russia in complete day. Featured on the program will control on the eastern side. ‘be a community sing. All lines of communication end at the Iron Wall including transport on the Danubé. On this one question of releasing One person was suffocated early tothe great Balkan artery of the Dan- day when a firea swept a threeube to free use there may be an, story tenement house in south! historic clash between the two most lyn, » The victim was Leonar- |

powerful adversaries, the United do Amarosa, 83, who lived on the Statés and Russia. | second Boor, / x - . zy »

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NEW YORK, July 29 (U. P.).—|

{$50 at three business places here| during the week-end. The biggest haul wads at the| | Schwartz grocery store, 802 S. East | st. where safe-crackers got away | with $1875. They entered the store | | by breaking in a door panel. “Then, they knocked the combination lock | {off the safe. The burglary was discovered by | {Abe Schwartz, store manager, when | he opened the place yesterday! morning. The same burglars went next door | jand cracked open the safe of the]

| De Luxe Appliance Co., 808 S. East ' 3

st. There was no money in the safe so the burglars took $38.50 worth of merchandise.

Glenn Austin, 50, of 1644 Yandes| §

st., reported that burglars broke

open the safe in his barber shop

some time during the week-end and took $250. Twist Victim's Arm Two bandits got $285 at Ira Peck's restaurant, 2616 Shelby st. last inight. Mr. Peck said one of the bandits twisted his arm, forcing him to reveal the hiding place of his money. Patrolmen (Gene Gandolph and Robert Bright pursued a car they saw speeding out of the driveway of the Ron-D-Vu Drive-In restaurant, Westfield bivd. and 52d st., stopping it about half a mile away Wesley W. Lockridge, 30, of 526 W. Vermont st, driver of the car 31, of 948 N. West st, Southern, 31, of 1838 N. Capitol] ave, were arrested on charges. - The driver was charged with failure to have a license, At the restaurant police found 150 pounds of meat and 200 pounds of sugar stacked up at the doors, {ready to be hauled away. Alexander Pryor, 25, taxi driver, {reported two men stuck the point (of a knife in his side and robbed /him™ of $¥0 When he stopped in Martindale ave. last night. Allen Fenters, 30, of 825 N. East st, reported two men slugged him land took $3 from his pockets last |

| Unless these mounting flames are Night while he was walking along | physician.

the street near his home.

Organizations

Officers were elected at the Atkins Saw | Post No. 355, American Legion. They are | Ralph Wilmington, commander; Kappes, first vice-commander; Cavanaugh, second vice-commander: N. Stream, adjutant; Maurice Douglas finance officer; George Fox, chaplain; James Sferuzzi, service officer, and Owen Biggs, sergeamt-at-arms

Don Roy

Miss Catherine Callis, former director of the Otterbein high school band, has been appointed music supervisor in the Calexico, Cal. city schools She is the | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Callis of Phoenix, Ariz, formerly of Indian- | apolis

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~The Story of Story—Population 16: Housing Shortage

which he operates with his sister,

Are Hamlet's

By VICTOR

There was . . . he died some 70

hamlet his name

However, that isn't all of the story. Amoy, in China, must be surren- the enjoyment of human rights and and two passengers, Thomas White, | houses which make up the village, but each individual is a possible story. and James |The same is true for every pereon, int Indianapolis, New York or any

place the world over. The urge to find a story in Slory | was just a reporter's quirk Located some 13 miles southeast of Nashville, the town is not one bit more than a turn on road 135 Here, some 125 years ago, as far as

local residents can reconstruct, a Dr. Story roughed out a log cabin and set up housekeeping with his | young wife.

Villagers do not recall the doctor's first name, they are not sure when he settled here nor when he died. They do remember old-old-

{timers talking about the kind

While the history of the hamlet lis lost in the past, events of today | | receive lively interest. | The oldest person in years of | residence, and one of the most interesting, is Mrs. Susan Hedrick. | When we drove up, she was throwing away some kraut she had canned two years ago. | “For the hogs" was her only comment as she emptied jar after jar. “That's what a body gets for! putting up more than can be] eaten.” » ‘There's Haying to Do’ Spry as a youngster, the 76-year-old woman said she didn't have too | much time to talk "as there was|

haying to do, and and |

her son

daughter-in-law had to get out in|**

the fields. Presuming it had been several | years, we asked how long ago she]

| worked in the fields. Adjusting her polka-dot sun honnet, she said: | “Lette think -for-a-second {it was just last Friday and Satur|day. {the barn today, [on my way.”

| There are only two businesses, Bi.

|road-side saw mill run by her son, | Ralph, and a general store which is [owned and operated by her son and daughter, Miss Clothie. While Story today is not much more than a spot on an Indiana] | road, it once was quite a bustling [little town, Mrs. Hedrick recalled.

-A Big Housing Shortage

office, blacksmith shop, a school, a! church and three more houses.” Houses are the problem now. “We have a terrific housing shortage,” she said. “This town | | really would grow if we had places [to put people. Hardly a day passes that someone doesn’t stop and ask lif there are-houses for rent or sale, “There isn's=much hope for them, | People just don’ Story,” she said.

| f “Why at one time we had a post | |

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Ralph Hedrick cuts lumber for people who live around the tiny Hoosier hamlet of 16 people. The only other business is a general store

Saw Mill and Eeneral Stors

Times Staff Writer STORY, Ind., July 28.—There had to be a story in Story.

| At st. Vincent's Robert, Virginia Ritchie; . Harold, Joan Childres; Charles, Madinger, Lloyd, Verneill Hut€hi on We're going to put hay into| so I'll have to be|

move Away from 1d

‘Bookkeeper will Attempt | Identification. |

An escapee from the state re-| | formatory at Pendleton was sched- | uled to face employees of the New| | Palestine State bank today for pos{sible identification as one of the| | bandits who staged a $15,000 hold-| up July 18. | Paul Jenkins, 24, Pt, Wayne, has {been apprehended by Ft. Wayne | | police, according to an announce- | | ment from state police headquarters! inst night. He was scheduled to be brought to Indianapolis where | Miss Carrie Snodgrass, bookkeeper lat the New Palestine bank, will | attempt to determine whether or not {he was one of the bandits. Nabbed on Suspicion State police reported Jenkins gave information which in turn led to {the arrest of another escapee, | | Bruce Stewart, 23, of Francisco, | Ind. Stewart was arrested at Grand | Haven, Mich, and is expected to | turned over to Indiana - state police as soon as possible, Jenkins was arrested on suspicion of vehicle taking. Ft. Wayne ‘police | reported he: was unarmed and {offered no resistance. He will be questioned in Ft. Wayne before be(ing brought here. Both men escaped prior to the; { New Palestine holdup and state! | police reported at the time of the | robbery that descriptions of the] {bandits tallied closely with those) (of the escaped pair. Bank em- | ployees were not, however, able to]

Mrs. Susan Hederick, oldest resident in number of years, checks on delivery before starting for field to help with haying.

[very after viewing photographs.

ARABS ARE BLAMED | IN SOLDIER SLAYING

| JERUSALEM, July 20 (U. P).— {One British soldier was killed and another was wounded today in the | first outburst of violence attributed | by police to the Arabs in Palestine. | Authorities believed extremist elements of the Moslem brotherhood | were responsible for the outbreak lin which the British suffered two casualties along the road. Still another element of potential trouble was injected into the

an uncertified ship with 2700 refugees arrived at Haifa this afternoon.

FUGITIVE LINKED [Hit-Run Driver Kills Man H | IN BANK HOLDUP Nine Others Hurt in Acciden

An Indianapolis man was killed by a hit-and-run driver yesterday! and nine other persons were in-| jured in traffic accidents. | The dead man was John J. Du-| gan, 56, of 351 N, Addison st., who died in City hospital after Being struck by an automobile at Michd-/ gan st. and Holmes ave. early yes-| terday. Police today were holding Robert | | Lee Eddington, 21, of 1705 Alton| ave, as a suspect. Eddington was charged with leaving the scene of | an accident and vagrancy, Two Cars Collide Officers sald Eddington admit ted he was the driver of a car which collided with another car at the intersection. He told police he had been in a daze after the accident. Driver of the other car was John Fontaine of 111 E St. Clair st. A witness sald the car which struck Mr. Dugan was traveling south on Holmes ave. at a high rate of speed and that the driver disregarded a; Yor sign at the intersection. Eddington’s car, the witness said, crashed into the one driven by Mr. Fontaine, then wobbled crazily, hit Mr. Dugan and overturned. Driver Leaves Scene The driver and a passenger were sald to have fled the scene on foot, |entered a taxi a block away and departed. Eddington, arrested later near his trailer home, refused to name his alleged companion. Mr. Dugan's death was the second Indianapolis traffic fatality in

connect the two men with -the rob- | July, and the first here since July 3.

A native of Ireland, Mr, Duganyg had lived in this country 34 years, He had been employed as a-night watchman for the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. for 11 years.

Rites Set Wednesday

at 9 a. m. Wednesday in St. Anthony's Catholic church, of which

Requiem high mass will be sung

he was a member. Burial will be in Holy Cross, Survivors are his wife, Marie;

three sons, John J. Dugan Jr, | Patrick Dugan and William Dugan,’

Bethlehem \and two daughters, Miss Anna Du- 47. opened a “booby trap” suitcase’

{gan and Miss Helen Dugan, all of | Indianapolis. Nine-year-old Keith Ruse, 1058 |

troubled Palestine situation when Talman ave. was injured badly yes- ‘ed the lid of a fibre suitcase despite |terday when he was struck by a warnings of her husband not te. car driven by George Fredrich, 22,

WIE

John J. Dugan -

of 2179 N. Temple ave. at Roose velt ave. and Lawrence st. Dearl Heck, 14, of 20190 Station st., suffered a broken leg yesterday when the bicycle he was riding ran into 8 parked fruck near his home, Two . youngsters were cut and bruised when a truck in which they were riding crashed into the rear of a bus at 8. Meridian st. and Troy ave. They were Jean Andrews, 13, of 1230 Beecher st. and Gordon Whitaker, 15, of 1234 Beecher st. They were taken to City hospital where voung Whitaker is in fair condition and, the Andrews girl was treated for minor injuries, Five others were injured in a three-car collision at Madison ave. and Pleasant Run pkwy. North dr. The injured, who were treated as City hospital, weres Herman Mere« dish of R. R. 1, Whiteland: Mr. and. Mrs. John Kent of R. R. 3, Mars: tinsville, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl. Cross, 1112 8. Lyhhurst dr,

‘BOOBY TRAP’ KILLS WOMAN; MATE HELD.

PORTLAND, Ore., July 29 (U. PP). | —James W. Bowden was held 10s, day on charges of illegally possese, sing explosives after his wife, Fern,

in the basement of their home and | was blown to bits. Mrs. Bowden apparently had lifte

open it under any circumstances.

STRAUSS SAYS:

Miss Clothie.

Only Industries

PETERSON

years ago, but he gave this Hoosier

Only 16 people live in the five

Custodian Closes Caucus af Court

TWO ATTORNEYS and four clients were discussing case points outside police headquarters today while they awaited the opening of municipal court Custodian John Phillips was washing away the week-end's accumulation of dirt from the walks. His job finished, Mr, Phillips loosened the hose from the fire hydrant. Then , . . woosh! Water drenched the pre-court sidewalk conference amd set the six men scurrying. One of the clients, shrugging the water from his clothes, could only say, “Nuts! Now the judge’ll really think I'm drunk.” He was slated to appear in court on a drunk charge.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

BIRTHS

Girls

Francis-——Albert orraine Cave Melva Naue

Wallace Maxine Carison Mary Matthews Johnnie, Eddie Elizabeth Mon- e

At St June arence, 1 Allrey Norman Pauline Howard Walter, Alberta Walker; Terhune, and James, agle, Coleman Rayburn, Franklin, Marguerite Dorothy Blumberg. James, ton; Lloyd, Lauvedia True Herrold; Prancls, Jean Vera Newby, and James, Scott,

Mary Stryder, Smith; Morris, Anne Gral-

‘Kathleen

Lila Williams, Vernon, Mary Jack, Mary Meyers

At Methodist D. I. Dwight, gatha Dovlis | ussell, Ruth Blair

Wolmer Russe Richard, Anna

Margaret Joseph,

Anna Herndon, Paul Charles, Helen Hudson Margaret McKay Willtam, Margaret Schopper Richard Norma Kelleher; Stephen, Helene Lampan, and Granville Utwell Jones.

t | James Bonke

Boys St. Francis Ernest Ab Virginia Rollins Wilson Robert, Betty Dorothy Camb, At City Kenneth, Rosemary Cassaday Ad Coleman Edward, Jean Loveless, Warren, Mary Tucker | At Methodist Paul Elizabeth Lynch; Les ter, Betty Whalin, Joseph, EKisie Kraka, Oran, Esther Hollandbeck, Clarence, Stella Chamberlin, and Curtis, | Helen Collins ' At St. Vincent's Donald, Herbert,

Ruby one it Leroy Macy Young, and Boy

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and

Lucille Smith,

Sherry Bragg: Done Lorraine Ende“ Paul, ‘Lillian nif

| Voorhies, and Clyde, red Cantrell,

DEATHS

Gere Wallace King, 84, at 1517 Ringold, chronic myocarditis [Lown Fredrec Unversaw, 84, at 401 Conress, myocarditis John Bly: 80, at 1428 N, Delaware, car

ein Pronk oe Florack, 54, at 5458 EB. 8, Clair, carcinoma Ellen Barbee 63 at City, Marguerite A Mar sh, 45, Vine |.

& inant 10 : ROX Edith unger, 39, 1227 8. Bheflield, coronary occlusion Harry Franklin Hoover 71, at 36 W. Vermont, coronary occlusion, mn.

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