Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1946 — Page 1

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HOOSIER PRINCESS—Princess Tisza de Istvan. Becsey is shown Larry, 18-months-old Hungarian princeling, as they arrived in New York. She and her husband want to raise the boy as an American. Formerly Ania Suli, South Bend, Ind. she married in Hungary after the Germans occupied the country. She appeared

57th YEAR--NUMBER 236 .

‘Acme_ Telephoto with her son,

in the Hungarian operatic theater, in films and night clubs.

[Truman Leads Sports World

Fare Witnesses Cross-Examined

In Battle of Wits

By RICHARD LEWIS. Who they are and where they were born were some of the questions asked expert witnesses for

the public! toda by attorneys of Indianapolis Railways, Tne, as the rate case was resumed before the Indiana public 8 commission. Dr. John Biuver, nation “ nizéd public utilities expert, told Railways Attorney Robert E. Armstrong that he was born in Russia, came to America at an early age like many another U. 8S. citizen, Mr. Armstrong did not pursue the question of nativity further, Observers at the hearing wondered aloud what the place of a witness’ birth had to do with the issue of higher fares for public transportation. Battle of Wits It was Dr. Bauer who five weeks ago challenged the entire capital structure of Railways, terming it “unsound.” Mr. Armstrong set out this morning to discredit the expert’s testimony. Earlier, Elbert Gilliom, railways attorney, engaged in a battle of wits

, with Dr. Laurance S. Knappen, ex-

pert witness for the state of Indiana. Dr. Knappen, senior economist for the OPA, had challenged the validity of the company’s charts and diagrams, asserting. they were mathematically incorrect, Produces Report Mr, Gilllom produced the 12th quarterly report of the OPA itself for December, 1944, This document, he said, contained a chart drawn on the same basis as the charts

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Nip Venezuela Revolt Plot

CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 11

(U. P.); — A counter-revolutionary |

plot against the revolutionary government Junta was discovered today. It was thwarted by the arrest of severa)d political leaders, President Romulo Betancourt announced. Constitutional guarantees were suspended after the discovery of the plot against the Betancourt regime.

Doctors Called Poor

Advisers on Love

BOSTON, Dec. 11 (U. P). ~~ Couples planning marriage znould take courses to train themselves to be good lovers, according to Dr. James C. Janney of Harvard medical school: But first, he said yesterday at a marriage counseling forum, doctors will have to learn about love themselves, The average doctor is a poor counsel because he has had no training, Dr, Janney said.

Times Index

Amusements , 12 Obituaries wes 13 Boots ........ 34|Dr. O'Brien .. 10 Business ,,... 16/F. C. Othman 19 Classified ..32-34 Fred Perkins. 16 Comics ...... 35 Radio Crossword ,...30 Reflections ., 20 Editorials .... 20 Scherrer ..... 20 Forum ....... 20 Science ,..... 19 Gardening .. 14 Serial G. I. Rights., 3§78ide Glances, 20 Home Page .. 14 Wm. Simms. . Ind. News ,...22 Sports ..... 29-31 In Indpls, .... 2|Stranahan dvs 38 Inside Indpls. 13 Washington . 20 Eugene Lyons 28 Weather Map. 5 MeGafin .,... 6/Geo. Weller.. 11 Ruth Millets . 19 Wom. News 24-27 Movies sannee 13 World © Affairs 20 3 i AT PS.

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g | ROW is living in South America,

® 4 ® % In Tribute to ‘Big Train" Expresses ‘Great Sorrow’ at Death of Walter Johnson, Immortal of Baseball

sports world in tribute to the memory of Walter Johnson. He expre “great sorrow” at the death of ‘the famed one-time Washington Senators pitcher. Mr. Johnson, who rode to baseball immortality on his fabulous fast

WASHINGTON, Dee. 11 (U. P.).—President Truman today led the |cutor’s office is an attempt on the

Tentative UN Agreement Reached On World Arms

Police Charge Blue Dropped ‘Sure’ Cases

Detective Chief's Report Renews Feud

By NOBLE REED The long-standing feud be-| tween the police department and Prosecutor Sherwood Blue's office broke out anew today with a series of charges hurled by Detective Chief Howard Sanders, The recent dismissal by the prosecutor's office of a robbery case and one defendant charged with burglary was criticized by Chief Sanders. “Our officers had defendants in those two cases identified by the victims and suddenly we find out that both cases were dismissed by the prosecutor's office’ Chief sanders said. Stick fo Own Job, Says Blue Prosecutor - Blue, visibly angered! by the newest police department; blast at his office, warned the detec-| tives’ office to “stick to policing and |

"|leave the legal side of it to those

who know how.” “This criticism being directed by the police department at the prose-

{part of the tail to wag the dog,” { Mr. Blue said. : Two of four cases which Chief Sanders said were “kicked around,”

ball, died. last night of a brain tumor after an eight-month illness.

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Rinyon Ashes

Story Teller Asked No Fuss at Passing

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (U. P). — Damon Runyon, the Broadway story teller, died last night in Memorial hospital after asking the guys and dolls on the big stem to see that there was no fuss over his passing. Friends said there would be no funeral services. They said Mr. 'Runyon's- body, at his -request, would be cremated at an undisclosed time. He had asked that his ashes be strewn over Manhattan island by his friend, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker. Mr. Runyon was 62. . His physicians announced that he died of cancer. He had been unable to talk since a throat operation in 1944, but {swapped wisecracks and opinions iwith his associates on a pad of paper. He entered the hospital Friday and had been in a coma for 2¢ hours when he died at 7:08 p. m. Mr. Runyon, bespectacled, given to snap-brimmed hats and flashy clothes, was famous as a short- Children at Bedside story writer. He was a syndicated |. His three sons and two daughters columnist, but considered himself | were at his bedside. primarily a reporter. Mr. Johnson had been eritically His literary style was salted with jj; since last April. He suffered a Broadway slang. His success was stroke then induced by what then

(Continued on Page Yo Calhn g) Was described as a “progressive

blockage of a small cerebral artery.” ; It developed, however, that he was Iran ‘Civil War

suffering from a brain tumor which WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (U. P.).~—

paralyzed his left side. He was stricken on his 552-acre The state department was advised | v today by George V. Allen, american FOIE Weather ambassador to Iran, that the two-|™ To Turn to Rain

Germantown, Md, farm. He had day Iranian civil war has ended. "LOCAL TEMPERATURES

dolences through White Bress Secretary Charles G. Ross. He said: « SRE i A “The President was §réatly grieved to hear of the death of Walter Johnson. He was one of his athletic heroes. He admired him both .as an athlete and as a man, as did millions of other persons. The President felt a great sorrow at his passing.” Services Are Friday

will be held at 2:30 p. m.

ton cathedral. Burial will be in Rockville, Md., cemetery. Death came to the “big train” of major league baseball after he suffered a relapse last Friday. The magnificent heart that never

11:40 o'clock. Death came to the pitching ace of the Washington Senators in the stillness of a whitewalled hospital room only a few miles from Griffith stadium.

thousands—from Presidents to peanut: vendors—once roared tribute to his hurling genius,

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The message from Mr. Allen said the Iranian war ministry had reported the receipt of a telegram of surrender from Azerbaijan Premier Djavid Pishevari.

A state department spokesman de- $ Re Miers 36 " Mn 3» nied a Moscow radio report that the | ¢ Re Mee 3 : h ~ Aaah United States has furnished the 2M: wrt 2 (Noon).. 45 9am... 3 1pm... 48

Iranian government 40 four-engined bombers since Nov. 22. Informed sources had said earlier that the United States would support a plea for United Nations action if any outside power interfered with Iran’s military campaign to regain control of Azerbaijan. The “invasion,” launched by government troops to supervise elections in the pro-Russian zone, was reported to have drawn a protest from Soviet Ambassador Ivan Sadchikov.

Today's bright skies will fade into rain by tomorrow, the weather bureau forecast this morning. Fair weather was predicted- for today and tonight. It wil] turn colder tomorrow afternoon, the bureau said. i

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located on W. Washington St. In front of L. 8. Ayres & Co: Funds ‘used for Clothe-A-Child.

Each line of dimes is ex-' actly 1/60th of ‘a mile . . , 60 lines mean a full Mile,

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Report Bormann Alive

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 11 (U, P).— | The newspaper Aftontidingen said [today without giving the source of its reports that Martin Bormann, {long missing Nazi party deputy,

‘Mrs. J. Edgar Pew Dies

VILLANOVA, Pa, Dec. 11 (U, P.), ~Mrs. J, Edgar Pew, widow of the late Bun Oil Oo, vice president, died of a heart attack at her home here early today. : . GR ghar ¥ : Lal

Mr. Truman expressed vie ds Wann st, and a burglary House | charge against Theodore Edward

That was the ball park where)

|Jones by helping Clothe-A-Child in

included a robbery chaige against Snirley Scott Warren, 22, of 917 E.

| Colvin. dentthied by. Victims.

Or «eourt records show ind Sgt

for “lack | July 1

imina} .o [both of these cases were dism |by the prosecutor's office

{of evidence.”

Warren was charged with robbing

{and slugging two Ft. Harrison sol-| diers, Pfc. James Courtney and Pic. James Long. | “Both soldiers identified Warren

Funeral: services for Mr. Johnson AS the man who slugged and robbed “5

{them in statements to our officers,”

[| Mays, who they said was in on the’ | robbery, but we have not been able {to arrest him yet.” Prosecutor Blue cited statements! {in his office signed by both soldiers. The soldiers said in these state‘ments that they had lost some|

jren,

{that Warren robbed them. | Chief Sanders complained that | the Colvin burglary case was dis- |

Mrs, Jones did . . . drive many a strong-willed woman to

[Clothe-A-Child for aid. There is no “easy way” in the job of rearing a family against all odds. | » ” ~ HERE'S WHY Clothe - A - Child | feels that Mrs. Jones' plight deserves every help possible: Despite her meager living quarters, Mrs. Jones has kept her little | family together and in-school. A! son who served in the army and was | her sole support will never be home | for any Christmas. He was killed in Germany. Yet Mrs. Jones isn't bitter. Her comment 1s only this simple fact: “From that time to this, it has been hard for me.”

Much more could be told about the Jones family: About the illness of her 6-year-old girl . , . but you peed not be reminded that hardships seem to gather hardships.

FEE a THERE IS one important thing about Mrs. Jones’ outlook which indicates her gratitude for the little fortunes in her barren life. Regarding her present home—a condemned house—she says: “This is all IT can find , , . but I am thankful I have a roof over our heads.” ® x YOU CAN pay tribute to the perseverance of mothers such as Mrs.

these two ways: ONE: By sending or bringing a cash contribution to Clothe-A-Child, Indianapolis Times, 214 W. Maryland st., Indianapolis 9. TWO: By making an appointment

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ROCKET PLANE—Shortly after this picture was taken, the A. A. F.'s first rocket-propelled plane was dropped from the belly of the huge B-29 shown carrying it here. The revolutionary little plane, the Bell XSI, flew for 19 minutes, “loafing”

along at 550 miles per hour.

State May Get Priority on Fort

VA Also Puts in Bid For Harrison Facilities

Times Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, — Indiana—which wants Ft. Harrison near Indianapolis for a stte mental hos-

pital—may get ‘priority "despite &!

Veterans Administration claim.

|G. 1's:Can Bring Frauleins Home

As ‘War Brides’

| FRANKFURT, Dec. 11 (U. P).~— Gen. Joseph T. McNarney today re{laxed the ban against marriage of | U. 8. soldiers and German women. | Marriages by G.1's will be per-|

‘mitted “prior to their departure gay. The U. 8. army announced Sled upon to take up at once the

from, the European theater,”

THe niew rule removed virguslly 8 vestiges of the once strict ban on

The VA has asked war depart-is.gtermization of American troops ment to freeze all surplus bulidings With the German popiilace.

for

ent at ne Tort whe) . The new rule will go into effect in

about 15 days,

{

The army ground forces today in| Col. George Eyster, public rela-

formed Senator Capehart's office tions officer, said

that fraulein

Big 3 Nations Drop Demands For Army Count

Proposal for A-Bomb Tally Also Dies

(Read Nat Barrows Story, Page 3)

Acme Telephoto

Racket Plane Test Successful

XS-1 ‘Loafs’ Along In Flight at 550 mph

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 (U. P). —A new air age was heralded to-

that, ite Brst rocket piane, the Bell X8-1, has been buccessfully test flown at Muroc army air base on the California desert. Designed to rocket man into the unexplored realms beyond the lspeed of sound, the tiny knife‘winged ship was dropped from the | belly of a huge B-29 bomber Mon-

that until the fort is declared sur- brides would no doubt be treated as/day. It leaped away in a 19-min-

and that

May Aid Mental Cases

: (Indian-| op jep Sanders said. “The soldiers] The announcement came at a| "nile apolis Time )Friday from Washing- also named a second assailant, James| time whe state officials, were study- | €UPation troops.

ing the fort as a possible stop-gap for Indiana's overcrowded mental

{plus the VA cannot claim priority “war brides” with their passage to presumably Governor the United States paid by the gov{Gates could put - facilities to any ernment. the state desires until that time.| Col. Eyster said the new regula- lin, Greensburg, Pa,

| tions would not allow marriage hile soldiers are on duty as oc-

| Authorities said prospective brides {would be screened and other regu-

| institutions, but VA public relations|lations would be laid down, but

{ute flight—nearly seven minutes on | rocket power. ) Test Pilot Chalmers (8lick) Goodheld the plane’s 40,000 horsepower rdcket tubes carefully in check. He kept

the needle-nosed craft down to a

“crawling” 550 miles an hour. Speed of 1700 M. P. H. Next summer, after at least 20

spokesmen hastened 10 announce | they did not say what thé regula- more preliminary flights, Mr. Good-

that the administration had its bid in for several months. Exact extent of the proposed re-

conceded . defeat in a pitcher's money, but were unable io testify | conversion was not announced but battle, finally yielded last night at definitely that the defendant, War~|in view of plans to establish an 800got the money and further bed tuberculosis hospital it appeared |

one-time stated that they could not testify the VA might want virtually wer Ohristmas Talk

building. Governor Gates has looked over the fort with an eye to bidding on the state's behalf for use of a

Ever Live in Chicken Coop?— | Clothe-A-Child Will Ease Burden of Widowed Mother

It's Rough Going Keeping Family Together And in School, but She Carries On

; By ART WRIGHT HAVE YOU ever lived in a chicken coop? and she's suffered other hardships that would

despair. But you don't give up when

lived quietly.there since his retire-| you have four children of school age looking to you for courage. —— This widowed mother is typical of many who look to The Times | (Read an editorial, “Our Retreat in Not because they look for “the easy way.”

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Truman to Make

| WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (U, P).| —President Truman will make a | Christmas eve address to the na-| tion. The President's remarks will be broadcast over all networks at 4

lin will unleash the plane's full power. It is capable of blasting the ship to speeds as high as 1700 miles an hour at 80,000 feet. The plane glided silently away from the mother ship which seemed to be standing still, the two-ton orange-colored craft shot up 10,000 feet to 35000 when Mr. Goodlin tested the four rocket tubes, one at a time. He turned on all four only momentarily.

The handful of top military men

and engineers permitted to observe reported the X8-1, climbed, dived

p. m. (Indianapolis time) Dec. 24. | (Continued on Page 2—Column 3)

Mr. Truman plans to spend] Christmas at his home in Inde-| pendence, Mo., and the date of his| | departure from Washington has not been decided. If the President leaves Washing{ton before Christmas eve,” he will | speak from Independence. |

Missing Plan Believed Found

PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 11-(U. P.).

| . | | WU. S. Consul Is Held | —Portland army air base officials

Virtual Prisoner

China,” Page 20)

NANKING, Dec. 11 (U. P.).—Peiping dispatches said today that U.S. {Consul H. Merell Benninghoff, Chi- | {nist-held port of Dairen, dressed as

a fisherman. |

{patches said. | The Peiping report said Mr. Ben-

10.00 | ninghoff was being allowed to send

|only coded messages in Russian by

10.00 way of Moscow.

cago, had slipped into the Commu. | "8 of their home at 8 p. m. yes-

today reported that a large plane— believed to be a marine transport

{missing with 32 persons aboard—has |

been reported sighted three miles south of Toledo, Wash, The ground search near Toledo was started after a couple reported hearing a loud crashing noise south-

terday.

He was virtually confined to quar-| Calf Prices Set Record 25.00 ters by Communist officials, the dis- |

Of $31.50 at Yards Here

Calves reached an all time high {of $31.50 here today when prices | jumped another $1.50 at Indianapo[lis stockyards. -

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| its support to a specific location {feller Jr. had offered to give the | for a headquarters along the East| river between 42d and 48th sts.

wrangle over whether to set up its permanent home 'in San Francisco!

fter revealing thaf John D. Rockenited Nations $8,500,000 to buy land

executive vice president of Webb

Russia also hailed the offer as a/and Knapp, planners of a fabulous possible solution to the year-long $150 million project which would be

similar to New York's Rockefeller center, offered to sell the riverfront

lor the East. - Mr. Rockefeller's of- development to the United Nations.

{fer was submitted to the United, | Nation headquarters |which promptly appointed a sub-

today. 4 Last

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week Willian Heokendest, 30

Warrefi Austin of the U.S. deleoffer was good for 30 days. He

btained an option on the land for

committee to inspect the site ine that Mr. Rockefeller had

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‘will make a personal statement

‘however,

, |armaments.

ders beginning Deg. 10. | ; "Ly

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (U. P.), ~fecretary of State James PF, Byrnes announced today that he

to the United Nations general assembly before it adjourns. He will ‘describe the United States position en the entire subject of disarmament. :

By ROBERT J. MANNING United Press Staff Correspondent

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Dec. 11,—Great Britain, the United States and Russia agreed tentatively today to: drop their demands for a troop and armaments census, Instead they provisionally accepts ed a broadened program for the United Nations to take immediate steps to reduce arms, ban atomije bombs, withdraw troops from fore eign soil and establish internatione al controls. . In a compromise engineered hy’ the = general assembly president, Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium, the

United Nations members would be’ *

problem of world. ¢ $C + Big Three Agrinnia tives voy agreed to the move, : plained that they would have te consult with their delegations bee fore finally pledging their governs ments’ support. ko Calls for Report Next Yedr The néw proposal would call upon the security council And United Nas tions members to report to the gene (eral assembly next year the steps taken to: Fo ONE: Establish international troop and armaments inspection agencies. TWO: Draft a treaty for outlaws ing use of atomic energy for mille

lary purposes. THREE: Withdraw their troops from former enemy states and from friendly states in cases where they were stationed there without pere mission of the country concerned. FOUR: Establish a general and “balanced” program of arms Tree duction. . U. 8. Delegation to Be Polled The plan would be added to a partly-drafted resolution calling {upon the security council to draft a [program of arms reduction and en forcement measures, and to speed work on an agreement to outlaw atomic weapons. Sir Hartley Shawcross of Britain and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei | Vishinsky of Russid declared theme selves “agreed in principle” on the - program. Senator Tom Connally (D, Tex.) indicated that he would ask the U. S. delegation to support the proposal. Under the new formula, Russia wotlld drop its demand for a census of troops stationed abroad and the U8. and Britain would drop theis {counter-moves for a report on {troops at home. Britain also would {drop its demand for international lyerification of the troop figures fure | nished. Atomic Control Would Be Rushed The new proposal would not call {for immediate publication of atomic bomb secrets or for the number of |A-bombs the U, 8. has. It would, call upon the security {council to rush work on a plan for atomic control. : | Mr. Spaak’s compromise bid came |after delegates had debated for nearly three hours what one dele |gate termed “an historic move” to (permit an international agency to enter any country at any time to check up on national troops and

The compromise proposal followed a joint Anglo-Russian demand for an immediate check of the: world's armaments, including the American stockpile of atomic bombs. That demand was tossed suddenly info the general assembly last night by Sir Hartley on a dare from Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrej Vishinsky. It was accepted ime mediately “in” principle” by the Russ sians. x