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PEACEFUL PACIFIC ON RAMPAGE — This huge wave smashing over the seawall at Hilo, Hawaii, sends a fireman (left) and a navy officer (right) scurrying for their lives over the fygged lava boulders.
| Babe Ruth Fights For His Life
‘Under Ether 2 Hours For Sinus Operation
NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (U. P)— Babe Ruth—fighting a battle for
his life—underwent a serious but satisfjctory operation on his neck today which kept him under ether . for two ‘hours . and 10 minutes. The main arteries on the left : side of his neck * were “ligated or “tied off,” surgeons said. {* “His post -operative condition is satisfactory,” the hospital bulletin stated. The operation,
Babe Ruth 8 very delicate one, was begun ‘at
10 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) and was not completed until 12:10 p, m. It was some time before Mr. Ruth regained consciousness. Mr. Ruth, who will be 52 years old next month, had been sufféring from ‘intense headaches. After treatment for a sinus ailment, the consulting surgeons decided that the neck operation was necessary The former New York ‘Yankee slugger spent a “fairly restful night” at French hospital where he has been since Nov. 26.
Treated 6 Weeks
Co-incidentally, Joe DiMaggio, the current king of the Yankee batting order; also was scheduled to undergo an operation today. But his was a comparatively minor one for removal of a spur on his left heel. But “The” Babe” may be forced to remain in the hospital indefinitely. “He has been under treatment for the last six weeks. After a series of consultations in whith Six specialists participated, it Was determined that a oo operation must be performed,” a bulletin stated. No Visitors Allowed
After Mr. Ruth entered the hospital for operation his condition was described as‘ “fair.” * But’ he was not permitted to see visitors. He had been scheduled. to leave .the. hospital on Dec. 15, but his departure- was delayed because of recurrent severe headaches.’
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the joint chiefsof i {staff and the mili-
Gen. Clark Returnin ‘Changes in Effect
in Europe.
army - air . forces representative for
tary staff committee of the United Nations, effective = March 15. . Gen. Clark will take command of the 6th army headquarters at
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San Francisco, Gen. Clark late Gen. Joseph W, Stilwell. The dates on which Gens. Clay, Clark and Keys will take over their new posts were not announced immediately. Gen. Clay is deputy to Gen. ‘McNarney in Germany. Gen. McNarney, who succeeded Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as U. S. army commander in Europe in De-
. |cethber, 1945, replaces Lt. Gen. Har-
tions military staff committee. Gen. McNarney became deputy supreme allied commander in the Mediterranean theater in September, 1945. Before the United States on a special observers group in London. He also was a member of the Roberts commission which investigated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and served as chairman of the war department's reorganizatiorf committee, Gen. Clay, deputy to McNarney and U. 8. representative on the co-ordinating committee for Ger-
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Gunman Took ‘Just
Although. it was reported that
a little bit.” He admitted he never reported it to police, although several policemen are reported to have known aboyp the incident unofficially. Mysteriously, the holdup was linked with the vice crusade being waged by the city administration, Sheriff Magenheimer and Prosecutor Stark. Several incidents revolving downtown bookmakers were not reported to police in order to keep police “heat” off the gamblers’ shoulders. The bookies wanted to make as little news as possible so thay the
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heat would die down. First crackdown against the gamVim 3,
‘Shake Up Army in Europe; Clay Succeeds McNarney
March 15
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (U. P.).~The army, in a shakeup of its European command, announced today that Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay will succeed Gen. Joseph C. McNarney as commander of U. S. army forces
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Lt. Gen, Goeffrey Keyes will succeed Gen. Mark W. Clark of Indianapolis as chief of U. S. forces in Austria. Gen. McNarney will become
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Another Held In Extortion Case
A second man was under arrest today charged with impersonating excise officer following an alleged attempt to extort $500 from the Liberal View League club, south side night club. Dencil Deward Fine, 28, 203 N. Belmont ave. was arrested in his home Saturday night by Lt. O, PF. Andrews and officers of the Indiana excise state police, Previously Earl Hobart Warren, 20, of 123 N. Belmont ave, had been arrested New Year's eve. The L. V. L. club started a 30day suspension of its liquor licenses at 7:30 a. m. today for selling after hours: , According to excise police, both
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$2000 Unreported Holdup Linked With Vice Crusade
Victim Admits Holdup Saying Lone
a Little Bit’
A week-old holdup never reported to police was being investigated by Detective Chief Howard Sanders today. ] The holdup victim was Edward Hoeltkmeyer, proprietor of the Custom Shirt’ Shop, 237 N. Illinois st.
Mr. Hbeltkmeyer lost $2000 in the
holdup by &' lone gunman, Mr. Hoeltkmeyer said the amount was “just
blers came from Mayor Tyndall last week, Over. this week-end, Sheriff Mageinheimer and Prosecutor Stark got together and issued a statement that read: “We stand foursquare for law enforcement and for respect for law. “We are opposed to all forms of gambling and no form«of gambling has our approval, “We would appreciate it if those who want to give us advice on law enforcement would either see us or write us a letter signing their names as we cannot give our attention to unsigned or anonymous communications,” ‘ ;
threatening the lives of 108 per- | sons on tiny Palmyra atoll.
flashed a distress message yesterday
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Pacific Atoll Out of Danger’
~~ High-Weters Recede,
Little Damage Done
By UNITED PRESS Alaska was buffeted by snowstorms and 50-mile-an-hour winds today. The navy announced from Hawaii « that high waters from a Pacific storm were receding after
Latest reports from Pearl Harbor said the situation at Palmyra, 960 miles to the south, was under control. The island . radio station had
that the a was “under water” and asked face craft to prepare for possible evacuation of personnel. “Very Little Damage” The navy later announced that there were no fatalities, no injuries and “very little damage.” An announcement said that the destroyer Wells and a coast guard cutter were due to arrive sometime today. Clark Brown, an Oahu radio amateur, reported on the basis of a radio conversation with Palmyra, that the only real damage was fo some military installations, Mr. Brown said an operator whom he identified only as “Bill” reported that “nearly all our roads are washed out. Most houses are okay but some residents moved their possessions to higher ground as a precaution.” Storm Subsides The Palmyra operators said that the storm had subsided yesterday anid that apparently the worst was over, “We dq not foresee any smmediate danger,” he said, The navy said that high waters were receding and that any pre-
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Police and Fire
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“irregular” and requested permis
FORECAST: Mostly €loudy tonight and tomorrow with probable rain fom oFtow afternoon. “Slowly rising or; .
Iegularities
By Prosecuto
Judge Refuses to | Hear Any Witnesses
The first open clash over law enforcement procedure Stark, newly elected prosecutor, and Judge W. D. Bain broke out in
series of charges and denials over methods of selecting the grand jury. Prosecutor Stark charged in al formal motion filed before Judge | Bain that 15 names drawn for the | selection of the grand jury were illegally selected. The prosecutor's motion asked that the jury panel be set aside as
sion to produce evidence of illegal- | ity in the procedure. : Refuses to Hear Witnesses Judge Bain refused to hear any witnesses Prosecutor Stark offered to call and postponed selection of a grand jury until later His afternoon. Judge Bain did not " indicate whether. he would discharge the prospective jurors as the prosecutor demanded or ignore the latter's charges and selett a jury of six members from the panel which Mr Stark said was illegal. . Prosecutor Stark, in his. motion, I charged that six persons on the list of 15 on the panel from which a! jury was to be selected were not | laxpayers as Sep by law.
grand fry selection, only 10 ap-
peared in court morning. Of the 10, only one was not a taxpayer. The status of five absent persons was not determined. Of the 10 who appeared, Judge Bain excused five+'on the ground of conflic business interests. Judge Bain then ordered the five remaining persons to return this afternoon for further hearing. Prosecutor Stark in ‘his motion also charged that Marion county jury commissioners violated the law by permitting names to be placed in the jury box that were suggested by outside groups and individuals. The jury commissioners are Alex Vonnegut, 5033 N. Pennsylvania st.; Mrs. Joyce Loomis of 25 E. 54th st, and County Clerk A. Jack Tilson. Prosecutor Stark charged that Judge ‘Bain “personally had knowledge of irregularities in placing names in the jury box.” “In a conversation last Saturday you (Judge Bain) told me that during the war: it had become the
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Make Dairen Free
Port, U. S. Asks
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (.U P.).— The United States asked the Soviet
Entered as Indian
Bec ond-Class - Matter at Pastiofiios PA Ind, Issued deily except Sunday
must not ask wage increases that would boost prices.
LABOR - MANAGEMENT RELATIONS = Require compulsory. arbitration of disputes over existing contracts; outlaw jurisdictional
strikes;
strengthen federal. mediation machinery. Congress should |
set up a commission to study other aspects of preventing industry-
wide strikes.
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FISCAL AFFAIRS - Budget will be balanced in fiscal '48; national
debt should be reduced; wartime No mention of income tax cut.
HOUSING—A bill should: be
low-rental units in the next four years,
AGRICULTURE—Foreign and
excise taxes should be continued.
passed to provide 500,000 public
domestic markets should be ex-
panded to provide outlets for farm surpluses. MILITARY POLICY—Armed forces should be merged in single department of national defense and universal training established. Extension of draft may be asked later.
HEALTH AND WELFARE—Congress should enact health insur-
ance program proposed last year, established. VETERANS—Veterans ' benefit
department of welfare should be
program is complete except for
minor adjustments, No bonus recommended. CIVIL RIGHTS—New legislation needed to strengthen federal action to protect rights jeopardized by racial and religious bigotry: NATURAL RESOURCES—River valley developments. should be pushed; mineral productién expanded and improved. FOREIGN AFFAIRS—We must get on with peace settlements; despite differences, fundamental interests of U. 8S. and U. 8. 8. R. are the same: early peace, high production, collective security. INTERNATIONAL .RELIEF—This country has contributed hagely to relief but should change laws to. permit entry of more displaced |
persons. . ’
INTERNATIONAL TRADE—World trade must be - made free
as possible.
ATOMIC ENERGY—Peacetime uses of atomic energy must be pushed and efeive. international control Spesded.
Cold Wave Lifts;
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Rain Is Forecast
Highways Returning To Normal Condition LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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Rain was in store for Indianapolis tomorrow, as slowly rising temperatures today broke the cold wave. The weatherman predicted cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow, with rain clouds scheduled to make an appearance tomorrow, Temperatures will continue to rise slowly. The widespread cold wave began to abate inthe Middlewest and in most of the country today. A warm
lair mass moving down from Can-
ada started the mercury upward. Roads Near Normal ‘State ‘police reported highways near normal today, with only patches of ice and snow to make driving hazardous. Motorists were urged to exercise caution, however, as melting snow and -ice still constitute a highway hazard. All but the southwestern states today reported relief from subfreezing temperatures:
government today to make Dairen, Manchuria—where a U. S. naval] vessel recently was ordered to leave | abruptly—a free port under Chinese administration. “The U. S. deplored the “unsatis-| factory situation” at the port and | hoped that “abnormal conditions” | there soon would be ended. A navy LCI recently was ordered by the Soviets there to leave within |
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Awards Given
Four police officers, a division of the police department and three firemen were honored today in the annual presentation of police and fire awards by Robison-Ragsdale post 133, American Legion. Individuals honored were Sgt. Robert Smith, Patrolman Myron Rance, the late Patrolman James Dunn, and Officer Robert Simmons of the police department; Fire Lt. Edward J. McGovern and Firemen Basil D. Mattox and John R. Coffin, The departmental citation went
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Lake Sullivan
where men of science are fighting
BY PAUL
to commit more crimes against man. medical detectives at the University
Infantile Paralysis—know that to, capture a criminal you must \earn | how he attacks. In the case of ‘poliomyelitis, og infantile paralysis, one of the problems is to determine what causes the |
Open to Skaters
Ice skating “will be held under | the lights at Lake Sullivan tonight. Shelters, hot coffee and sandwiches will be available. After school sgkating will be held
disease to become epidemic.
studying such epidemics por five] years. ‘They have one of the bestequipped laboratories anywhere. Many times, these experts have,
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The scientists here: have been | paralysis,
Cold center hung over southeastern ¥exas, but was moving slowly toward the gulf, At Chicago the temperatures rose from one degree above zero last night to 20 degrees today:
MONTY IN MOSCOW LONDON, Jan. 6 (U. P.).—Radio Moscow reported today that Field Marsha] Viscount Montgomery arrived by plane in Moscow from Ber lin this morning.
Truman
_ WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (U. P.). — Highlight quotations from President Truman's message to congress: If .. . we can find the right course to take as each issue arises ... we shall achieve a state of well-being for our people without precedent in
work with the other nations . . . earnestly, patiently and wisely, we can—granting a will for peace on the part of our neighbors—make a lasting peace for the world.
- » sn We shall be risking the nation’s safety and destroying our opportunities for progress if we do not settle any disagreements in this spirit (for common good), without thought of partisan advantage. » n » As the year 1947 begins, the state of our national economy presents great opportunity for all #” ” ¥ . It is essential to improve the | & methods for reaching agreement between labor and management and to reduce the number of strikes and] - lock-outs. We must not, however, |. adopt punitive legislation. » ” »
indefensible . . . a second unjustifiable practice is the secondary boycott, when used to further jurisdictional disputes or to compel employers to violate the national labor Telations act. » » ” | Upon a proper solution of this problem (of nation-wide strikes affecting the public interest) may de-
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Medicine's Toughest Battle—
Science Trains lis Heaviest Weapons On Sneak Killer — Infantile Paralysis
This is the first of several dispatches direct from the laboratories
infantile paralysis, It reports in,
simple terms their progress toward finding a way to prevent and eventually to cure the dreaded disease.
F. ELLIS
United Press Staff Correspondent “ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 6.—Infantile paralysis is like a killer who sneaks into a community, dodges police and then mysteriously moves on
But this criminal may be trapped soon. A highly trained force of
of Michigan is on his trail.
These Michigan scientists—aided ‘by the National Foundaton for
laboratory. They have spent weeks, sometimes months, gathering clues 's —suych as Specimens | from polio ‘ietims.
In one small community Luring |
last summer's epidemic of infantile the obtained stool specimens and case
Michigan experts |.
serve specimens, test tubes, syringes, traps to catch flies and other insects—the $cientists brought back the material to their borsiory here. Even ‘today--sevéml months after the peak of the 1946 epidemics— material for research still is arriving at this laboratory = Studies aré
through {be winter.’ i
demic, nut as
targets, that sometimes over-
histories from every house in the i | town, +
With their mobile laboratory
dione into the, Lely piin's voi whe i i nah 1 re (ec
Major Proposals gt In Truman Message Ait
WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (U, P.).—President Truman's major recommendations to congress: DOMESTIC ECONOMY—Industry must hold price lihes and labor
Presi
MONOPOLIES—New legislation -is needed to curb conegnleniiion asked congress : today toi of industrial power and aid new enterprises. .
| pose compulsory \against unjustified 's stri
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now being made and will continue |.
One scientist here. Ga the da condition as comparable fo Foals p
I I consider jurisdictional" strikes]
He also asked for aid i protecting the nation against restrictive business monopoly. Co
for personal income tax n this year. He sain he’ had. prepared “lanced budget for the next year providing for & small
history. And if we continue to ing is the best method ¢
re at
by national health insurance. Against Veterans’ Bonus SEVEN. Mr. Truman is ! a veterans’ bonus. He. sald ths except for minor adjustments i believes the nation’s program of veterans’ benefits now is ‘EIGHT. Protection of against racial and religioumay require further téderal