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Entered as Second Class Matter a Pastomios ' Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday

SPEED — Edwin H. Land is shown here with self-portrait. taken with his new cameta which de‘velops and prints a finished negative and print in one minute after the shutter ‘is snapped. Mr. “kand is the inventor of the camera, first demonstrated last night at a meeting of the Optical

Society of America in New York

Routine Changes

On Police Jobs

Chief Sanders Makes Duty Assignments

Police Chief Howard Sanders yesterday posted his first duty roster since taking over as head of the department less than a month ago and top officers breathed a sigh of pelief, With one exception the reassignments were routine, “The new chief had taken office after the department was shaken by charges of “payoffs” to members of the police force by gamblers and tavern operators. The routine changes followed the practice of rotating the same group of superior officers between inside and outside assignments and beAween day, middle and late shifts. Two officers in this group were not ome with the others, “The exception was Lt. Preston J. Heater, who remained at field lieutenant on the 4 p. m. to 12 midnight shift, Be is assigned to the Indiana avenue section, where widespread gambling has been alleged to exist under police protection, Lt. Heater's assignment did not change last month, or the month before. ‘The other superior offieér whose assignment was unchanged is Capt. Clifford Richter, nearing retirement. He asked to be retained on an inside assignment for physical reasons. Chief Sanders personally prepared the schedule, having reduced to corporal a few days ago his former secretary, Roscoe Jordan. Corp. Jordan, who had been elevated to deputy-inspector Jan. 1, is assigned to the identification division. . The New Schedule

The new day shift schedule (8:

a.m. to 4 p.m.) lists Jack Alkire as desk captain; Claude R. Kinder, field captain, and Roy R. Reeves and Roy McAuley, field lieutenants. Scheduled for middle-shift servfce are Michael Hynes, desk captain; John E. Ambuhl, field captain, and Leo Troutman and Lt. Heater, field lieutenants. . On the midnight to 8 a. m. shift are Capt. Richter, desk captain; Wayne Bear, fleld captain, and Dulin M. Judd and Noel M. Stark, fleld lieutenants. In charge of the vice squads are Sgts. Melvin Wilkerson and Jess Hadley, day shift; Sgts. Charles

Haney and Alexander Posey, middle |’

shift, and Sgt. Paul Pearsey, late shift. Sgts. Albert Beck, Otto Burk

and Oral McClain will have charge of all patrols in the Indiana avenue district on the day, middle and late shifts, respectively. Patrolman Jacque Durham, who caused the upheaval in the police force with a letter to the safety board charging payoffs, had the same assignment, directing traffic at Ohio st. and Capitol ave.

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Patterson Usges Militarily Strong, Secure America

MT. VERNON, Va, Feb. 22 (U. P.).—Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson called today in Washington birthday observances for a militarily strong and secure America to preserve world peace. “If we weaken ourselves at this critical time,” Mr. Patterson said, “the cause of world peace may be set back for generations.” Mr. Patterson spoke at Mt. Vernon shortly aftér President Truman placed a wreath at the tomb of

~ George Washington in ceremonies ' commemorating the 215th anniver-

sary of the birth of the nation’s first President, The President’ participated in. exercises sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Mr. Patterson

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” Acme Telephoto

Snap Shutter, Presto! There

America here,

without tanks and darkroom. If the picture turns out to be a poor job, you can “shoot” it again on the spot. A tiny pod or sealed chamber between the film and photographic paper loaded in the camera does the work of thénank and trays of chemicals in & photographer's darkroom. :

After a picture is snapped; a knob"

is turned to send the sandwich of film and paper through a wringer of two small rollers on the camera. This pressure releases a few drops of viscous chemical and spreads a moist layer bétween the film and paper. After one minute, you can strip away the flim from the completed print. Chemical ingredients bf the small pod include standard photographic developer and fixer along with viscous reagent. Each tiny container holds enough. chemicals to develop the negative and print the picture, The new process was demonstrated by its inventor, Edwin H. Land, president and director of research of the Polaroid Corp., Cambridge, Mass. The new cameras are not on the market yet. Polaroid officials predicted that it will be “several months” before they are available.

Explosion Levels Utica, N. Y., Plant

UTICA, N. Y,, Feb. 22 (U, P.).— A heavy pre-dawn explosion shook a seven-squdre block: semi-industrial area in east Utica today ‘and. destroyed the J. A. Firsching Textile Machine Manufacturing plant and an adjoining restaurant. , Authorities believed one man was trapped in the restaurant and sent wrecking crews to search the wreckage. A "fire after the explosion was brought under control in .three hours with all of the city's firemen and apparatus in action. Five persons were admitted to St. Elizabeth’s hospital with blast injuries, Their conditions Were not listed as serious. Fire Chief Leo Barry said cause of the explosion was not termined immediately.

the de-

Washington Calling—

these handicaps:

Eisenhower says. . THREE: Congress is

for it.

has delayed its report until April.

's the Picture

One Minuté From Subject to Print With Newly Developed Camera

By RON ROSS Science Service Writer NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—Take a snapshot, turn a knob, and wait one minute. Then you have a finished picture, produced by a new camera demonstrated for the first time last night to the Optical Society of

The camera, which can be made in the shape or size of most modern cameras, gives you a finished, dry picture and negative in one minute

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New Fuel Crisis Threatens Britain

Worst Snowfall Buries Coal Trains

LONDON, Feb. 22 (U. P.).—The worst blizzard of the century today precipitated a new crisis in Britain’s fuel situation and the ministry of fuel warned that the nation faces a critical 48-hour period | in which gas supplies may be exhausted in some areas. The new snowfall buried coal trains and isplated country villages. It placed new burdens on the nation already struggling to meet a vast fuel shortage. The fuel ministry said that if the snowfall continued—as weather observers predicted—gas supplies might be shut off at certain hours and in some regions they might be cut off completely. Previously, the crisis had affected particularly electrical supplies. Plan to Reopen Plants Sir Guy Knott-Bower, fuel ministry spokesman, said that the government had been forced to ask the most stringent curtailment of gas consumption — possibly even equalling the deep electrical cuts of two weeks ago. However, the government went forward with its plans to reopen closed midlands industrial plants Monday, All gas companies were asked to cut coal consumption by 10 per cent immediately. ° ’ “What they do or don't .do in the next 1 hours,” Sir - Knott-Bower said, “may just turn the scale in the case of .individual gas undertakings.”

Harry K K. . Thaw, TT,

In Critical Condition MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb, 22 (U. P.)—Harry K. Thaw, 76, one-time playboy and principal figure in the slaying of Stanford White in. a’ New York night club more than 40 years ago was in a critical condition to-

Marshall to Go to Moscow With No Aces in His Hand

Five Handicaps Face Secretary on Slate For Big Four Meeting Next Month

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Secretary of State George C. Marshall goes to Moscow for important showdown minus strong cards he hoped to have.

ONE: Our western Europgan allies are weaker than anyone knew until Britain's recent coal crisis. TWO: Our military position in Germany and Japan is threatened by Republican budget cuts, Gen. Dwight

draft, and President Truman probably will ‘Hot ‘even ask

FOUR: President's commission. on vniversal Sruining-

for training has little support in congress, can’t win Wiles tmporiant apatite . (Conia on Fags 3—Cotumn 1) >

his Florida estate. Thaw suffered a heart attack last week.

Instead he has

dead-set against extending

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Meanwhile, war department drive

{ficials said the transportation prob-

day. He was reported “very ill” at!’

Cuba Seizes After U. S. Cr

Sow Toll 51 As East Digs Out of Storm

Leaves Public Services Disrupted in Wake

By UNITED PRESS The East's worst snow storm in six years raged off the Maine coast today. : It headed for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, leavifig at least 51 persons dead” and badly disrupted public services in jts wake: Communities from the Carolinds to Maine were digging themselves out under sunny but cold skies. of-!

lem could continue for several days if winds keep the snow drifts shifting across highways and railroad tracks. Many rural and suburban roads still were impassable. Authorities expected to have them cleared so schools could reopen Monday. Most commuter transportation in and around New York was on schedule today. Air service was! scheduled to begin out of La-

_|Guardia field after 8 a. m. Mainte-'

nance workers were busy all night clearing runways.

27 Inches of Snow

The heaviest snowfall was the A inches reported in Dickenson county, Virginia. Charlestowty W. Va. and New Haven, Conn., reported 19 inches. New York had 11.5 inches; Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and Pittsburgh had 10 inches and Boston had 8.5 inches. The New York metropolitan area! had the largest death toll—20, East- | ern Pennsylvania had 16 dead; New England, 12 dead; southern New Jersey, two dead, and Delaware, one dead. The eastern part of Canada ex-| -\ pected light snewtalls-today from, the edge of the storm area. The 22-hour storm left 3 million | cubic yards of snow on the streets of New York City — twice the volume of the 102-story Empire {State building. By last night 10,{000 men and 2000 pieces of snow{removal equipment had traffic | moving on nearly all streets. Sunny but Cold The weather over most of the] East coast was expected to be sunny but cold today. Temperatures in, New York were expected to keep below 25 degrees.” Classes in scores of schools were dismissed. At one New York public | school, only 56 of 600 students appeared. After coming inside to warm up, they were sent home. The storm delayed ship arrivals and departurgs. No major marine, disasters were reported, but the] coast guard sent out its cutters to! aid several small craft in distress.’ A coast guard crash boat took an injured seaman off the tanker Cherry Valley in Jower New York! harbor. Small vessels me the coast during the storm, Poor visibility delayed the progress of some of the larger ships. U. N. Meeting Canceled . The United Nations security council ‘was forced to postpone its meeting yesterday because of the crippled train service to LaRe Success, Long Island.

ers were kept busy throughout the night in some areas, clearing roads and rails. After the storm ended, “ski resorts of New York and New England reported a rush of reservations for the week-end.

Indianapolis

Escapes Storm

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6a m..... 22 10a. m.,... 23 Ts m..... 32 lam... Sam... 22 12 (Noon) .. 26 9am 3% 1pm.:..2 Swirling * snowstorms which

‘blanketed the East from the coast to Pittsburgh turned from the Midwest this morning and swept out into the -Atlantic- ocean. Indiana and Indianapolis caught only the fringe of the eastern bliz-

Another Weather Story, Page 7; Map, Page 10.

zard in a light, frost-like snowfall overnight. The weatherman said that temperatures here will. hover around freezing, with light snow flurries in fhe central yorion of the state.

Policeman Slain, Wife Is Quizzed PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22 (U.P), —A city policeman was found shot to death in the bedroom of his northeast Philad hia home today. The victim was Joseph H. Lombardo, 35. Police held his wife,

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rangingein age from 8 months to 9 years, were. burned to death today

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[Five Chtdren, Mother Die as Home Burns

NEVADA, Mo., Feb. 22 (U, P.) — A mother and her five children,

in their home here. Charles Graham, injured. The victims were Mrs. Betty Graham, 43; Olive Lee, 9; Wayne,| ,

The father, was critically

Sue, 8 months, Mr.. Graham attempted to start a fire in a living room coal stove with kerosene. It exploded and threw fire throughout thé room. The door to the bedroom in which the children were sleeping with the mother was only three feet from the stove. Mr. Graham rén tq the nearby home of R. E, Baggett to call the fire department. Then he ran back to the home and attempted to save his family. Fireman found him in a ditch near the home. His body was covered with burns.

2 Teen-Agers Killed hy Trains

State Grade Crossing Deaths Boosted to 40

BULLETIN

Thomas Lee Ortel, 8, New Pal- | The study group, which is sur- commission,

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Parole System ‘Antiquated, Board Told

Welfare Chief Raps State Machinery

(Legislative News, , Page Seven; Calendar, Page 10)

State Welfare Director Joseph | Andrews told Governor Gates’ parole study commission today that Indiana's parole system is “backward and antiquated.” His statement followed the report of Supreme Court Judge James A. Emmert ‘that the failure of the Indiana parole system had produced “shocking” results in tee handling of criminals. The commission's current probe was ordered after an exclusive series of stories appeared in The Times, pointing to the need for revamping the state’s parole system. Approve Commission Plan As the commission probed paroles, | Indiana state prison officials took | sharp issue with a psychiatrist who | told the group last week that pris- | oners in the Michigan City prison {sane hospital had been subjected | to “brutal” treatment. Warden Ralph Howard and trusees of the prison denied the charge, by Dr. Palmer Gallup of

ithe prison.

estine, was injured critically to- veying prison and parole conditions,

day and his two brothers, Don- |

recommended at its meeting today # Ir no, | ald, 15, and ‘Etmer injured less passage of the administration bill|"rii Lilienthal forces was Sengtor

seriously when their car over- | creating a two-year study oom-

turned ‘at Koad 52 and Post rd.

Two teen agers, a boy and a girl, idied under the wheels of fast trains | lin grade crossing accidents in Indiana today. Their deaths brought to 0 number of persons who have bee {killed by trains at grade crossings {in the state since Jan. 1. Today's victims were 18-year-old Doris Rhodes, a high school stu- | dent, who was killed at Seymour (when a fast Diesel locomotive struck |

| mission. y | The commission would make a |detailed analysis of Indiana's much-criticized penal

he senate advanced the bi providing $40,000 for the study on second reading this morning.

lined before the group a four-point program for revamping the parole;

Over Lilienthal

{porfant influence on the 1948 | presidential election.

Welfare Director Andrews out-|

stem Ex-Vice King, g, : Fal = 3 Of Celebrities,

Action Comes Abter

In Scripps-Howard Newspapers ed

HAVANA, Feb. 22 (U.

rested Charles (Lucky) Luciano today. They announced he was being deported in a whirlwind |

sequel to the discovery that

| king was living here on the fat of the land.

(Two days ago, ‘Robert

GOP Chiefs Split

Vandenberg, Taft Clash on Nomination

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (U. P.. —The senate’s two most powerful Republican leaders appeared badly split today in the fight over {David E. Lilienthal. The outcome may have an im-

At issue was senate confirmation

~~ |columnist, revealed Lucky Luciano had

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the onetime New York Yiea

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¢ ‘Indianapolis, former psychiatrist at of Mr. Lilienthal's nomination as|

| chairman of the atomic energy

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disappeared. from | until he bobbed

Robert A. Taft (R. O.), chairman Lo, ° over his prospective, ah

of the senate Republican policy| 5 committee. Mr, Taft accused Mr. Lilienthal | of being “too soft” aye Russia |

sequrity fede k Leading Party Members Still not formally committed but giving every indication of support‘ing Mr. Lilienthal © was Senate | President Arthur H. Vandenberg | (Mich.). Mr. Taft and Mr. Van-

the automobile in which she amd (Conilnued « on Page 2-—Column 3 'denberg ‘are among ther ‘ ‘party’s

| three other persons were crossing the tracks in downtown Seymour. | The other young people were in'jured. They were returning from the Seymour- Jeffersonville basket ball game. | A few hours aftér this accident, Ray Hornbeck, 17. of Selma was (killed when his model A automobile | was struck by the first section "of | {a New York Central train roaring (west at 80 miles per hour at a ‘crossing in Selma. | State police said the youth's body {was hurled 100 yards and the auto- { mobile gemolished.

Surviving Triplet .Burns to Death

Times State Service HAMMOND, Ind. Feb. 22. — A month-old babygirl was burned to death and her mother seriously burned when fire of undetermined origin swept through a house near Schererville yesterday. The ‘baby was Frances Charlene Bee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Raymond Bee. The child was the last of triplets born a. month ago to: Mrs. Bee. The other two children died shortly efter birth.

Bones May Solve Hoosier's Death

MIAMI, Fla, Peb. 22 (U. P)— A skeleton found ‘in the back yard of her former home may solve the

‘mystery of what happened to Miss Mary J. Morrow, 40, a Newburg, Ind., seamstress, who disappeared July 9, 1941, police said today. Authorities sent the skeleton ‘to FBI offices in Washington for possible identification and ' reopened the case of Miss Morrow, marked “unsolved” for six years. In Newburg, Mrs. Lydia Morrow, a sister-in-law of the missing woman, said today she “felt sure it was, the skeleton of Mary.” She ' said Miss Morrow was last seen in 1941 when she left her Miami residence to cash a check in a downtown store.

demand a thorough investigation by federal authorities. ' Two boys found the skull near

Coral Gables commissioner.

fill the pulpit tomorrow. Mrs. Lewis said she knew her husband would be vindicated and had “absolute” faith that the congregation would “stand by us to a man.” “He is as innocent as innocent can be,” she said. “Right is right and. truth is truth and he has done no wrong.” ~ Church elders said they just “couldn't believe” that Dr. Lewis, a kindly-faced minister and author widely known in the country's religious circles had set fire to his $300,000 church. “As far as 1 know it was Dr. Lewis’ own decision not to preach tomorrow,” one elder said. “He is still a minister.” : The elders agreed they would wait and see what-evidence authorities had against Dr. Lewis and what evidence of a motive they were alleged to have found. The fire Jan. 25 caused $150,000 damage to the. huge, gothic Calvary Pres-

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Held for Burning Church, Pastor Skips Sunday Sermon

May Not Even Attend the Services, Says Milwaukee Preacher's Wife

By WILLIAM MEYERS United Press Staff Correspondent MILWAUKEE, Feb, 22.—A prominent Presbyterian minister, Dr. .| John Lewis, 72, bailed out of jail after being charged with trying to burn his church, said today he would not* His gray-haired wife, Sarah, said he might not ‘even attend the services, She said a substitute preacher would come from Chicago to

deliver the sermon this Sunday.

Dr. Lewis’ attorney, Harry V. Meissner, said the pastor had “neither motive nor reas n for

burning his own church” and welcomed the chance to vindicate himself from gossip. : Mr. Meissner said the district attorney's office had made “a terrific mistake” in filing the arson charges against Dr. Lewis. Their interpretation of evidence is he said. Dr, Lewis was arrested yesterday, photographed, fingerprinted, booked and then arraigned before a district judge. Dr. Lewis was siveited after investigators found two empty kerosene containers in the church. A piece of lingerfe and a man's pajamas, both kerosene-soaked, were twisted around the organ.

was released on $1000 bond. He faces a preliminary hearing March 10. Conviction carries 6, stfituate

The sister-in-law said she would|

the home of Al ‘Simmons, former |

Dr. Lewis pleaded innocent and |:

leading presidential possibilities. It was felt the outcome of the Lilienthal fight might have bearing on their relative prestige within the G. O. ¥. Meanwhile, Harold E. Stassen, al-, ready an open ‘candidate for the G. O. P. presidential nomination, came out in support of Mr. Lilienthal. He said he thought Mr. Vandenberg would do likewise. Mr. Stasseri predicjed the would be confirmed. . Senator Vandenberg yesterday indicated his sympathies lay with Mr. (Lilienthal. He read into the rec-| ord a letter from Nobel prize winner Karl T. Compton, one of .the chief figures in the development of the atomic bomb, saying that atomic scientists would quit work en

firmed. Mr. Lilienthal won another supporter in the renowned scientist, Albert Einstein, Mr. Einstein said that failure to confirm the appointment would result in “grave consequences in international politics.” He said “great damage has been done already by the machinations that have jeopardized Mr. Lilienthal's confirmation.” Mr. Taft called Mr. Lilienthal “a

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0. K. Lilienthal, DePauw Urges

GREENCASTLE, Feb. 22. — DePauw university students, faculty members and officials formed a cheering section today for the confirmation of DePauw alumnus David E. Lilienthal as chairman of the atomic energy commission. Aroused by the congressional battle now raging about the former

student governing - board wired Hoosier senators ‘and other congressional leaders to urge Mr. Lilienthal’s confirmation. Many faculty members and administration officers sent personal telegrams. A front page editorial in ‘last night's’ “The DePauw,” undergraduate publication, asserted: “If Lilienthal is a ‘red’ he is aot

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here. Ee | - That action followed. on the of publicity «in: | newspapers on the fact that the ava ae as vag 4 Havana was swinging | wide and handsome in certain circles.” Mr. Pequeno said’ Luciano’s pers were in perfect order. | passport was visaed for many | American countries, Venlezuela: Colombia, Costa a4 : Bolivia, he said—appdrently a : flection of Loianoy areal flew 1m. the likelihood of extensive trayveling’ if his welcome should Soliant at any given pumt.y, Ye i !

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was not under arrest, but ing held by immigration ties as a “dangerous character pending study of his activity to whether deportation is justified. . Cuban authorities moved to deal with the Sing { on whom Thomas’