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Mrs. Hetome Testifies From Ambulance Cot

Asserts ‘Tot’ Lost Interest in Her

VICTOR PETERSON Times Staff Writer

MADISON, Ind., March 28. —A hushed courtroom audience today heard Mrs. Mayme McConnell, alleged poison victim, testify from an ambu-

‘lance cot in the “mercury and

old lace” poison trial. The state charges she is the victim of Mrs. Lottie (Tot) Lockman, her former housekeeper, known as “the good samaritan” of the hills. Brought to court from her Dupont home in an ambulance, the 57-year-old Mrs. McConnell told of the illnes§ she suffered from effects of mercury. At no time on the stand did she openly accuse the housekeeper of giving her poison. Silas Kivett, Indianapolis member of the prosecution staff, wove his questions to implicate Mrs. Lockman as the’ only’ possible person who could have given the invalid poison. Doctor at Her Side Frail and nervous, Mrs. McConnell sat propped on the ambulance cot. This is a permanent position

as she cannot breathe when she lies;

down. A chronic invalid, she suffers a crippled left foot, a heart ailment and kidney ailment which her personal physician, Dr. E. C. Cook, contends was aggravated by the! poison. Dr. Cook sat by her side as she testifind for one and ane-half hours. Also i attendance was a practical | nurse. | As the trial. wore on, her voice became weaker. Her breathing be- | came mure rapid and she pulled

63-year-old"

on W. Morris st.

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W. Morris St. Underpass

To Be Dedicated Tomorrow

Dr. Hemphill Guest of Honor for Efforts In Obtaining New Track Elevation

By JACK THOMPSON

A 22-year-old dream of the civic-minded west side -will be fulfilled tomorrow with ‘the dedication of the W. Morris st. underpass. Guest of honor will be Dr. Walter E. Hemphill, the man who for nearly a quarter of a century has spearheaded efforts to obtain the’ underpass. Staged by the Enterprise Civie ‘Teague in collaboration with the

cit and county, the dedication will be- =~ mets teresa three osu 4 gin with a dinner at 5:30 p. m. in {as a member of the board of direc- | Fire Station 19, 1445 W. Morris st. {ors of the Indianapolis Federation | | Among public officials and promi- {of Community Civic clubs. He has | {nent citizens invited to attend are | Mayor Tyndall, Dr. and Mrs. Hemp- 2nd vice president of the board (hill, City Council President John ©f WOrks. A. Schumacher, Works Board Presi-| I ollowing the dinner program to-| dent Blaine Miller City Engineer MOrrow Westsiders will | Thomas R. Jacobi, the Marion ACTOS the underpass. The Sette |

constantly at one corner of her 5... commissioners and heads 'iOn Program will begin at 7 p. m

pillow,

Mrs. McConnell's face is heavily |

lined, and dark rings circle her | eves, Dr. Cook said he gave her ai

stimulant this morning and felt

that she was holding up very well.

Country Gossip

However, her husband, Forrest McConnell, wealthy representative | of a Chicago dairy concern, said: “This is a horrible thing for her.

As near death as she is she might]

not live out the day.”

Jefferson county gossip has told | McConnell |

two stories about the household since the fentetionat; poison case broke last August. One maintained that everything was “sweetness and light” in the] Dupont home, while the other just | as vigorously claimed there was | hatred and strife between the women, Mrs. McConnell testified “Tot” treated her very nicely at first. . “However, when Lottie took over my husband's ‘small hardware store, she lost interest both in the house and me,” Mrs. McConnell said. Court Recessed She also said that Lottie At one time called Her, oid idiot,” used rough language! around the house and complained of the burden of work,

{honor of Dr. Hemphill because of

“RIOR Sy

Speakers will be introduced by

{and members of all other city gov{Clarence Farrington, president of |

ernment. departments. The city council recently named

the W. Morris st. track elevation in! | Tyndall, Judge Paul C. Wetter, Carl

R. Dortch, Chamber of JSommerce, and Dr. Hemphill, A five-day street, carnival, cele--|brating the accasion, will be started

his untiring work in urging city officials to take action on the

project. the af For 16 years Dr. Hemphill served | {in the aitemoon, y p Ve! Officers of Enterprise Civic league as presiednt of the Enterprise Civic | \are H. Russell Christy, president;| league. During his tenure many civic Mrs. Roscoe Fritz, vice presid 6: | undertakings were started for the presiden | wl gy {Richard Collins, second vice presi-| | dent; Mrs. Grace Morris, secretary, An active civic worker, Dr. Hemp- and Mrs. Gertrude Tucker, ashill now is serving his 14th year sistant secretary.

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Mine Blast Toll Evansville i Wists fod (5 10iueh Seow

At 5 Above Zero CENTRALIA, Ill.,, March 28 (v.!

P.).—Fresh rescue ~ crews picked LOCAL TEMPERATURES [their way through the rubble of |

6 Str y 3 the blast-damaged Centralia Coal | Wy " Sh 30 ew 40 |Co. mine today. They worked to-| g A ~ : { 8a.m... 31 12 (Noon) 41 | | ward the only portion ,of ‘the dig-| Sam 6 1pm 42 j& i

gings in which they might find sur- | A fintianapolis 1 fared better (Hak tab southern portion of the state yespredicted

[ “So far- 78 of the 142 men in —r {mine at the time of Tuesday's ex[plosion are ‘known dead. Thirty- |terday as the snowfall

Prosecution statements yesterday | three others ‘are listed as missing. by the weather bureau failed to ma- |

implied that “Tot” Lockman was| . interested in her wealthy employer |

for more than business reasons. Mrs. McConnell said today that Lottie often said that “Forrest is the finest man that ever lived. When a better man is made they'll

have to make a whole new civiliza- \’

tion.” Court was recessed before the de-

(Continued on Page A—Column 1)

Birds Ruin Windows .BROADWOOD, England... March. 28 (U. P.).—Residents of this Devonshire town say they can't keep! their windows intact, .

At Washington, President John | terialize. {L. Lewis of the A. F. of L. United Mine Workers charged before senate subcommittee that the Cen-

| al 10 inches of snow covered the tralia victims were “murdered by ground tqday with a low overnight |the criminal negligence” of Secre- temperature of five above zero, It tary of Interior J. A. Krug, He Was the heaviest March snow in said Mr. Krug, who is responsible the history of the weafher bureau, | for government operation of the Heavy snow was reported 10 miles | mines, had failed. to enforce the South of Indianapolis yesterday and | [safety code. more than five inches of snow fell | | lin the Seymour and Vincennes dis-

Ordered Closed | tricts. Ilinois State Mine Inspector | State police warned that most |Driscoll Scanlon sald he had roads in the southern tip of the

ordered the mine closed a year ago state would be hazardous today. because of safely NaZarcs.. Highway trucks worked to clear a Rescuers believe thei last chance path through the snow. of finding anyone alive in the 540-| Roads were clear in the central

2 MONUMENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENT—Westsiders will swell ‘with civic pride tomorrow when they stage their dedication of the Dr. Walter E. Hemphill underpass

|Wood Demands

Mayoral Support

Asks Democrats

Russ Will Use | A-Bomb First, | Ex-Envoy Says

Sees 90% Americans.

Dead in 5 Years

WASHINGTON, March 28 (U, P.).—George H. Earle, former minister to Bulgaria and Turkey, said today that he doubted that “more than 10 per-cent of us will be alive five years from now. He based his opinion on reluctance of the United States to atom bomb Russia. - “I think the situation in the United States is completely desperate,” Mr. Earle told the house un-American activities committee, “The reason is that the super atom bomb is here or almost here and the country that uses it first is almost certain to win.” The American people are “too naive and charitable” to use the bomb first, he ‘said. “Because we won't attack first,” #8 #8 Mr. Earle said, “I don’t think more than 10 per cent of us will be alive five years from now.” Describes Attack Methods

$1. 50 last night.

to a garage last Sunday.

police radio call to a wreck scene truck he wouldn't be “run off.”

officer who was there, saying: “I've got the money for that “0. K.” the officer replied. minutes.”

” ” ” WE DROVE away and parked.

and two quarters.

some place,” he said.

Mr. Earle, former governor of Pennsylvania, described how some| My driver asked for a job, at the other nation might A-bomb the eu United States.

For Solid Backing

By: NOBLE REED Joseph G. Wood, attorney and! former ‘city coun ouncil president, to-| day" ihreatened to. withdraw his candidacy for the Democratic mayoralty nomination “unless 1 get]

solid Slipport from the party's reguilar ‘organization.” The former dean of Indiana Law’

been a member of the city council|school said his candidacy will hinge gtomic bombs launched from giant

‘upon the scope of party support developing by the end of next week. At a meeting of the Democratic

parade | central committee and ward chair- | Mr.

men last night, Mr. Wood issued

an ultimatum to the party leader- |

ship.

{I'll get out of the race,” he told the committee officials. “I will not | be satisfied with lukewarm promises | . . the support must be red hot lor nothing.”

Opposed by Two Others

Mr. Wood, who has been a leader in civic and governmental affairs here for many years, said “we'll let things simmer for a few days and] maybe someone can find a better

| candidate.”

He is being opposed for the nomi-

{He “said Russian Premier Josef “Unless I am assured of 100 per giafn “has broken more promises !the school board. They are Mayor tent support from the organization, |than Hitler.”

|Russia either has or will have the | giop - communism program

He said, for instance, that atom | bombs timed to go off at a pre(determined moment could be hidden lin ships arriving simultaneously in | Boston, New York and Baltimore. | Meanwhile, he said, Communist ele-

the car moving. The

yon hand.’ © We ry another turn at the more runs.

ll S. Notifies UN .0f Greek Aid Plan

Debate May Follow Austin Statement

By HARRISON SALISBURY Fears Reds Have Bomb United Press Foreign Editor

He said Russia would be likely The United States today went beto strike first because she realizes (oo the United Nations security there is no adequate defense | council .to give formal notification |against the atomic bomb. He said |; president Truman's $400 million for

|be advised to call a general strike {to prevent the unloding of the |ships. | He sald the United States also _ ‘could be attacked by jet-propelled

submarines 50 miles off our coasts jor by planes equipped with the {a-bomb. Earle said there was reason to doubt that Russia woulq! {use the atomic bomb if she had it.

‘atomic bomb “before very long.” |Greece and Turkey. At one point, Committee Chait} Warren R. Austin, American dele{man J. Parnell Thomas (R. N. J) | gate, prepared a 4000-word state{interrupted to ask what the testi- | ort of the new Truman ddctrine. mony had to do with legislation to| mn. United Nations was expected curb or outlaw the Communist|;, que) rising congressional criti-

| party which the committee is con- | aiem. The opponents of the pro- | sidering.

He Didn't Want to Be ‘Run Off —

‘I Saw Dri

r told the driver he a. oe - [ears had been wrecked they could 1 ano er garage, ev though | ments in. the maritime unions. ooutd -

iver Pay

A Policeman $1.50’,

By A Times Staff Reporier SAW a tow truck driver pay an Indianapolis policeman

The driver said. it represented half of what he had been paid by the owner of a wrecked car he had hauled

He said he was paying so that next time he followed a ‘in search of business for his tow

The payment took place after we had gone to the scene of a new wreck. The driver I was with didn’t get the job. But ‘he greeted an

Sunday job.” “Wait down the street for a few

2 x =» Fifteen minutes later the police

car pulled down and parked across the street. We went over to the car, and the tow truck driver gave the officer $1.50—a dollaz bill

I asked the driver if he always aid policemen, “If T don't do it right away, the policemen who cover the accident either come around to my house to collect or order me to meet them

“A few days ago they flagged me down while’ I was hauling a wrecked car to a garage and I had to pay right-then.” ;

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1, MYSELF, obtained the officers’ badge number last night. If the driver is mistaken about the names, I know the numbers. We went back to the driver's home and listened to the radio some more. Pretty soon another accident call came in. We went out again. Although the cars were damaged their owners didn't hire a tow.

usual $3 fee, He didn’t get it.

A POLICEMAN broke in on the conversation and offered to get a wrecker from a garage which he named, He told the car owner to whom my wrecker was talking that if he didn’t want to accept that offer, he could handle the situation his own way, but he had to get

“supposed” to tell persons whose

radio set, after that, but made no

Price Finishes 7-Hour Testimony

Teen Slayer Sticks To Accident Story

By RIP MANION Times State Service COLUMBUS, Ind., March 28.— William Price, admitted “triggerman” on trial for the slaying of State Trooper Herbert W. Smith, left the stand today after seven hours of testimony in his own defense. The 17-year-old Evansville youth, who is charged with first degree murder, spent five of the seven hours under cross-examination. His co-defendant, William Johnson, also

leveled at the police department in months,

(nation by George S. Dailey, attor-| nn. marle said he wanted to show (ney, backed by anti-organization! there is “no doubt that American | forces and Al Feeney, former sheriff, | Communists and their sympathizers whose support would come from igre the agents of a ruthless enemy

| gram contended Mr. Truman had

17, of Evansville, was scheduled to testify this afternoon. Under cross-questioning by Merl Wall, deputy attgrney general, Price

| by-passed the vrld organization {by submitting his international proposals direct to congress.

both anti- -organization workers and

{ from ‘the regulars.

Mr. Wood said .the entrance of should be returned to military con- . | Mr. Feeney into the race this week trol and that the FBI should be | “has nothing to do with my demand | |for more solid support from if | (Continued on Page Column 5)

organization.” “I'll either have the full bore) {of the organization er I'll not be a!

sandidate That's all there is tol

' he. said.

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Ex xpect Dawson To Run for Mayor

James M. Dawson, attorney who | waged a one-man campaign against |

In the Evansville district nearly | the increase in streetcar fares last CAMPUS | summer, is expected to announce | university.

his candidacy for the Republican nomination for mayor in the next | few days. Several riders

clubs of trolley

The security council session coincided with these devolpments: ONE: The house appropriations committee approved a bill for an adidtional $300 mililon for relief ST | purposes in five former enemy or enemy - occupied countries—Germany, Austria, Italy, Japan and Korea. : Porter Defends Program TWO: Paul A. Porters head of .4President Truman's special . eco-,

bent on our destruction.” Mr. Earle said atomic energy

Gates’ Daughier Runs fér 'Office’

Times S(ale Service BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 28. house foreign affairs somimicte, —Miss Patricia Gates, daughter of that Greece was “in a sense no ‘Indiana's governar, today became }jying on borrowed time” and Tis a candidate fer president of the ghjy would fall apart unless AmerAssociation , of Women Students, ican funds were provided. organization at Indiana 15 reply to questions as to the| {likelihood of Mr. Truman’s program | Miss Gates, a Junior, is a sorority provoking war, Mr. Porter said he | candidate. | thought it was a step “least likely She is opposed by Mifs Anna-|is jead to war.” He admitted that (belle Hollingsworth, Russiaville,|ie Greek piu was “not

SA ~Jnomic mission to Greece, ‘tid HoT “

was hesitant and vague, sprinkling his replies with “I don’t know” and “I don't remember.” He was in-

Of F Fee D riv Tells Stark

Safety Board Joins Probe

The prosecutor's office the safety board today op an investigation into charges that city police are engaged in a widespread shakedown ‘lof tow-truck operators. / Charges were laid before . cutor Judson Stark yesterday. . He was told by a wrecker operator tha drivers who follow police. runs te accident scenes are required to pay off as much as half their towing fees to policemen. ry Upon learning of the i William H. Remy, president of safety board, said he would the prosecutor's investigation. Mr, Remy promised “quick action” on the probe. i Officers Are Named Phos) Mr. Stark’s informant, who ¢

less than three In January, Mr. Stark’s office and ; the safety board investigated . charges of widespread payoffs to policemen by operators of gambling rackets in the city. The board, the prosecutor and the' te city sdinin. istration promised action. Net result was demotion of Po« lice Chief Jess McMurtry nd hig’ replacement with Howard Sanders, Two Police Reinstated % Only a month ago two policemen were reinstated to the force after both had signed statements ade mitting soliciting and accepting » bribe from a motorist. : According to the sworn states ment to The Times, here's how the police-wreck payoff works: © A number of wrecker services in the city, including both big opere ators and independents with noths ing but a single tow-rig, keep an

times, - He ‘got a half hour letup from questioning when opposing counsel disagreed over Price's previous tes-|

| (Continued on Page 5—-Column |

er iv ee Aah Surplus, Put on Sale

Times Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, March .28. — Ft. Harrison was declared surplus foi day and turned over to the war as- | sets administration for disposal, the (war department informed Rep. Louis Ludlow’s office. The Marion county military installation was one of 70 which were

were said to be organizing to in- | who is the candidate of non-so-|parfect” but said he thought it| placed on the surplus list.

dorse for the mayoralty Tomination, |

School | Pay Boost To Hike Tax Rate

ing in the cold winter, like the reaching the extreme south end of spots in the extreme north, state of 4 tb 9 cents if the school board

fish oil putty.

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Fddie 'Ash.... 30 Obituaries ... 21! Boots ..... +.s 32 F. C. Othman 19 Business ..... 27 Outdoors .... 11 Carnival .,... 19 Radio . . 35

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the tunnel. It js three and a half ‘police said.

miles from the elevator shaft. | Warmer weather with cloudy |

Harry Greathouse, one of the 31! skies was forecast for Indianapo- |

men. close enough to the elevator lis today and tomorrow. to save themselves when the ex-| rt plosion occurred, said there was| ‘some chance” that men in the far Jap Crown Prince reaches of the mine could be alive. ‘Develops Character’

May Be Safe | OSAKA, Japan, March 28 (U. “If they worked fast enough after —Mrs. Elizabeth Gray Vining Foil hearing the blast, and used their | Philadelphia, who has been tutor to brattice cloth and what timbers | Crown Prince Akihito, 13, since Tast |

20 were lying around, they could have fall, today reported the prince had {every teacher in the city. barricaded themselves info one of{ made excellent progress in his study | (Continued on ‘Page 4 —Column 8) have glossed over friction with the

| Mr.

several rooms, M Greathouse | of the English language. sald, “Apart fiom the. extraordinary Sixty-seven of the 78 bodiés dis- | progress he has made in his intelcovered have been brought to the lectual studies, the crown prince surface, The bodies of 11 other has greatly developed his characminers were. laid out at ‘the foot ter," she added. of the shaft and were to be brought

ou: later today, :

“Mrs. Vining recently accompanied Akihito on a tour of central Japan.

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| approves pay increase demands of local teachers. The present school tax rate of | $1.30% on each $100 of assessed | property valuation. The new rate, it teacher federation estimates are [put into effect, would then become $1.24: to $1.39%.

y. | The Indianapolis Federation of | Public School

Teachers, meeting | yesterday at Tomlinson hall, voted

[to demand $500 a year more for!

This |

JAP BAN ° TO | BE EXTENDED ‘OTTAWA, March 28 (U, P)— Ian Mackenzie, veterans affairs ‘minister, indicated today that the government would = bar Japanese Nationals from West coast “security noney1 for five or 0 years more,

Fo of

|rority women, Miss Gates is president of mem. |

would be worked with. THREE: Undersecretary of Navy | Alpha Theta sorority and a mem-

ber « of the Junior prom committee. (Continued on Page 3—Column Di

“WAA will ‘advertise the tort land and buildings for sale, with the customary priorities to governmental units and veterans.

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Pressure From Within and Without

Workers Balk at ‘Iron Hand’ Rule; Feel Top Administrators Aren't Qualified

Third of a Series

4 ’ PE . By DONNA MIKELS «J Dissatistaction which has been storing up for several years now is pressing Marion county's department of public welfare from two sides. From within there is a mounting unrest among workers who are fed up with “iron hand” rule and working under pressure. As a protest [the workers are either quitting or becoming so outspoken they are dismissed. From the outside’ comes criticism by other social agencies. (For several years these agencies S— The dissatisfaction among the workers is more pronounced today than it was a week ago. It was then the state personnel board or-|.

welfare department, but now it is getting out of hand, : a nn’ THE dissatisfaction from both

dered Mr. Wooden to reinstate Mrs. | sides is directed against Arthur E. Dana Mendenhall, one of_ the vieWooden, director of fhe depart- tims of his arbitrary dismissals, who!

ment, and the welfare board whieh pn her case. spor him, . : =

Aimed at Welfare Department Chief

Indianapolis property owners to-| Birds, starv- foot depths of the mine lies’ in portion of the state and slick in’ day faced a property tax rate boost

independence for the workers,” one observer said. The workers are less afraid of the ever-present ax, feeling that the personnel board will protect them. 2 = = pe 18 SIMILARLY, the workers are less tolerant of the administrative exec. utive assistant, Robert Christy, Mr. Wooden's right-hand” man. There has heen resentment against Mr,

Christy because he enforces Mr. Wooden's edicts and he has attempted to direct for

not ons He also is said to be respo! tor + aystem which Misi to

structed to speak louder several

which trained workers ris he is]

gar tuned to police radio calls, hen an accident is reported, they onverge on the scene. At least one wrecker service hag |police wave-length radios in some |of its wreckers.

} - Give Sales Talk

ce "lo the scene, and as soon complete investigation I wreckers give their sales us : to. the ‘car owner or driver. There is no bidding—the rates are stands ard . throughout the city. : If the driver or owner of ‘a car involved in an- accident is under arrest, police themselves order the tow service according to instruc~ tions from headquarters. This type of towing is handled by one or two large garages to enable police ta = know where the vehicle is taken, ph,

It is not the object of competition,

wreckers say. But where the driver is freed,

(Continued on Page é—Column § a ——— Interesting Stories On Inside Pages

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