Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 April 1947 — Page 1

FORECAST: Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, showers tonight and colder tomorrow.

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0 ie 1 Crack Flyer Leaves Tracks

Accident Occurs ’ Near Champaign, Ill.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill, April 19 (U. P.) —Two men were killed and 20 injured today when an Illinois Central passenger train, the streamlined COity of Miami, struck. a closed switch and left the tracks. The dead were Charles Redus, 70, Centralia, Ili, the conductor, and C. N. Woods, Chicago, a baggageman. Verne Burtis, who operates a grain elevator near the scene, said one man was pinned in the wreckage. At least 13 injured persons were taken to Burnham hospital and one, ; Steve Fortune, Chicago, to Mercy | hospital, Attendants said none was hurt critically, » Cars Remain Upright “1 The Champaign county sheriff's! office said the Diesel engine and! baggage car overturned. At least ! five of the sevepggrs left the track but remanied upright. 8. F. Lynch, Illinois Central gen- | eral manager at Chicago, said the train hit a switch -that was either mechanically defective or not] thrown properly. The train usually. moves at about 80 miles an] hour coming into Champaign but road officials said it -was beginning to slow down when it left the] rails at the north edge of the | Champaign yards, The streamliner was carrying 220 | passengers when it left Chicago | at 8 a, m., (Indianapolis time), It was the "nation’s eighth SH road accident in 16 days. The last ! previous accident occurred April 9 when the Santa Fe railroad’s Super | Chief was derailed at Raton, N. M.'

Shanghat Police. ice

Hold Local Flier | As Gun Runner |

SHANGHAI, April 19 (U, P).— Austin Frank Young, 26-year-old | American flier from Indianapolis, | Ind.,, was in custody here today under suspicion of running arms and. ammunition from Canton to Shanghai. (No local address could be found for the flier.) . He was arrested Friday morning | when he landed here aboard a

bilitation transport plane. Reported found in his luggage were a i submachine gun and 1000 rounds of ammunition. Police said they made the arrest! after Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, former commander of the] 14th air force, notified them thet | he had received word that Young was bringing the contra- | brand into Shanghai.

Mother Admits Killing Feeble-Minded Son

CLEVELAND, April 19 (U, P).-|

ents port ) death. Mrs. Nagy shot her son in the red chest four times yesterday in a bedave sisted until today that the youth's] death was accidental. After con-| asts, stant questioning by police she] broke down. gth. Eh

Fear ‘Overdue Army Plane Has Crashed |

DENVER, April 19 (U. P)—A/ twin- -engine army plane with five) men aboard was about eight hours |

N. M, to Lowry field, Denver. It was feared it had. crashed. acks : | Times Index ular > ctcg—— ' Amusements ..-5 Ruth Millett . reen { Fddie Ash..... 6 Movies Cay iE .Books ....,...14 Obituaries ....10 | up. iB Carnival ...... ur Business. . 8 I 8 Churches ..... 4|F, C. Othman. .7| ia Classified . 11-12 Barton . Pogue. | + : e Comies. ....... 13: Politics ...... 3 ; Bi Crossword .... 3 Radio ........ 3 4 J. Editorials ,.... 8 Eldon Roark .. 3% Forum ........ 8 Serial " : Gardening .... 7 Side Glances . 8 "Hollywood ".... 7 Sports 6 i In Indpls, .... 8 United Nations 8 il Indiana Saga.. 8 Weather | vy Yl ~ Inside Indpls. . 7 Weather Map-10

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§ Mrs, Rose Nagy, 41, today confessed morgue 2 to the “mercy” killing” of her 13- | protected by gas m ( year old feeble-minded son, Rudolph | gloves dug through the rubble o i Sutoris, because she was fearful no|the Monsanto chemical plant and | 3 one would care for him after her this town’s waterfront area seeking more victims,

the bodies began about 10 a.

FUN AT HOME SHOW—One of the first youngsters to try |

the playground equipment at the Indianapolis Home Show was Eka Maschmeyer, 3-year-old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Maschmeyer, 2441 Madison ave., as she took her turn on the sliding board. (Story, page 7.)

Washington Calling :

Fight for Political Power Looms Over Labor Bill

Top Republican Leaders Now Favor Tougher Legislation Than They Did Before

WASHINGTON, April 19.—Fight over labor bill has turned into general scramble for political advantage. There'll be no Truman-Taft conferences looking to compromise. Top Republican leaders now favor tougher legislation than they did few months ago. This includes Governor Dewey, who had Senator Ives of New York on phone three times this week. Mr. Ives was active in getting watered-down bill out of committee. Some think G. O. P. strategy is this: Send Mr. Truman a bill he’s apt to veto. - Let it die by senate failure to override. Then blame Mr. Truman—in next year's campaign —for fact there's no law, . ” ” » MEANWHILE you can bank on: Senate bill, when it passes, will be tougher than one senate committee reported. Comprontise senate-house bill will be tougher still, (Continued on Page 2—Column 5)

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Chinese national relief and reha- |

Find More Dead In Texas Ruins

5 Germans Deny Guil

As Hitler Profiteers NUERNBERG, , April 19

. {and i 1bine pleaded not guilt Rescuers Dig 14 tron Sqmbine pt g bunal today to charges of helpin

In Rubble for Bodies put Adolf Hitler in power

TEXAS CITY, Tex, April 19] profiteering from his victories.

(U. P.).—Trucks laden with new-|

f ested nations.

His Last $8 “Million

The parade of vehicles hearing peror Hirohito's estate, reduce

garage serving as a ‘temporary morgue and began unloading. Observers lost count after

Death Counts Differ The Red Cross announced 580

change,

| today. that

dead had been counted since Wednesday's first explosions which shattered this little port com- { munity.

(Tabulation by the United Press, |

watch on collection points, showed om of a downtown hotel. that only 335 bodies had been re-

ing communities). fon vacatioft-couldn’t The count of identified dead was anymore.”

prepared by Texas City - officials.| ap Treat arrived here by

stand a

| sibly were duplications and the tally remained subject to re- | Trans | vision.

World Airlines said.

Tons of Debris

Bulldozers and cranes with téns of debris, littered the mile-square wateriront|culosis. larea devastated by a series of ex-| doctor.

| taken to his room in a wheel chai wrestled

plosions that began Wadriesgay) In his room officers found $218 in|. when the freighter Grand Camp blew up in the harbor. = .. ticket to Tucson.

Reports that livihg men. wers| {ound in the ruins-of the Monsanto standing football “hemicaly lant were dénied by of. 20% Once he Walter Cam

(U. P).! —Friedrich Flick and five former | | the South Side Nazarene church, !graph Co. assistants in a giant European steel ‘who is president of the Delaware | Telegraphers Union (A. F. of L.)

‘before af American military. triand

The six defendants are the first |of several groups of German indus-

asks and thick plundering . the resources of de-

about 90 per cent by the war prop-| room of their home here and in- Two trucks, loaded with 20 to 2% erty tax, now is worth only about

bodies, backed up at the downtown eg i600 af the current rate of exthe Fokyo Times reported

The debris|that he was suffering from. tuber. | his condition was incurable. He was treated by a hotel had spent several months in a Rut-

cash, a bank book and a railroad reer at Somerville high school. He

Mr, Treat. was’one of the outrs of the golden

Asks Muncie Vice Inquiry

| Special Grand Jury | Petitions Circulated

State Service |

Times | MUNCIE, Ind. April 19. —The|

{| Muncie Citizens league today began | lcirculation of petitions demanding {the appoinmtent of a special grand {Jury to probe vice and gambling

conditions here. The petition marked the latest {development in a wave of reform | nownow breaking over this city. It] followed disclosures in The Indi- | anapolis Times of vice and gam-| bling rackets. The Citizens League was backed in a plea for a grand jury investigation by the Delaware County Ministerial association. The asso- | ciation was considering action of its own addition. The petitions asked Delaware | | | |

Circuit Judge Joseph H. Davis to name the jury and tp appoint) special prosecutors to assist it. Citizens League officials said the | | petitionsswould be presented to the! {Judge as soon as a representative | cross- -section of the Muncie citizenry | had been given an opportunity to sign. Condition “Common Knowledge” The petition charged that it is common knowledge in Mundie that gambling, prostitution and the illegal liguor traffic have grown to the point of a principal industry.” “Citizens have had extracted annually millions of dollars from their

“These conditions affect the healtn, morals, public welfare and good name of Muncie here and | | abroad. ” Addressing Judge Davis, the peti- | tions made this plea: “Whereas as judge of the Dela- | | ware circuit court it is within your | | power and authority through the | | grand jury system and the inherent power to appoint special assistants in the prosecutor's office to clear | | the city and county of such crime

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land to remove or otherwise punish | sults of the conference. all officials found guilty of corrup-|

| tion In office and failure to perform |

official duties according to law. Take Necessary Steps “Therefore the undersigned citi{zens respectfully request that you

|take all necessary steps to clear up!

{these illegal and unlawful condi-

| tions to the end that justice may |

| prevail and that ‘the former good |

[name of the city and county may

be restored both at home and] - abroad.” P. D. Burkhalter, Citizens League | t president, said plans to unite civic | \| groups in Muncie for the reform drive also were being made. The Rev. J. B. Miller, pastor ot

{County Ministerial association, said | members of the ministry supported | the grand jury. action.

Muncie Politics Appears Dominated by Fear

found dead rolled in a steady y.a)ists to face .trial. They were ~~ — stream into Texas City's main charged with profiteering from the _ LAST OF A SERIES . today. Recovery squads Nazi slave labor program and By ‘RICHARD "LEWIS

| Times Staff Writer | MUNCIE, April 19.— In this. city, | whieh has been widely publicized! |as the typical American town,! {political discussion among Amer-

TOKYO, April 19 (U. P).—Em- joa), citizens tends to take the

d| form , of whispered conspiracy. Grown men look furtively around

local controversial issues. Those

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One-Time Football Great Falls 9 Floors to Death

KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 19 (U. P.).—A man idewmtified by papers jelephone system. overdue today on a flight from including a detailed check with! as Charles Herbert Treat, 47, a one-time all-America tt on papers Kirtland field, near Albuquerque, morgue attendants and a close g¢ princeton university, plunged to his death today from a ninth floor ure,” he said.

A note printed in ink and addressed to Mr. Treat's wife, Mrs. Muriel 'manding a $12 weekly wage in- | | ported in Texas City and surround-| preqt, Washington, W. Va., was found in his hotel room, It read simply, | crease, there have been hints that|

iti tackle developed in the East,

ir Treat was picked by Mr. Camp on

. 1|Red Cross workers said there pos-|eqrly yesterday en route from. New his 1922 all-American team. that | york to Phoenix, spokesmen ‘for ‘He! ; {checked in at the hotel ¥ind was that the former football star Was

Friends in Hingham, Mass, said’

r. suffering from tuberculosis and was

Mr. Treat told hotel employees en route to Arizona after being told

land, Mass., sanitarium, Mr. Treat began his gridiron ca-

"| continued to star at Phillips Exeter : 10 at Boston

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Hold New Talks |

lawful -ineomes,” the petitions. said.

{ American Telephone & Telegraph) ° and its Bell system subsidiarie:. |

them before offering an opinion on!

Mr. |

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MEDALS OF CREDIT — You'd be proud too, if you were arly 10 or 11

old and won a Times Spelling medal as champion over 13"and [4-year-old spellers

in your district. fifth-grader (left), and Johnny Esterline,

semi- finals.

Big Steel, Murray

Conference Is Called Unexpectedly

“By UNITED PRESS C. I. O. President Philip Murray. {canceled an executive board meet- | ing of the United Steelworkers inl Pittsburgh today to attend a hastily | | summoned conference with TU. 8.! | Steel Corp. representatives on a! | proposed settlement of 1947 wage| demands.

C. 1. O. General Counsel Lee Al Pressman was reported drawing a tentative draft of a new contract | for submission to the negotiators. | The steel union's executive board]

| will meet tomorrow to consider re |

Other Labor Developments

Meanwhile, these were the de- ‘ velopments on other labor fronts: | ONE: Striking telephone workers| (went after White House and con-| | gressional support today in their de{mands for higher pay from the]

TWO: The Western Union Tele-! and the Commercial reached a Contract .agreement pro-| | viding a 5-cent hourly wage in- | crease and other benefits for 50,000 | employ ees outside of New York City. The settlement averted a strike! called for May 7. | THREE: The strike of Wall Sireet | financial employees called for Mon: |dgy has been temporarily postponed, | the United Financial Employees [union (A. F. of L.) announced. | As the nationwide | strike went into its 13th day with | | tional federation of telephone work- | auditorium. ers (Independent) sent a “resume” of its demands to President Truman | and members of” congress. | “We want to. make sure they understand our position,” a spokes- | man for the union said. “We feel reasonably sure that the companies | have long since presented their side [to the President and members of | congress.” Don’t Want Seizure | |

| | The spokesman denied that the! | union was trying to build up a case | tor the government to take over the

“We don't want any Par) of seiz- |

union Ras been de-|fore line.

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[the workers would settle for less. cylinder, | Beirne and his | privately hoping.‘ the - telephone | companies would. follow the lead of the heavy-industry corporations and offer a 15-cents-an-hour, or $6

a week, increase.

Stocks Rise on Reports Steel Accord Is Near

NEW YORK, April 19° (U., P.).— United States Steel common stock ran up $2 and the general list imSrovey with Rtoday or trads reg was

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That's the reason for the

THE INDIANAPOLIS today announced the receipt of the anfpy of the 33d car for the running jo! the 500-mile race on May 30, The entry was that of Bill White, Los Angeles, and it was mailed bethe Tuesday

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Il, a sixth grader, and Helen Baker, 11, as they hold their medals, Johnny i is the only one of the trio to survive last night's

with appropriate expression. of the Indiana World War Memorial are (left to right] OlaxMae Duff, School 19; Joan Emhardt, Center No. 21; Johnny Esterline, Pike township, and Estelle Fetter, Warren Central, is the Rev. Father Vic ctor Wright, of St: Catherine s.

County Schools Have Edge In Times Spelling Bee

End of First Half Semi-Finals Leaves 40 Still i in Field; Next Clash Thursday, May 8

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midnight

Gunmen Get $25,000 From AFL Union Clerk [i

CHICAGO, April 19 (U. Bye te Four hooded gunmen “abducted & to fall in eck of the A. F of L ToMSatS | , him

last night as Lee Dirks, of School 85, next in line;

SPELLING BEE SUSPENSE—Bernice Davis (left) of School 22, ; spells out a word at the height of The Times Spelling Bee semi-finals

"thinks" the word

Other contestants shown on the stage

The Pronouncer

ART WRIGHT

33 Cars Are Now

In Field for 1947 Speedway Race

Speedway |

dead

The car is an Alfa Romeo, eightrear drive and was han-| N. F. T. W! president Joseph dled last year by Jimmy Wilburn. aids have been White did not designate a driver for this year's race. Wilbur Shaw of ‘the Speedway sald that ‘he anticipated the addition of two or more foreign | entries which have been delayed in|

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The Marion county schools, which last year produced the Indian- | ‘telephone apolis champion, today held the edge in the annual Times Spelling Bee. "The county schools had 15 of the 40 survivors in the lineup at the | still no sign of settlement, the na- ‘end of last night's first semi- finals in the Indiana World War Memorial

The Indianapolis Catholic schools had 13 and the Indianapolis in the Yisappearanoe of the Babin)

| public schools had 12 remaining.

Each had 20 at the start last night |

and the county schools had 18.

The 18 grammar school pupils the Hybbell disappearance, | spelled down last night werd win-| Ways said they had !

ners in district eliminations. Whether the county schools can

| maintain their spelling prowess will |

be given another test on Thursday

night, May 8, when the 40 survivors|:

return to the Indiana World War Memorial auditorium for the second

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Rain and Colder

Due Here Tonight

LOCAL TEMPERATURES |

Yesterday's spring-like weather ; sent the mercury climbing to | degrees but it won't last long, weathermah said today.

tonight wi central

{iar customers on Broadway,

i st., told Mrs. Way that 8

Family Is’ Unable To Discover Clew

"Eleye n-year-old Sammy Way, the sen of Mr. and Mrs, Basil Way of 3142 Ruckle st., was still missing this after noon, 18 hours after he'v ished on the. North side 1 night. - H@ disappeared after { each completing deliveries on his newss paper route which covers 76 -

and Sutherland aves, =

route ‘last night when failed to come ‘home. ‘He ;

ing one on & and Sutherland. = oo "Fix Vanishing Ares

and Sutherland aves. Mrs. Clyde. Willigms, 2521 N

collected payment from ber p. m. last night.. : Mr. Way kept driving route hunting for Sai

“Sammy's disappearance ‘paralleled that of 8-year-old Peter Hubbell March 8. The Hubbell boy na.

nine inches tall with dark brown hair and brown eyes. He weighs : about 85 pounds. 2% He was wearing a navy blue ve jacket, short khaki ‘trousers tennis shoes. He was not wearing: a hat. : Basil Way, the father, is woh’ ager of Rash's Grocery at 424 sf and’ College ave. He stayed homes teday to continue the search. There are four younger children io the Way family. atts Sammy's mother said her son als ways stayed close to home, 5 had never run away, even {i A few hours. He had been de newspapers for about nine He is a student in ‘the 5A ¢ at school 76. bt Sa No Trace Found FL

Today, there, was not a single fads) cation where the boy had After the disappearance of 5 :

Hubbell, two attegipted. of youngsters by men streets in ‘cars were ne Tepid police. In both Sammy's age or a + ie a escaped after being picked

6a. Mm... 34 10:8 Mii, 64 Tamu 5 11am . 68 $a m. ....5 12 (Noon),. 67 Sam... 6 1pm nein 68 |

-The would-be RE pickey ul [have been found. Nor has &

!boy been found.

A number of threats ag | children were also ,