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TWISTED WRECKAGE — This mangled wreckage

after a truck crashed into a coupe, parked on the highw

of the coupe was killed.

» » " . » ” [ Motorist Crushed to Death By Truck on Highway 52 Halts on Road to Examine Flat Tire; John H. Strallon, Denver, Colo., Victim

John H. Stratton, 21, DéAter, Clb. ‘was killed on U. & S3aiquarter

mile’ south of 56th st. this morning. He died when a heavy truck crashed into his car as he was looking at a’ flat ‘tire.

he did not realize the car was stopped on the highway until he was on top of it. tv iT — The impact telescoped the auto-

- > - mobile, an early model Ford w+ West Siders Mr. Stratton was crushed by the truck. ‘ Back Water Plan

New Firm Seeks | To Aid Suburbanites

Police said his Denver address| wore than a dozen suburbanites | was 360 8. Corona st. "from west of Indianapolis appeared Five other persons, including one , core. the. public service commis-

Indianapolis youth, were killed in |. oy $s sion today to support a plan for highway accidents 8 /@S~ : 8 y accidents in the state. yes giving them water ‘service.

terday. A newly formed company,

Headed Toward City State police said Mr. Stratton, headed toward Indianapolis, apparently had stopped to investigate a right rear flat tire when he was/ struck. His body was taken to the | city morgue.

f In Indianapolis, five pedestrians. . the were bowled over. by motorists. Six | Suburban. Water Co. of Indiana,

more persons were injured ‘m ihe has. petitioned the commission for crash of a taxicab and a private | the right to serve the suburban automobile whose driver ‘lett ' Ase sections west of the city. The plan car at the, scene ‘and disappeared.|is opposed by the Indianapolis Dies in Hospital The dead Indianapolis yout sas identified as. Richard Merz, 16, of | R. R. 18, Box 585. He diet’ in tire’ COUDLY. Iroquois county hospital at Watseka,| Also taking part in the hearing Ill, after the automobile ih which | was corporation - ‘counsel, Arch -N. he was riding - crashed into a Bobbitt who asked to be permitted tractor-trailer at state roads 24" to intervene “as the interest of Inand 41 near Kentland, Ind. ° |dianapolis may appear.” The driver of the car, Billy Without Water Supply Rader, ~\17, Clermont, was in crit- ai . eal condition in the TUiNOE* hoe |, Jalon M. Williams, speaking for the new company, told the com-

to serve any area within Marion

pital. “A third youth, Carl Robin- ’ 200 son, 18, Indianapolis, was badly | mission there were 3 homes and bruised. 215 business and commercial houses

State police said the youths were | Without public water supply in the driving on Road 24 near the Ilj- Area. His plan would provide water nois border and failed to stop at for drinking and for fire fighting preferential Road 41. in Fleming Gardens, Ben Davis, The" tractor-trailer driver was Lynhurst, Mickleyville and Sterling Lawrence Coleman, Greensboro, Heights. 25 N. C. | He said’ materials for building Two Oxford, Ind. yowrg men mains, storage and pressure facili-

. were burned to death when their ties and installing 200 fire-plugs

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Princess Elizabeth Is 21 Today .. Phone Strikers in Detroit Bat

He Police ...cvenrvssesy Local Political News......... rh Taras New Orleans Priest, Stabbed | 2 During Mass, May Recover.... 4a. > Indians Home, Poised to Hit Times Index Stride in Opener Here Tomor- B : TOW W§POTLS) covrvnienninnes 8| Amusements.. 18|Obituaries ... T

Air Passengers Fly to Europe at Eddie Ash ~. 8{Dr. OBrien. 15 Rate of 1500 4 Week (Business) 10|gyginess .... 10|F. C. Othman 13

Local School News '.,..... v++on 12lcarnival ..... 13|{Radio ....... 23 . The Heart of America ..... ree 13| Classified ..20-22| Reflections 14 G. O. P's “Hottest Potato” Is |comics :..... 23 [Scherrer ..... 14 Rent Increase Issue ......... Crossword ... 10(Serial ........ 13 a er at ‘ Editorials ... 14 [Side Glances. 14 Bakery Drivers" Strike | Fashions : ISSports ....., 8-9 COLUMBUS, 0. April 21 (U. Forum... .... 14 Teen Talk ...1T

P.)—A strike by truck drivers for Hollywood ... 13, four big bakeries hete, today | Inside Indpls. 13 | Weather Ma threatened to cut the bread supply Ruth Millett. 13 Women’s in this city and surrounding towns Movies ...... 18 World Affairs. 14

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Merit System In Indiana Faces Crisis

Future Must Be Decided in 18 Months

First of a Series

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Home Show Mark

Bad Weather Fails _To Stop, Visitors _

HOME SHOW PROGRAM TODAY—Richmond, Ind. day, in honor of Dan C. Hess, president of the Indianapolis Home Show and former superintendent of the Richmond electrical sys- | tem for 16 years. i TOMORROW—Electric League | day; all-electric kitchen show | will be featured.

Indianapolis ‘Home Show officials

all opening week-end attendance records with 32,843 paid admis-| sions. Despite overcast skies and heavy, rain in some areas, more than 20,000 Hoosiers traveled from all parts] of the state yesterday to see the model home. Some 10,000 persons saw the show Friday and Saturday. | Huge crowds jammed the manu- | facturers’ building and some people | stood in line as long as two hours for a peep inside the modular house. Come Farly, Patrons Told

J. Frank Cantwell, managing di-

ready has an indeterminate permit rector of the show, urged patrons to|

come as early in the day as possible to escape the crowds. Afternoon attendance has been compara- | {tively light, he said. Mr. Cantwell said the crowds have taken great interest in displays at (the show and that some exhibitors |have received dozens of orders for their products. | School groups from all over: the state have scheduled trips to the show. | High school students scheduled to | visit the model house today include {groups from Salamonie township of | Warren, Mt. Comfort of Greenfield {and Lapel. y More Groups Tomorrow Students from 11 high schools, (two colleges and members of an {Indianapolis Boy Scout troop will | visit the show tomorrow. | “The high schools are Danville, Mt. Comfort of Greenfield, New Castle, Plainfield, Howard of Kokomo, Daleville, Center Grove of Greenwood, Fishers, Shelbyville, Martinsville and Walnut Grove. h Ball State Teachers college at Kokomo and Indiana Central col{lege will send groups to the show tomorrow. Scout troop 86 also will view the model home. ; The show will continue through | Sunday.

Frost Possible Here Tonight

. LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am... .31 10am..... 42 Ya..Mm..... 37 11am... 45 Sa.m.... 39 12 (Noon).. 47 9am... 40 ‘1pm. .48

hit Indianapolis tonight,

13, Washington . 14 weather bureau warned today. Pp 6 19 in the mercury was predicted for | jority of the votes.

Partly cloudy skies with a rise

tomorrow. A high of 50 degrees

by ‘75 per cent. No bread was |

baked in the four struck bakeries NATIONALLY FAMOUS FOR FINE FOOD temperature dropped to 37 &t 6 a.m. Communists finished in third. off . Go rs iin araKs FN 3 ARS da ry hi pehifid the Cl istian D ocrats, He said the men aj

was recorded here yesterday. The

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| state salary levels. | FIVE: Experience gained on the

Below freezing temperatures may | the | British zone of Germany showed

By ROBERT BLOEM Indiana's merit system is sweating out a crisis. % 4 For years politicians and civic | MONARCH DIES—Kin groups have wrangled back and (| tan X who ruled Dor forth over the question of whether mark through two world wars. | state employees should be hired on| died yesterday at Copenhagen. | a basis of merit only, or on the old| He was succeeded today by his ‘spoils system” of party patronage. | son as Frederik IX. Since 1939 Indiana has been en- |

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jobs as a reward for services to the 3 Issues Still

political party in power. Block Peace Treaty

Merit Law Is Weak At this critical moment, the merit By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Foreign News Editor

system has, at best, a batting averThe Big Four failed today

age of only .500. The merit law is weak and full of loopholes. Whether it can be strengthened on its record or weakened further by continued | attacks on its workability must be | : decided in the next 18 months. reach immediate agreement on an! The truth is today that in about Austrian peace treaty, half the employment covered by the | they resorted to a two-hour secret merit law, it is functioning miser- | session in an effort to make a deal ably. Responsibility for this fact lies' on three outstanding major issues. in weaknesses of the law itself and| The ministers invoked the strictabout what happened. esmen, however. would f

on part of the state legislature and Official spox of department administrato.s: not rule out the possibility o On other fronts, the health department remployment security and | issues. state ~welfare, to be specific, the Two possibilities w merit system is functioning fairly | loday’s secrecy:

well. And adminstrative spokesmen! ONE: That the western powers in those departments feel it is had offered the Russians a com-

improving. promise (or vice versa) on the major obstacles to agreement and A Frruments For that time was asked for study. But before looking at the record | TWO: That all efforts at comof performance, take a look at these | promise had failed.

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'today ‘said this year's show broke arguments, pro and con, Which| Two conference meetings were

form the heart of the continuing scheduled tomorrow. There was no fight between backers of merit and [agenda remaining after tomorrow, patronage. : land it was thought possible the The backers of the merit law! conference might adjourn on ontend: Wednesday. ONE: It insures the placement of Forty conference sessions so far the best qualified worker available have achieved nothing. The only in each state job. hope that remains is for an AusTWO: It provides baianced pay trian treaty. schedules based on the type of | Before today's secret session, work rather than on party rating. British Foreign Secretary Ernest THREE: Uniform standards in Bevin said the Big Fofir probably each job classification enable a “could get an Austrian treaty” if fast - replacement job in case of they could agree on three articles— resignations or illness. | frontiers, reparations and German FOUR: Reasonable job security |gssett. for those who do their work satis-| 1n Washington, senate debate on factorily serves to attract good help president Truman's new foreign | despite "notoriously sub-standard | policy doctrine entered the final |stages. A vote is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.

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Missing Newsboy Found, Back Home

Ten-year-old Sammy Way who had the town in an uproar looking for him was back in school today, adventure out of nic vystem for a while. Sammy disapperred Friday night delivering his newspaper He was found. late Saturday y-wide search by a Crit-

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Find Farmhand Severely Beaten

Times State Service GREENWOOD, Ind. April 21.—| Howard Henson, 68-year-old farm. after hand, was found severely beaten in route. He the barnlot of the O. E. Griffith after a cit

farm on the east edge of town tenden ave. resident who saw his early this morning. | picture in The Indianapolis Times.

He was taken to St. Vincent's Police took him home to his wor-

hospital, Indianapolis, with a com- ried parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rasil pound skull fracture, contusions on| Way of 3142 Ruckle st. |both arms and a bruised left fist.| He told his mother he decided to take a bus ride Friday night

| His condition was listed as crit-| ical. land wound up in the vicinity of

| “State police said his head was (52d st. and Keystone ave. He got

nearly crushed by a heavy blow | Off the bus and then got lost, he | by a brick or a hatchet. They 581d. He spent the night sleeping

| thought he might have. been at-|in a filling station. | tacked as he entered the barn. Saturday he watched some men

| “Mr. Henson was accustomed: to! Working in that vicinity. [carrying sums as large as $1000 on Mr. and Mrs. Way said they his person. He had no relatives and couldn’t understand why Sammy lived at the farm where he | 80% on the bus in the first place.

worked. ‘“r don't know, mom,” he said. He was discovered by his em- “I guess it was just spring fever.”

| ployer a half hour after he left . Loot Cinema

{the farm house this morning to | start the day's chores. | The victim's employer, Mr. Grif!fith, said Mr. Henson had worked | tor him seven years. Mr, Griffith

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Communists 3d in Vote In British Zone

'DUESSELDORF, April 21 (U. P.. —Returns from diet elections in the

Movie Screen Until

|today that moderate center and checks. right wing parties received a, ma- | ‘| the The Social Democrats emerged as the strongest single party, and the place,

leramen watched a demonstration

although | bomb.

{further discussion of the Austrian

James Coyle, 1631 N. Alabama st., manager, told police he found his office had been entered and the marked “for deposit.” : combination of the safe Knocked ieft by a rear fire-door. when he arrived early today. : :

urb Prices Now, Truman

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Navy Reveals Deadly 3-Ton Flying Bomb

Nazi V-2 Outdone By Radio Rocket

By FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW United Press Staff Correspondent PORT MUGU, Cal, April 21.— The navy revealed today that fit

the history of warfare. It was a three-ton flying bomb officially called the KUW-1. The

and personnel of this heavily guard- | ed air missile test center call it] “The Loon.” : Here are some of its accomplish- | ments: | ONE: Increases the effective | heavy bombardment range of the navy from 25 miles, the extreme figure achieved against Japan, to 150 miles. TWO: Radio controlled, it can change its course flight to seek out its target with deadly accuracy. THREE: Its speed is in excess of 425 miles per hour; its weight 6000 pounds; its cost $15,000. Public Sees Tryout Seventy ~- five correspondents, photographers and newsreel cam-

last week of the radio-controlled The navy pemitted them 'today to describe what they saw. | The Germans invented the bomb

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By Labor, ‘To Preve

Denies Government Policy Raised Food Cosls, Calls for Extension of Rent Controls :

By MERRIM

United Press Staff Correspondent g : NEW YORK, April 21.—President Truman warned today ‘that the much-predicted economic depression might has the greatest guided missile in well. become a reality unless labor ‘and industry take “prompt” steps to halt the “sharp and rapid rise in prices.” Tn a major address here on both domestic and foreign 700 . naval and. civilian scientists jsyos the President asked business to lower prices where profits - are excessive,

AFL Invites C0 To ‘Peace’ Talks

Requests Meeting Thursday Morning

© WASHINGTON, April 21 (U. P.). ~The AF. of L. today invited the C. 1. O. to a “peace” conference here April 24. The invitation was the first action taken by the A. F. of L. executive council as it’ opened its quarterly session here. A. F. of L. President William Greene telegraphed C. I. O. President Philip Murray requesting the

land coupled it with a pulse jet en{gine invention stolen {rom the | United States. The result was the ‘y-1 buzz bomb, 5500 of which were ‘fired across the English channel and almost wrecked London. ’ Now thé U. 8. navy has taken ithe German composite and made it many times more eflective by equipping it for remote control by radio. The Loon is subsonic, as was the V-1: that is, its speed is less than that of sound.* Whether or not the navy is working on a Loon designed to parallel the German V-2, which was supersonic, is a matter Capt. A. B. Scoles, director of tests, refused to discuss. | For hours before the Loon was| (fired over the ocean last Friday {from Point Mugu (they pronounce |it M'goo here) patrol planes scoured |the Pacific to and beyond the Santa

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|C. I. O. unity committee to meet \the A. F. of .L. commitiee here {Thursday morning. “please reply immediately,” Mr.

Asks Prompt Steps

Industry | nt Slump’

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He urged labor to use moderation in wage demands and ppealed to farmers to make an all-out effort to produce more” Truman, speaking befor tde annual luncheon of the A ated Press, said America was shattering all records for peace= time production but that soaring prices were forming the “one cloud” that is “shadowing our economic future. ) Doesn’t Share Belief . “Some day this cloud is certain to burst,” the President said, They are sure of a recession or de« pression. I do not share their Fes lief that either of these is inevifs able, in “I believe that we, as a nation, can prevent this economic ~cloudbusst. But it requires prompt, pr ventive steps.” ! : editors that it was a esp

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Green said. ““ Purpose of the proposed parley | would be to discuss a merger of the two organizations, separate since the C. I. O. was organized in 1935. The A. F. of L. bid climaxed negotiations which began last Dec. 5,' when Mr. Murray asked Mr. Green to join with other top labor leaders to oppose strict legislation in the congress. Proviso Remains

The A. F. of L. council countered with a proposal that the two big labor organizations representing 13 million workers try to work out a unification plan. The C. I. O. said that it was willing provided the A: F. of L. would take up joint action

against legislation as the first item

{of business. The council's action today apparently brought to a head the most serious merger effort since the C. I. O. unions broke away from

Steel Pact Sends Stocks Up §1 to

| NEW YORK, April 21 (U. P).— Stocks responded vigorously with gaint of $1 to $3 a share today to a steel wage agreement and postponement of a walkout of stock and curb exchange employees. Announcement over the week-end of the steel wage agreement between the United Steel Workers l(c. I. 0.) and U. S. Steel Corp. brought in heavy buying orders for steel shares. U. S. Steel common stock opened 4000 shares at $71 a share, up $2.13 from Saturday's close. Bethlehem had a 3000-share block at $86.25, up $1.88. “Others were up as much as $2 in Crucible Steel. | Anticipating the steel wage pact would be a pattern for other maor mass industries, traders bought heavily in the automobile section. Chrysler gained $3 a share on 2000 Ishares, selling at $92. General Motors opened 3000 shares at $58.50, {up $2, and Studebaker, 2100 shares at $20.75, up $1.38. All sections of the market joined {these leaders and showed wide | gains on active trading. Volume |slackened before the end of the first half hour but gains held well {throughout the list. . All exchange employees were at their posts with operations normal while attempts were made to settle differences without a walkout.

Theater Safe

Of $2000 Film Receipts

Yeggmen Believed to Have Hidden Behind

House Was Empty

Yeggmen who hid in the Cinema behind the screen and when the theater after last night's showing of Henry V, battered open a safe tered the office by knocking a and escaped with $2000 in cash and wooden panel out }

theater was closed at 11 p. m. en-

the door. They rifled the safe which included several rolls of pennies and nearly $300 in checks The burglars

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A..F. of L Two Are From Indianapolis The A. F. of L. committee con|sists of Mr. Green, Secretary-Treas-urer George Meany, Presidents John L. Lewis of the miners, Danfel Tobin of the teamsters and William Hutcheson of the carpenters. Mr. Tobin and Mr. Hutcheson are both residents of Indianapolis.

posed of Mr. Murray, Presidents Walter P. Reuther of the auto workers, Albert R. Fitzgerald of the electrical workers, Jacob Potofsky of the clothing workers and Emil Rieve of the textile workers.

Steel Un

By J. ROBERT SHUBERT United, Press Staff Correspondent PITTSBURGH, April 21. — The threat of a major steel strike this spring—with- its disastrous effect on other industries—was eliminated

crease for the employees of the “pig steel” industry was Dnegotiated.

The unprecedented two-year agreement, which is retroactive to April 1 and runs until May 1, 1949, was reached yesterday between Philip. Murray, president of the C. 1. O. and the United = Steel Workers, and officials of the U. 8. Steel Corp. The agreement provides for a wage increase of 12% cents an hour, or $1 a day, The remainder of the raise will cover elimination of inequities by hiking hourly wage rates #nd improvement in vacations. The matter of wages may be reopened after one year by either party. ' He The contract will be

The C. I. O. committee is com-|

nion's Acceptance Of Pay Hike Expected Today

today. A 15-cent hourly wage in-.

of the press to make clear to the American people the problems faced y. :

Mr. Truman today reiterated his new foreign policy doctrine of aids ing “freedom loving” nations which are confronted with a bes tween totalitarianism and democe

racy. wi The war, he said, had impoverished many nations and their plight affects America. They are “easy targets for etxernal pressures and alien ideologies.” : + “By providing economic /assistance, we can enable these coun= tries to withstand the forces which so directly threaten their way of life and ultimately, our own wells being.” : ; In his address, which was broadcast nationally, the President also: ONE: Called for extension of rent control, now scheduled to die June 30, until construction costs are lowered and the present acute housing shortage is eased. TWO:

Reiterated his opposition to income tax reductions in this = period of “great inflationary pres . sures.” THREE: Said. credit controls cannot be relaxed so long’ as prices are high. FOUR: Warned that recent ine creases in wholesale prices carried the “inevitable” promise of still higher prices at retail stores. FIVE: Urged maintenance of ex« (Continued on Page 6—Celumn 3) . Sa ol

now pending against the come panies, © - Benjamin F. Fairless, president of U. S. Steel, estimated the wage in. crease would cost the firm $75 million annually. He promised that his company would attempt to absorb it without raising the price of steel. The agreement covers 140,000 e ployees of the operating subsidiar of U. 8S. Steel—American Steel

Wire Co, Carnegie-Illinois St