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By NOBLE REED Speaking campdigns in the Republican mayoralty battle will be carried*to every voting district in the city in the next 10 days as the result of
bitter charges on political racketeering and alleged voting frauds. Roy E. Hickman, fighting the Republican machine as an anti-
organization candidate for mayoralty nomination, announced that he will answer all charges made by his opponents tonight at the Garfield Republican club meeting at 1821 Shelby st. Meanwhile, William H. Wemmer, regular G. O. P. organization candidate, opened noon-day radio broadcasts from his headquarters at 33 W. Washington st. ‘Make Excellent Mayor In today’s broadcasts, John K. Ruckelshaus, attorney, declared that “citizens of Indianapolis who de- | mand an honest city government will nominate Mr, Wemamer as their
The speaker described Mr, Wemmer as the type of man who would make an excellent mayor, “There is no escaping the fact that in récent years too few men of real ability have been willing to enter public life and the city is fortunate in having a man like Mr. Wemmer volunteering to run for office.” ‘Morale Never Lower’ In another speech last night at the home of Judge Paul C. Wetter, Mr. Wemmer declared that the morale of the police department “has never been lower.
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Hunt 3-Year-Old Boy, Lost
In Swift-Flowing Sewer
_ Rescue Squads Set Up Barriers to Keep Child From Being Swept 9 Miles Underground to Sea BOSTON, April 23 (U. P.).—A 3-
ing sewer in Mattapan today. Police and rescue units set up
{effort to prevent the child from being swept nearly nine miles under-
ground to the sea.
was playing with his 4-year-old brother John at the time of the accident. First reports said that the covering of the outlet, to the sewage system was open and that Anthony fell headfirst 15 feet into the sewage. The system is built of brick— about 4% feet in diameter. The sewage, it was said, is about 18 inches deep and sweeps through the system to a pumping station on
| Secretary of State George C. Mar-
“There is a heavy stigma on our police department and because of these untenable conditions there is
_& rising tide ‘of delinquency and |
crime,” he said. 1 “I want to restore to our police] department the morale that should | be there.” Mr. Wemmer denounced corruption, bribery and shake-downs which make possible a “slush fund to throw into a political campaign to eontinue this sort of thing.” Answer Charge Tonight
Previously Mr. Wemmer charged that “gangsters, racketeers and gamblers are conniving with po- | litical parasites to wrest control of | our city government from the people.” ~ Mr. Hickman said he would answer Mr. Wemmer's inferences in his speech tonight. Fred Boyce, a candidate for the Democratic city clerk nomination, today announced that he would be forced to withdraw from the race
because ‘his work would require his |.
being out. of the city, _Anneunces Withdrawal
He said he would throw his support to Richard G. Stewart, member of the Marion county Yiquor board running for the city clerk nomination, Ben Dock, 5176 Guilford ave. a druggist, announced that he has withdrawn his candidacy from the first district Republican city council race. He said he was withdrawing in favor of Robert K. Eby, attorney who is running for the council nomination as an anti- -organization candidate.
SURGEON GENERAL NAMED
WASHINGTON, April 23 (U. P)). ~President Truman has nominated Brig. Gen. Raymond W, Bliss to succeed Maj. Gen. Norman Thomas Kirk as surgéon general of the army, effective May 31.
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Nut island off Hough's Neck in! {Quincy bay. At the outset of the rescue attempts, a fireman equipped with a
gas mask and lifeline went into tumbled in. the |
Blames Russia For Big-4 Failure
Marshall May Ask
UN Action on Austria.
MOSCOW, April 23 (U. Gon BE shall tonight unequivocally blamed the Soviet Union for the failure of this session of the council of foreign ministers to reach agreement on the Austrian and German peace treaties.” Br He threatened to take thé Austrian case tG the United Nations at next fall's general assembly meeting. Mr. Marshall made two formal statements at what is expected to be the next to last meeting of the Big Four here. The ministers scheduled another meeting for tomorrow afternoon, and asked their deputies to report on what they recommend that the ministers should do with the Austrian treaty, which is nearly completed. Mr. Marshall blames Mr. Molotov directly: ONE: For rejecting the United {States four - power disarmament {treaty for Germany, and said he found it difficult to understand the Soviet reasons for declining to agree to it. TWO: For refusing to budge an inch on a definition of German assets in Austria since last February —the issue which -is blocking the Austrian treaty.
Teen-Age Slayer Seeks New Trial
Times State Serviee COLUMBUS, Ind. April 23.—William Johnson of Evansville, one of two 17-year-olds sentenced April 2 to life. imprisonmént for the “teen age” slaying of a state trooper, today filed a motion for a new trial. Bartholomew Circuit Judge George W. Long said he would order Johnson returned from the Michigan City state prison - for hearing on the motion. Date of the hearing was not set, but the judge indicated it would be soon. It was believed Johnson had the advice of another long-term convict at the prison in preparing the legal dotument which listed four reasons for requesting a new trial.
The child was identified as Anthony Tammaro of Jamaica Plain: He
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barriers at various openings in an
the opening in search of the lad. The swift current knocked him down and he was dragged back to the surface by the rope.
FORECAST—Mostly cloudy, and mild tonight and tomorrow,
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Muncie Group Wants Special Prosecutor
Fears Vice Probe will ‘Whitewash’
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MUNCIE, April 23.—The Citizens league announced today it would demand a special prosecutor in the Delaware county grand jury in-
From that point several fire and
|police rescue units were sent along
the system to open outlets in the
through the Mattapan section of the city.
No trace of the child had been found when searchers with flood-
lights entered an outlet at River!
and Mattakeeset streets fully a mile from the point where the
3 Manufacturers Reduce Prices
Wholesale Foods Index Shows Drop
Another Price Story, Page 15
By UNITED PRESS Price cuts were announced today by three manufacturers in response to t Truman's renewed Plea ‘vo halt inflationary increases. * Meanwhile, the wholesalé food price index reported by Dun & Bradstreet dropped for the fourth consecutive week. Clarence Prancis, chairman of General Foods Cotp., predicted that “food prices generally have reached or passed their peak.” At Jersey City, N. J, Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co. announced a 10 per cent price cut on bulk soap. The reduction represents a 15 per cent drop from peak levels. Retailers Cut Prices
At New York, the General Cable Corp. cut the prices of its products | six to 12 per cent. President Dwight R. G. Palmer urged all business to take similar action. At Philadelphia, President Leonand T, Beale of Pennsylvania Salt announced that the company is cutting prices on two of its widely-
| sold products by $5 per ton.
The Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food’ index dropped to $6.06 for April 22; compared with $6.24 for the preceding week and $4.19 a year ago. Prices declined on 13 of the 31 foods in general use, but the price of eight others increased. A retail price reduction similar to the one at Newburyport, Mass., was adopted in Sherman Oaks, Cal. where 48 of the town’s merchants pledged themselves to cut prices 10 to 50 per cent for a week, starting tomorrow,
CAUGHT IN THE ACT BATON ROUGE, La., April 23 (U. P.).—Authorities had the fingers instead of fingerprints today. Investigating an attempted robbery, state police righted an’ overturned safe and found two mashed fingers.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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Hisses, Stench Bombs, Fight
Interrupt Flag
stad Concert
Shouts of ‘Communists, Fascists’ Greet Norwegian Soprano at Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, April 28 (U.
P.). — Stench bombs, hisses, and
fisticuffs interrupted a concert by Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad in the stald Academy of Music last night after she walked through a line of pickets protesting her appearance. An ovation lasting a full minute greeted the Wagnerian diva,
accused of consorting with the Nazis during the war,
fell from the loges at the close of her first songs. Then two patrons shouted, “Send her back to Norway.” Ushers quickly escorted both to thegdoor. Later p-man seated in the orchestra - yelled something at the soprano. 'A middlé-aged . woman struck him, knocking off his glasses. The incident started a fight among the highly Partisan crowd of 1000. - Shouts of “Communists” and “Fascists” interrupted the singer until ushers had ejected half dozen of the scuffiers.
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Outside a double line of pickets marched with placards which read:
heavy guard.
Stench bombs
“Her friends were Goering and Quisling, don't join the circle,” “Loffalty doesn’t flow through a spigot, on and off,” and “Norwegians judge her best—in Norway she is dead.” Police, who estimated the protest crowd at 5000, gave the soprano a Detectives met het last night at the Pennsylvania railroads 30th st. station, and at least 50 patrolmen guarded entrances to the academy. Officers said a detective guard
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vestigation of vice and gambling
The regular grand jury was called! session for tomorrow by County Prosecutor Ralph Rector, who sald he was acting on charges made by the league and by the Delaware County Ministerial asso- a ciation. But the league said it would in- | sist on a special assistant in the | probe. It charged that Muncie politicians would attempt to “whitewash” the investigation.
Have Confidence in Jury
“We have tne utmost confidence in the grand jury,” said P. D. Burkhalter, league chairman. “But we feel it is imperative W have a special prosecutor. “As chairman of the Citizens league, I am opposed to Prosecutor Rector’'s connection with the grand jury of the present term of court. Flagrant violations .of the law | ~~ |occurred at the time the former grand jury met under him in January. “The fact no indictments were returned in January has been attributed to the present /prosecu-
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1947
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FAMED WARDEN—Lewis E. Lawes, famed warden of Sing Sing, who died Jody,
‘Lewis E Lawes, Prison Chief, Dies
Headed Sing Sing For 22 Years
GARRISON, N. Y., April 23 (U P.).—Lewis E. Lawes, famed warden of Sing Sing prison from 1919 until his retirement in 1941, died of a. cerebral hemorrhage at his home at Beverly house farm (today. ‘He was 64. Mr. Lawes died at 1:30 a. m. after an illness or two weeks. His wife,
and two of his three daughters were at his bedside. t Mr. Lawes, who: wate the bdok: “20,000 years in Sing Sing,” suingf fame as the warden of New Yor
Mr. Rector indignantly denied Mr. Burkhalter's charges. “That is entirely untrue,” said. “The grand .jury acted on its own volition last January. We are beginning this investigation tomorrow, and Mr. Burkhalter is going to tell plenty . . .‘if I can worm it out of him.” Other members of the Citizens league will be called to testify before the jury. The summoning of the grand jury by the prosecutor was the first official development. in Muncie’s | turbulent political situation which | was described last week in a series of arficles by The Times. Groups Spearhead Drive The action came in the wake of a determined reform movement, spearheaded by the Citizens league and the Delaware Ministerial association. As the grand jury prepared to meet, the ministerial association opened its good government crusade. It set aside Sunday as a da§ of prayer for good government. Member pastors were asked to lead their congregations in praying “that decent government and civic righteousness will come again to our city.” The ministers ‘formally petitioned Delaware Circuit Judge Joseph Davis for a special grand jury inquiry into Muncie vice and gambling | | at noon yesterday about the same time that the prosecutor was calling the regular grand jury together to start the invsetigation.
Boy, 2 Is Dead Of Blast Burns
Two-year-old Roy E. Bradshaw, who was snatched from a flaming trailer by his mother yesterday, died early today in City hospital of burns received when ‘a cook stove. exploded. His 11-month-old brother, Ralph, also burned in the explosion, is. in fair condition. The infant was rescued from his burning crib by a neighbor, Mrs. Lois Mitchell. The children were alone in their trailer-home at Brightwood Trailer Camp, 3742 Roosevelt ave., yesterday afternoon when a gasoline stove exploded. Their mother, Mrs. Ruby Bradshaw, 20, who had gone to the trailer camp office to answer a telephone call, heard the explosion snd with Mrs. Mitchell ran back to her home, "Mrs. Bradshaw grabbed up her oldest son, who had staggered to the doorway. Mrs. Mitchell plunged inside and gathered up the infant from his crib, which was in flames. The father, Roy Bradshaw, 23, was at work at Swiss Cleaners when the accident occurred.
‘MISS COPPER’ TO YOU
‘BERLIN, April 23 (U, P.)—Five hundred frauleins will soon be pounding beats as members of the
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state’s “big - house,” where he instituted many reforms that are
today. Mr. Lawes was superintendent of
ernor Alfred E. Smith asked him to take over the administration of Sing Sing prison.
He refused. In the 20 years pre-|
vious to that time the prison had more than 20 wardens.
He Took the Job
all right with me,” Mr. “It's a tough spot. I don’t blame you for being scared. It'll take a big man to go up there
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' the correction of “injustices” which
Entered as Second-Class Matter at PostofMce Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday
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Green Admits Congress Will Pass Measure
Senate Opens Debate On Proposed Law
WASHINGTON,. April 23 (U. P.)—A. F. of L. President. William Green conceded today that congress will pass restrictive labor legislation and said the A. F. of L. will ask President Truman to veto it. Mr. Green made the statement al a press conference as the senate
began debate on its version of] union-control legislation. The house last week passed a drastic bill to outlaw industrywide bargaining, the |
secondary boycotts. Senator Robert A. Taft (R. 0), chairman of the senate labor committee, led off senate debate by sdying that his committee's bill proposed “simply to deal with “injustices” in exisfing laws. He said
spired by a desire to “wreak vengeance.”
Hope for Modification Mr. Taft called particularly for
he said leave small employers “at the mercy of labor leaders.” Mr. Green, said “the best we can lope for is that we can have some bill. SY tone down the house version, it). generally was conceded that fit
closed shop, jurisdictional strikes and | -
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11% Cents an Plus Holiday
*' Plant Delegates Support Revthery Negotiations Resume immadionly DETROIT, April 23 (U. P.).—The General }
ts today to accept a flat 15-cent es nan
crease but to reject such an by G. M. 4
Union and company agreed previously on the
New Talks Called In Phone Strike
Labor Department ‘Hopes’ for Settlement
WASHINGTON, April 23 (U. P.). —The labor department today invited representatives of telephone company managements and strizers to new meetings tomorrow. Edgar L. Warren, director of
he “certainly hoped” the renewed conferences ‘ will lead to an end of the 17-day-old walkout. He said no new basis for collective bargaining has developed. Invitations were sent to the long
“ga, and
lines - division of American Telesenate modifications” of the house , & Telegraph Co, South- |:
federal conciliation, told reporters Re
Mr, ‘Warren 1 Ee aay whet er hé. had a land wage offer]
increase in the form
figure but disagreed |
a Joost Diss 1a six holidays. The this would be * extra 3%: dws
would approve & number of restrictions ort union activities. Mr. Green said an A. PF. of L. request for a direct présidential
{vete would be deferred until con- - gress sends a final bill to Mr. Tru-
man ‘so we can state our reasons for requesting a veto.”
New Plan Offered
Another plan, sponsored by Senators Joseph H. Ball (R. Minn. and Harry F. Byrd (D. Va.), would attack the prdblem by revising the federal anti-trust laws. Under their plan, industrywide negotiations would be permitted but:
and stay.” Mr. Lawes took the job. That wid’ in December, 1919. He stayed until | July 16, 1941, Mr. Lawes was an ardent’ foe of] capital punishment, yet he supervised more than 300 executions in the 21 years he spent at Sing Sing. Mr. Lawes was born at Elmira N. Y., Sept. 13, 1883, ‘the son of an employee of the ‘Elmira reformatory, He began his career in penal work in 1905 when he became a guard in Dannemora prison.. Later he was transferred to Clinton prison and Auburn prison, then became chief guard at New York state . |reformatory, overseer at New York |
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Blast Death Toll 426; 295 Are Missing
TEXAS CITY, Tex., April 23 (U. P.).—Reclamation ‘work - and the | search for the bodies of 295 persons missing since last Wednesday's explosion were expected to be rushed today after the removal of all ififlammable materials from the city’s waterfront. Officials directing the reconstruction of the stricken city said they believed the “constant rumors® of more explosions and fires” would end and that more workers would enter the area to work. The death toll today stood at 426, with public safety officials estimating that the final count of victims would number 575.
Bob Hope, Red Skelton Join Fred Allen In Jibes at N. B. C.—Off the Air -
Only Studio Audiences Hear Wisecracks; Alert Radio Engineers Pull Switches
NEW YORK, April 23 (U. P.).—The sparring betwen {fe National Broadcasting Co. and its defiant comedians continued
Hope and Red Skelton as the latest Both Mr, Hope and Mr.
night when they attempted wise-cracks about the network which they
had been told to delete from their but only the studio audience heard them. ‘ A few hours lafer, N. B. C. broadcast the. following statement over WNBC, New York, key station of the network: “Two of NBC's Comeiivi decided to have a little fun with the. network |
ONE: If an agreement contained ‘monopolistic” terms, its enforcement ‘could ‘be enjoined by the courts at the government's request. TWO: If no agreement were reached, an indusrytwide strike could be enjoined in the same way. Hence, the proposal would allow industrywide negotiations but would
¢ | prohibit industrywide strikes.
Both Senators Taft and Ball were dissatisfied with treatment of industrywide bargaining in the labor committee's bill, but Senator Taft was unwilling to go as far as Ball in dealing with the issue. Senator Taft favored a milder proposal under which industrywide bargaining and industrywide strikes would be dllowed so long as local unions were not subject to dictation by their national organizations.
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Skelton. were cut off the air briefly last. than this, the National Broadeast- : A
shows. They made the wise-cracks,|
air for about 20 seconds,” he broadcast said,
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dionable material they would be cut
to be presented at the meetings: to the striking ‘National Federation of Telephone Workérs (Ind). ~The’ union has contended the
before it- could consider settlement of the strike. Schwellenbach Sees Denny No company-union meetings ave beén held for more than a week. The conciliation director had “no comment” on the purpose of an earlier meeting today between Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach and Chairman Charles R. Denny Jr. of the federal sommunications commission. Mr. Denny also declined to reveal what he and Mr. Schwellenbach talked over in their 20-minute discussion. It was the first time the FCC has been consulted in the dispute. The FCC has been “watching the situation,” but remaining aloof on grounds it has jurisdiction only over rates and not labor matters. Atty. Gen. Tom C. Clark previously. has advised President Truman that the government has authority’ to seize the telephone companies under the FCC act. But government officials are reluctant to take such a step. The telephone companies have countered union demands for wage increases with the argument that they cannot commit themselves on any wage offer because they have no control over rates.
Radio Signals
WASHINGTON, April 23 (Wh P.).—~Radar image . tubes ' which could “store up” radio signals for as long .as three weeks, were’invented by the Germans during the war, Use of the tubes enabled German radar operators to receive fast radar messages, within a fraction of a second. Then- they could study them at leisure in “semi-permanent” form, without having to keep their antennae energized. This minimized the possibility of detection. .
that if they did not delete objec!
off. “Both Hope and Skelton ignored the NBC order and like Allen, they were cut off for a few seconds.” : A press release added, “Other
company must make a wage offer!
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cent increase toward this i ment plan, the difference * made up by a flat increase.
THREE: A flat 15-cent ir as. New Sted] Pact +] Is Signed Today :
PITTSBURGH. April 28 (I. ——The C. L O. United Steelwopk-
ers and U. S. Steel Corp. today signed a two-year ‘wage agreement boosting employees wages 12% tts. an hour, TT
U.'S, Steel's largest operating subsidiary, and the union. . wilth other subsidiaries of the poration, which emploga. Hom, will follow. Following the signing,’ Dlinois President. C. R. Cox | clared: : “The outstanding thing to el that this is a two-year. agreement,
Carnegie-Illinois stands .ready to do that job. I know the: United Steelworkers are 00.” i. The coniracs priest 3 cent wage boost plus the
a year, but all other were fixed for two years.