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FRANKFURT, April 30 (U. P.)—Col. Jack W, Durant was convicted today of taking part in the $1,500,000 robbery of the Hesse crown jewels. He was sentenced to 15 years at hard labor, Standing white faced and stiffly at attention, Col. mR Durant heard the 3 verdict of the seven - man military court which _— tried him for his part in the sensational disappearance of the 3 treasure from its hiding" place in

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P.T. A. Resolution Urges U. S. Aid

By LOUISE FLETCHER Times A resolution asking attention to federal aid for schools is under

annual convention of the Indiana Congress of Parents and Teachers. Given first reading this morning at the Murat temple, the resolution was included in a list to be voted upon tomorrow morning at the clos- | ing session of the convention. The federal aid resolution said “In the development of our educational program, we urge that attention be given to federal aid to states on a basis of need to end the current educational crisis.” It added “that such aid be given without federal control of public education . . , to be administered with a maximum of local control . « » and that funds to be appropriated by the federal government for equalizing educational opportunities go to public tax-supported schools.” * Additional resolutions presented this morning would urge backing of measures to promote health, world understanding snd parent-and-family-life education. These three, plus school education, form the four-point theme of the convention.

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r age wi dak dt Any Pies: - 4 3 ” v1 5 laine nt and his wife, the former WAC. Capt. Kathleen B. Nash, were the principal defendants in the case. She was convicted several months ago, and is serving a prison term. Col. Durant and his wife were arrested in Chicago last June. War department officials said at the time that they admitted taking from Kronberg castle a fortune in jewels and relics of the German grand ducal family of Hess. Mrs, Durant was mess officer for

castle. of A ¥ Planned Col. Durant's lawyers said the sentence would be appealed. The convicted officer's home is at Falls Church, Va. The sentencing ended a fivemonths court-martial during which the ‘entire court flew from Frankfurt to Washington and then returned to reconvene here last week. The trial was the third in the Kronberg series, Three former officers have been sentenced for their glleged parts in the theft, When the sentence was read today, Col. Durant was dressed in & freshly-pressed uniform splashed with two rows of ribbons. The Jewels were heaped in mounds on a table, ’

Interesting. News— On Inside Pages IT

Meet the Candidates for Mayor

(William H., Wemmer)........ 13 Mouse Approves Foreign Aid Bill, Pared to $200 Million........ 3

President Aleman of Mexico Lays Wreath at Tomb of Unknown U. 8. Soldier Muncie Grand Jury Expected to End Vice Probe Today....... : Broad Ripple High Looks to Fu~ ture

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Final Briefs Piled in Transit Rate

—President Truman today signed a

71 Injured; Death. Toll May" Rise: WORTH, Mo., April 30 (U, P).— Tornadoes and high winds that swept through northwest Arkansas

and Missourt today left three communities in ruins and a death toll of at least 21 persons. Thirteen were killed and 59 injured at Worth late yesterday when a twister demolished - three square blocks of homes, civic buildings and stores. Eight others lost their lives in a storm that struck the farming communities of Bright Water and Garfield in northwest Arkansas. Four persons in each town were killed and at least 12 others injured. Report 10 Killed (The Red Cross headquarters in St. Louis said 10 persons lost their lives in the Arkansas storm.) Missouri highway patrolmen guarded the debris strewn streets of Worth to prevent looting. Sweeping down out of a black cloud in the western sky, the tornado struck at 2:45 p. m. yesterday. It swept the town’s main street like a brogm, leveling everything in its path. All of the town’s 15 civic and business buildings were flattened. Most of the houses were damaged, and many collapsed. Two churches were destroyed and the third was badly damaged. Most of the townspeople saw the

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Is Hoover Dam WASHINGTON, April 30 (U, P.).

resolution changing the name of Boulder dam to Hoover dam. The dam was originally named for the former Republican President Herbert Hoover and the name

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2 Phone Unions

Public Schools EM Strike

For $4 Raise

National Federation Holds Out for $6

WASHINGTON, April 80 (U. P.).—Some 46,000 striking telephone workers in New York and Pennsylvania got back - to - work orders and

raises of $3 to $4 today. At the same time, Henry Mayer, attormey for 15 striking telephone unions, said today that the Michigan Bell Telephone Co. had offered plant and traffic workers a $6 a week wage increase to end the strike. The union had previously offered to settle the 24-day walkout for a $6 raise, A Michigan Bell spokesman denied a $6 raise had been offered. Federal conciliators predicted “an important development” in the long distance phase of the strike was imminent. Two Unions Settle

Maintenance and plant workers in Pennsylvania, numbering about 6000, began returning to their jobs early this morning under an agreement providing basic weekly wage increases of $3 to $4. Shortly thereafter, the New York Telephone Co. announced that 40,000 of its workers would return to work tomorrow under an agree-

crease. Today's agreements were hailed a8 8 “major break” by government conciliators.

. Stand by $6 Demand But officials of the National Federation of Telephone Workers took a more cautious view. They said that while the $3 to $4 wage boosts in New York and Pennsylvania could serve as a “starting point” in negotiations to settle the strike on a national scale, they will “stick to the irreducible minimum” demand of $6 a week. They said flatly that they “will not take” the New York-Pénn-sylvania formulas as a patte settling on a national basis, All the unions involved in agreements today were independents.

Steelworkers, Republic And Bethlehem Sign

NEW YORK, April 30 (U. P.).— The United Steelworkers of America (C. 1.40.) announced today that agreements had been reached with Bethlehem Steel Co, and Republic Steel Corp. for a two-year contract granting wage raises “in excess of 15 cents an hour” for 140,000 workers. David J. McDonald, secretarytreasurer of the union, said the wage agreements included a general increase of 12% cents an hour with the remaining increase resulting from elimination of pay scale inequities, improvement in vacations, establishment of a severance pay plan and improvement in work schedules,

SECOND “EXECUTION” SET BATON ROUGE, La. April 30 (U. P.).—Willie Francis, convicted murderer who survived one “execution,” was doomed today to a second trip to‘the electric chair on

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Salaries and working conditions of workers—in the city’s sanitation department must be improved, declared William H. Wemmer, candidate for the Republican mayoralty nomination, in a noon speech at his headquarters today. “Keeping Indianapolis clean will be a major concern of my administration,” he said. “There will be no streets and alleys strewn with garbage cans and trash when I become mayor.” . Mr, Wemmer predicted that by

' | next year the city will be able to

purchase new equipment to prevent further breakdowns in the service. Improve Working Conditions “Employees of the sanitation department will be selected with care and their salaries and working conditions will be improved in order that we can put an end to dirt and trash in the city,” he said. In a speech last night at a 33d ward meeting, Mr. Wemmer stressed the necessity for a concentrated campaign against juvenile delinquency. “One of our most vital programs will be ‘smoking out’ the causes of juvenile delinquency,” he said. “We will have a police force that knows and uses modern methods in dealing with children so that they will learn that the law is for their protection. ; Destroy Their Morale

“We will not tolerate adult influences that lead the children astray, Hangouts catering to teenagers, destroying their morale and

world will be marked for special destruction.” He said he realized that over®

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Holdup Man, Woman Seized in Cab

Twenty-four minutes after he staged a bold -restaurant holdup, a heavyset bandit and his woman companion were captured by, police early today in a wild chase on N. Pennsylvania st.

The bandit entered Loy's restaurant, 1601 N. Alabama st. about 2:30 a. m. Using a bone-handled hunting knife to simulate a gun in his pocket, he ordered five customers and Manager Vincent Terry to lie down on the floor. Two women were among his victims. . Taking his time, ‘the bandit coolly ordered the prostrate customers to throw their wallets and purses to him. He stripped the wallets and wrist watch, and calmly tossed the wallets back to their owners.

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Without a word, he walked out and vanished in the rain. It was 2:41 a. m. when Manager Terry got up and telephoned police. Police Lt. Leo Troutman arrived at 2:46 a. m. He called headquarters and asked. for every available car to converge on the near

24 Minutes Later After Wild Chase

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structions and began to close in. En route, a patrol car manned by Sgt. Ed Higgins and Patrolman John Kestler' and Orval Gleich spotted Red Cab No. 67 traveling ‘west on 16th st. at high speed. The. patrol car whirled around

design stage and ‘sets for the summer.

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fennial commission. includes six years with the Chicago Song,”

the coming festival at Butler Bowl. Let's put our best foot forward. Let's open and close the summer season with an operetta,” he said. The season will start with Sigmund Romberg's “The New Moon,” to be conducted on the opening night by the composer himself. * It

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include concerts by 55 Indianapolis Symphony orchestra members with Fabien Sevitzky, guest conductors and a series of “big name” soloists. Contests yet to be announced will give local musicians a chance to appear as winners before the Butler Bowl audience. A city-wide parade will precede]

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in the impending truck strike.

gate further and would need more details as to what commodity movements would be seriously affected before he takes action. Flanked by labor commissioner Charles Kern and Attorney General Cleon Foust, the governor heard arguments that the teamster strike would tie up freight facilities for | many miles around Indianapolis, |

The operators negotiating com-| mittee has petitioned the governor to invoke the utility law in the public interest. Such action would prohibit the teamsters local 135 (A. F. of I.) from going on strike when their present contract with the carriers expires at midnight tonight. If the strike comes off more than 1400 drivers and warehousemen employed by 114 common carriers in the city would stop work. Both city and state Chamber of Commerce representatives were in the governor's office this morning supporting the petition for gubernatorial action. The attorney general has ruled that the carriers can be termed a public utility under the new law but, sald it was up to the governor to decide whether the seriousness of the situation waranted application of the law. Jay wi 2 Among those urging that the governor block the strike if possible ‘were spokesmen for the wholesale house of Hibben & Hollweg and for Eli Lilly & Co. , - N

Carriér spokesmen ‘expressed fear that aithough the strike be

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CENTENNIAL THEATER—W alter S. Russell's preliminary sketch of the projected Centennial summer theater at Butler Bowl shows what the audience will see from the stands. The stage will be so located as to give a possible 8000 spectators a gqod view of operettas and concerts. Mr. Russell, scenic director of the Civic theater, will festival under the general direction of J. Charles Gilbert.

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5 By HENRY BUTLER The Indianapolis Centennial celebration should open July 11 with

That's the’ opinion of J. Charles Gilbert, just appointed diréctor of the city’s six-week 100th anniversary festival by the Indianapolis Cen-

Mr. Gilbert, whose, experience as theatrical producer and impresario

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Opera Co., and currently “The Lute|the opening of “The New Moon," yesterday told Centennial commission members his plans for|ity leading up to the historical

with a gradual crescendo of activ-

| pageants scheduled for the fourth | week. |. Mr. Gilbert stressed the ad[vantages of the Butler Bowl site: [{“Using the south end of the bowl, | we can provide approximately 8000 {seats. That means we can afford [to bring our price scale, especially

will close with Victor Herbert's for the concerts, within everybody's perennial favorite, “Naughty Mari-|reagh.”

Quizzed by commission members

Plans for the intervening weeks|/as to whether he thought there

was enough time between now and July 11 to complete preparations, Mr. Gilbett revealed that the cast for “The New Moon” has been selected, with few exceptions, and rehearsals are under way. “I can promise you an operetta and concert season Indianapolis will be proud of,” he said.

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To Block Teamster Walkout

Governor Gates said today he probably would reach a dicision before tomorrow morning on whether to invoke the new utility arbitration law

The governor conferred with representatives of trucking and other business firms this morning in an effort to determine whether the strike’'s threat to public interest would warrant teaching the ways of the under-g.,iq that he would have to investi-)——

invoking the law. He

aimed only at Indianapolis caryiers it would amount in effect to a trucking embargo in a wide area. Freight haulers use the city as a distribution hub, trucking large shipments here to be broken down and distributed in smaller lots to other cities.

Expect Guilty Plea In Ballot Probe

Pleas of guilty were expected to be entered in criminal court to-

day by some of the defendants indicted by the’ grand jury on charges of violating ballot laws in the 1946 primary. At least two of the defendants indicated to Prosecutor Stark yesterday that they were considering pleading guilty to the charges, presumably in an offer to turn state's evidence against “higher-ups” if shown leniency. A prel y hearing on the cases was’ scheduled in criminal court and It was predicted that two or more of the defendants would agree to arraignment. : Meanwhile, Prosecutor Stark said the grand jury had voted on more

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FESTIVAL DIRECTO R—J. Charles Gilbert, formerly of the Chicago Opera Co.,swho will direct. .the Indianapolis Centennial celebration this summer.

Wind and Rain Do Damage Here

More Thunderstorms Forecast Today

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am... 9a.m..... 65 Tam... 60 10am... 67 a.m... 62 11am..... 68

The weather bureau forecast more showers and thunderstorms today on the heels of a storm which caused damage to property in Indianapolis. The wind and rain which struck the city early this morning blew down trees and signs and flooded underpasses. The Indianapolis Power & Light Co, reported a roof on a filling sta-~ [tion at Post rd. and U, 8. 40 blew off early this morning and broke

Cumberland area. Power was off from shortly after 2a. m. until 6 a. m. WISH station's transmitter south of the intersection was affected and the station was delayed in opening its broadcast this morning. A tree at 918 N. Riley ave. fell on a parked car, and Illinois st, was blocked for a time at Ray st. by a fallen tree. A sign'of the

E. Washington st. ‘was’ torn from its.hangipgs. and fell into.the street. Weir Cook weather. station reported wind velocities of (41 miles per hour for a five-minute period last night but sudden gusts reached | even high’ velocities.

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