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Settled in Conference

Operators, Drivers Still Talk Wages

Settlement of the three-day-old truck strike here appeared possible today as ar-

drivers and dockmen reached agreement on several points with truck company eperators. Points settled included rates for overtime and Sunday work. No agreement was reached, however, on the truckers’ demands for a 33 cents an hour wige increase. Building Trouble Looms Meanwhile, trouble brewed in a carpenters’ strike as reports circu lated that some building trades will

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SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1947 -

FORECAST: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tomorrow, .

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postofce Indianapolis, Ind, Issued daily except Sunday

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(Cloudy Skies

Derby Outlook: Muddy Track,

Long-Shots Gain Support for Classic

By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editer LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 3.—A| muddy track greeted fans for the 73d annual running of the Ken-| tucky Derby today, gaining support for two long-shot surprises in the field of 14 entered for the classic. The U. S. weather bureau pre- | dicted cloudy skies for the race but there was no rain in sight. | Somewhat warmer

“Iwere expected and a heavy over-| last night's week, Louisville was its usual self. | On Wednesday, though, the horse-

cast remained {from steady rainfall. There was water all along the, rail at Churchill Downs today. Born on what may be called the

refuse to recognize picket lines the DERBY QUEEN "Miss K : : ne s Ken- (wrong side of racing's railroad earpenters have threatend to insti- tucky Derby.” who Ts Miss Pa. tracks, Murlogg: farm's Balheim, tute if demands for a 32% cents | 'UCYY Y : ease ot met by| tricia Fenton, smiles for her |owned by Mrs. R. J. Murphy and an hour incr are ‘nok nel by "dbiecls’ IN rh ronatinn [Miss Susan Kellogg of Evansville, | i Monday. ubjects ater her COronalion 1.4, and W. M. Peavey’s Jett Jett) Lester Hunt, spokesman for| at Churchill Downs, Queen Pa-' 10st "some of their obscurity-in the| ! Teamsters local 138 (A. F. of L.),| tricia "reigns over the 73d ! anticipation of the gnoey going.

said the meeting between the

running of ‘the Kentucky Derby

| - Both were listed as 20 to 1 on the |

~ union and teamsters today followed today.” morning line. H attempts of truckers at Chicago and smite Likes Off Track bs, Cleyslang ¥o Hiquiiate separately Fl d J Ri | They were entered solely in the| 7 & : | hope ’ that the Churchill Downs H Mr. Hunt said the Suteide rusken 00 e ivers |track would be muddy—a gondition | operate branches in ahahe | which took some of the lustre oft | #1 comprising about 35 per cent of the |the pre-race favorites Phalanx = 3 trucking industry here. 0 y ece ing | Fauitless. th Prepare for Layoffs Here Gaining stature along with yhose

Industrial plants here prepared to fay off thousands of workers if the strike continues. ' If a settlement with local oper- | ators is not reached by Monday, the

Temperature Rise

Forecast Tomorrow LOCAL TEMPERATURES

long chance mudders was Chance farm's Jet Pilot, Hi " shown a distinct liking-for<snoff

track. A 4-to-1 shot, Jet Pilot fay |

| possibly g0 to the post the public] {pick of 110,000. He would take over

union will enter negotiations with! ¢ a m .. 45 10am. . .. Chicago and Cleveland men who | mA Mam. ae AY {the spot which Phalanx has held want to operate here, Mr. Hunt said. pe | : Ag Mens Ee 3 on : 3 | morial on April 19.

If an agreement is reached wit) out-of-town operators, and the lo- |

-union would insist that all emer-| gency supplies of food, medicine and other essentials be carried by | the outside truckers. He said the union-also would ask | the outside operators to send ad- | ditional trucks to Indianapolis to handle freight here. Kern Calls Session State Labor Commissioner Charles Kern called today's meeting after both sides- had accepted him as a! conciliator. Thomas E. Flynn, assistant to Daniel M. Tobin, president of the International Teamsters union, said! ‘the truckers requested the meeting | after the outside operators asked for a separate settlement. Trucks of 114 Indianapolis com- | panies were halted Wednesday midnight when negotiations - between | the operators and the union broke |

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Flooded rivers and streams were

| tomorrow. Somewhat higher temperatures were predicted for late this afternoon and tomorrow. Meanwhile some state and county

roads remained under water in Law-:

rence and Daviess counties. The west fork of White river was re-

ported receding as was the Wabash |

river and streams, Drops in flood levels were recorded on both rivers in central Indiana. Farther downstream, both rivers remained at flood stages,

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Shoots Up Bar, ‘Held for Murder

JERSEY CITY, N: J, May 3 (U:

The C. V. Whitney thoroughbred | {was 8 to 5. There were those who!

[felt that the “off” strip would not |

cal strike continues, he said ‘the ‘receding. slowly in Indiana today hurt his chances. But the situation Mistic of an ea the weather bureau promised was different as far as Faultless was | union rejection of the first company | | continued fair weather tonight and concerned.

Second choice at 3 to 1, met farm's hopeful doe® not like heavy going. Even Trainer Ben Jones was shaking his head rue-| fully. He had hoped to win—=and still

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At Logansport

LOGANSPORT, Ind, May 3 (U. P.).—Two bandits forced two em-"

{washroom today and robbed the

firm of $500.

temperatures club prices.

Menio From Lovisville—

‘Barnum Was Right: And Derby Fans

Are Good Evidence

Visit to Horse Classic Is Lost Week-end As Prices Boom; Gougers Have a Holiday

By UNITED PRESS THEY CALL it the Kentucky Derby week-end, but for most of the! thousands of visitors in Louisville to see the ballyhooed horse classic,

lit turns out to be a- lost week-end. They'll lose sleep and dough. { mutuel windows at Churchill Downs.

The money could be lost at the!

And if by a stroke of good luck they don't lose their shirts there,

the poor lambs will be slaughtered ——

by the hotel, restaurant and night for three days—Thursday, Friday

During” the early part of the |

crazy people started to arrive in increasing numbers. The rush really was on Thursday and yesterday.

{and Saturday—or no go.

~There were Derby “premiums” on

{everything else, too. Liquor prices were increased |cents a drink. Food went up from 35 to 35 per cent. A good meal came at | an average of about $2.50 in the |

an average of 10

better eating places and scotch for

. » ” SO ON _THURSDAY something new had been added to the Derby picture: Prices started up like a! jet plane. Hotel rooms which regularly rent | {for $250 or $4 a day shot up to | {$30 a day. To make the pill more |

190 ‘cents an gence,

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CHURCHILL DOWNS admission | prices soared. Steven. Brothers, Inc., | concessionaires at the track, kept pace, too.

The 200 or so mint julep stands

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Officials Cited In Vote: Probe Surrendering

Arraignment Set For All May 17

News of Campaign, Page Three

{ ‘Approximately two-thirds of the 21: persons indicted yesterday om | vote fraud charges had surrendered {in criminal court 1 at noon today. Others were arriving to file their appearances. Comprising 20 members and one precinct coms=

leged to have violated election laws during the 1946 primary election. It was the second group to be in-

{indictments returned last Saturday. All will be arraigned May 17. ; Bond to be $1000 Bond on each felony charge was| set at $1000. Meanwhile, Michael J. Hanrahan, chairman, county board of election commissioners promised this year’s primary election Tuesday will be free of fraud. “We have made arrangements to

Phone Parleys Resume Today

* Conciliators Are

1 llattars Await Ice Breakup and $140, 000 Prize

— ! NENANA, Alaska, May 8 (U-P.).| Stil Optimistic

—An jce-choked river and ‘an elecWASHINGTON, May 3 (U. P.).— tric clock held the destiny of .a

“lard © Sanders for city police to

guarantee that the election will be free of suspicion,” he said. “It is the only type of elettion we commissioners will condone.” He said preparations have been completed with Policé Chief How-

assist other officials any disturbances. * Could Indict Moro—Stark

in quelling

night at a rally for Roy E. Hick-

Federal conciliators. will make an- | $140,000 prize for some lucky Alas- man, mayoralty candidate, Proselever since he won the Wood ‘Me- {other attempt today to work out a kan today in the far north’s great- | cutor Judson L. Stark declared that

wage agreement that would énd the! key dispute in the nationwide tele- | phone strike. The conciliators were: still opti-

| wage offer of the 27-day-old walk‘out. Company and union repre-|

mism. The wage gap was narrowed whe the American Telephone & Tel- 8 graph Co. offered its long lines workers weekly increases ranging [from $2 to $4. The union, which

est gamble.

The first crack of ice in the Tanana river will stop the -elock and rly settlement despite | the Alaskan who made the. closest guess to the day, hour, minute and! ! second of the break will be rich. Hundreds of ticket holders have sentatives, hoyever, indicated they converged on this isolated fishing

'did not share the conciliators’ opti- | Village of 250 whites and natives.

[Clustered around the clock on the n river's anxious eyes between the tripod | frozen in mid-river and the clock.

south bank, "they

# A*FINE wire connects the two.

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|originally had asked $12 and NOW| he first movement of ice will pull

Rob Loan Firm is demanding $6, flatly rejected the tne slack in the wire and stop the company offer. |

| clock.

Conferences Resume Today Government - sponsored

! department. at 2 p. m. Soon after the offer was made, federal conciliators announced at

been accepted as a settlement form- | lula for the Illinois phase of the

thinning ice.

shift

{“at least 100 more persons could be indicted, if we had more investigative facilities and -more support from people who want decent | elections.” “f am amazed at the vote-steal-ing finesse of the regular organization election officials,” he added. He promised that any persons attempting similar tactics in the election Tuesday will be subject to grand jury action. The 21 election officials indicted include 13 Republicans and eight Democrats. A The defendants are: Ben Heath, 104; S. Illinois st.

The temperature was expected to|

confer- climb into the 50's again today as ences will be resumed at the labor {ne sun beat down on the rapidly Rotten, de ice holes were appearing In mid- { stream and a spring freshet was | ployees of a loan company into a Chicago that a $4 increase had | cutting away from the banks on!

either side.

Already,

| the frozen river had]

{ The holdup occurred at the Lincoln Finance Co. office shortly after 10 a.’ m. Marie Smith, branch- manager,

down. A 13-cent raise offered by the, operators was rejected by the truck |

P.).—George Petrucel, 25, an eximarine, was charged with first de-:

drivers by a 3 to 1 vote, union off. | Bee iurder today after’ shooting cials said. up a barroom. The bartender had Mr. Kern said a meeting yester- refused to give him a glass to drink

gay between local Op and tne whiskey which he brought in gion -oificials was sali -o ® | nis own bottle. | shoot.”

viet rind union's de- | Police. said Petrucel stood in a; The other pushed them into the mand were so heated a conference jTscans Jk aioe te Stede) from 3 Vadim and took the money from! avern and. swep e. barroom and a cas rawer. Jesteraay would Jmve been fuule, he apartment above it with rifle | “As they prepared to leave, Mrs. fire. | Bjstie Sowers walked into the office | John Roncho, 36, of Jersey City, ! a customer. She said the men | was killed .as customers in the bar voll her to sit down, then walked | | ducked for cover. Lwas-shot={n the chest; Mrs: Ann prints off--the--knob--with..a..hand-., Schalnet, 32, who lived above the, kerchief.

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{German pistol at them and said: “Keep your mouths shut or I'll

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Some Production Halted A. M. Bowers, manager of the International Harvester plant here, | said production in some depart“ments had been--halted bécause of the "strike. He predicted “layoffs by the hundreds” if the strike continues into next week. The Indianapolis Glove Co. plans

bent over her 9-month-old son,|were about 25 years old and five John, to move him from his carriage feet six inches tall. One wore a

| bed bandit had foreign raw materials ‘are resumed, accord- fe Bar 8 lorels

and Mabel Stroude, a clerk, told po[lice that one of the men pointed a

John Malone, 52, out the door after wiping finger- |

tavern, was shot in both legs as she| Police were told that. .the then |

BR irs Ela Prost. ered around the tavern. accent. a Part production stoppages were : ; : » reported by Allison division of the Washington Calling— i General Motors Corp. and the - : ! R. C. A, Victor division here. Senate Bills Pile Up “ Rob Safe of $1000 | ih Burglars stole $1000 in cash and A ‘ M hh Gr D b a $200 Masonic pin from a safe S em ers © to er Y p they battered open last night at the ¢ : Bader Coffee Co. 618 N. Davidson So Many Are Missing GOP Has to Cancel I ave, police were informed today, pi ’ ier Party Caucus as ‘Must’ Measures Accumulate A mes Index i : AWASHINGTON, May 3.—Senators and representaig Ambisements. 10. Dan Kidney... 3 tives, played hooky today, going to Kentucky Derby. Eddie Ash ... 6| Ruth Millett. 7 So many were away senate Republicans had to *ancel b Books-....... JMiMovies ..:... 10 party caucus called to plan speedup of legislative prd ram. Chirches “oe 5 Obituaries es 3 M f 1 1 ti 1 di ““ t! ti k Classified. 11- -12/J. E, O'Brien. 6 - ass of legislation, including “must”. appropriation Comics . .... 13 F. O. Othman 7 bills, is piling up in senate. House is in good shape : Ror io i, Barton Pogué Y G. 0. P. leadgrs now plan to get congress out of .own > Forum -... 8 Serial ... .. 3 byJuly20. To do it, they'll have to shelve even such important bills a : Gardening os 7| Side Glances. 8 8s unification of armed services and ‘universal military training. 4 Hollywood. .. 1 Stranahan .. 6| ~~ Republican program now calls only for passage of bills for union Don. Hoover. 8|Teen Talk ... 9 control, tax reduction, presidential succession, and perhaps federal § In Jo Tnapss _:'“.3| United Nations 8| aid for education. They'll claim credit for renrganization-of-oongress i Indiana Sage a uo bE nines an Pa effect, but pissed Pre J Wometis News $b, noo

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strike. The settlement was still subject to ratification by union mem|ers, however, and Anne -Benscoter, | president of one of the three unions involved, said she would urge its rejection. | In New York, a $4 offer left tele- | phone workers sharply split. Some {3200 clerical workers and 3500 ac‘counting workers accepted and will return to work Monday. But 30,000 {operators and repairmen refused it] land voted to remain on strike. The | loffer previously had been agreed to by the leaders of ‘all the unions] involved. y | The conferences in " Washirigtor are between the A, T. & T. long | | lines division and the Ameri can| Union of Telephone Workers, an| {affiliate of the National ‘Federation | lof Telephone. -Workers which is the

to his crib. | brown suit and brown hat, the othr parent union in the strike. The A. to lay off about 400 employees next| pice arrested Petrucel as he a gray suit and a gray hat. The | U. T. W, representing the long lines | week unless incoming shipments of | 010g with the crowd that gath- workers, is general, regarded as a

| pace- -setter for the other striking

afMiiates oO NPT.W |

‘Ocean Plane Damaged .

In Landing; 45 Unhurt,

BOSTON, May 3 (U. P.).—An American Airlines plane from Lon- | don ground-looped and tipped ! its side while landing at the Logan International airport today. The 45 persons aboard-—35 passengers and 10 crew members—were reported unhurt.

was being taxied up a runway .by Capt. Cameron T. Robinson, 38, of Commerce, Tex., when the Fight landing gear retracted. ~~ The big plane swung and the right wing struck the ground and crumpled.

Hunt for 74 Wigs ST.-LOUIS, May 3“(U. P.).—Police were on the lookout for a salesman who has been missing from St. Louis for several weeks. Missing also are- 74 wigs for 1equins,

The plane, the flagship Denmark, .

broken info.a thousand huge cakes of ice a few miles upstream... The breakup here usually follows within 48 hours. Most old-timers predicted the break this week-end.

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ri SCENE : OF. UPRISING 2 Fare | is an barracks at Ft. Leavenworth, fee, where/ pri ners rice,

, laast one man. or

Report Gunmen Seen in State

State police intensified their search today for the two gunmen who shot two Jeffersonville policemen Thursday following a tip that

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mitteeman, the defendants are al-|}

dicted . within a week, 18 having |® been included in the first batch of | Hi

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| ‘raking thé political stump Tast!.

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a car believed bearing the men was

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work with the St. Louis, Mo., civic light opera company this summer, Young Preston will receive a reported fee of $1000 a week for drumming.

Special’ Session” Job Is Imperative

UNITED NATIONS HALL, FLUSHING, N. Y., May 3 (U. P.)— President Miguel Aleman of Mexico, addressing a special plenary session of the United Nations general as-

sembly, today called on the great powers to reach agreement on the peace treaties ending world war IL “Each day it becomes more imperative to finish the arduous.task

President Aleman said. “The ‘world is anxious to liquidate the last conflict, in order to devote itself integrally to the gigantic task of reconstruction. Mexico fervently wishes that the efforts of the great powers may soori achieve the longed for results.” Interrupts Debtae

bate on the delicate Palestine problem to welcome President Aleman, first head of a state to visit the general assembly since President | Truman made the opening day address ate the first session here last October. President Aleman said last night that American capital was welcome in his country if it “really means to share in the life of Mexico,. .

seen near Mitchell last night. The tip came from a Mitchell filling stationi operator who sald he

mobile which pulled into his sta-| { tion. The car, he'told police, was a late] model bearing Kentucky license plates and was occupied by two men. The men drove west on Ind: 60 toward the junction of that] {road and U. S. 50, leading either to Shoals or Bedford. i~-Alerted. state. troopers set up road | blocks in the vicinity. The wounded police officers both in critical condition, _are .Capt. Emerson Payne, 43, and Patrolman {Paul Coleman, H.

saw two shotguns and a sub-ma-| chine gun in the rear of an auto-|

air view of the

He spoke at a banquet-given in his honor by the Pan "American [ society.

Derby Takes Business Out of Wall Street -

NEW YORK, May 3 (U. P.).— ‘The stock market plodded a slow | course today as Wall Street read the news from Churchill

voted to the market. | Prices” were irregular at the close. “Chrysler "was a feature, rising a point today after an easier opening. But the rest of the’ stock list turned sluggish in one of the slowest Saturdays in several years.

Load aed a es

of drafting the peace treaties,” le

The assembly interrupted its de-|

+i rendered. and be satisfied with a fair profit." |

Downs | with greater interest than was de-!

550 Holding Out Against Tear Gas

FT. LEAVEN WORTH, Kas, May 8 (U. P.).~Two hundred and thirteen sullen, red-eyed army prisoners surrendered today and ended their part in rioting at the U. S. disciplinary barracks here.

One prisoner was dead and = i dozen guards andl prisoners were

would be found. : Officers still y cause of the trouble, There was, however, one

Dewsy D. Oshorne, 30, Mouptaln Oity, Tenn. was thé man fats “stomped” on the Soop pia basement of the cell block. | Met By 100 Soldiers About 100 soldiers armed with billy clubs, tear gas weapons ‘and two high pressure fire hoses, met the 250 rioters as they were brought out in groups of five. 2

carried from that block. desks, stair balustrades and fei: boards were taken ial recurrence. of ‘the Maj. Henry C. Triesler, post public Telations officer, said. The loudspéaker continued to upon the rioters in the ‘other block to surrénder, but’ there no response, 514 Holding Out ti | Barracks officers said that 514 remained holdouts in the othe, sealed off block. It could not be learned sumed ately whether any promises : had been made to those who sur

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The - rioting started aimogt “ hours ago but the situation i r peared in hand when the hardened army prisoners—ell cone victed by court martial and dishenorably discharged—were permitted to go to the basement of the cell blocks last nights .....0 °° Leg As the rioting broke out agais in the basement last night, guards managed to force the ‘prisoners back up the stairs and into the cell ' blocks; They were unable, however; to get the men into their cells. Rip Up Stairway

Inside, they were scrambling. from tier to tier in the four-story |

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