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By NOBLE REED Two armies of several hundred “watchers” each will descend upon the city’s 308 voting precincts at 7 a. m. to-| morrow to guard against possible fraud in the municipal primary balloting. The opposing armies will repregent the two major factions of the Republican party. in their "bitter fight for control of the G..O. P. and city government for the next four years, About 400 watchers have been divided among all polling places in “the city by the regular organization headed by County Chairman Henry

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Stassen Goal: | ‘Peace Without Appeasement’

Labels Truman Policy

NEW YORK, May 5 (U. P.).—Leo Durocher and Laraine Day sald today they wouldn't be in Hollywood Friday to hear Judge Ingall Bull decide whether or not they're legally married in California, ‘Purely Negative’ Miss Day, bride in at least 47 Te states of the suspended Dodger By LYLE C. WILSON. J mavugy, suid she pistnel to Heyy WASHINGTON, May. Gove New York op Presidential Candidate - Har-

probably three weeks.” | A Asked where they would go from!old E. Stassen said today aft-

the airport, Mr. Durocher said | IP : wistfully: “We're going home.” He | ST h trip to Europe and an didn't elaborate. [interview with Josef Stalin " % that. he was optimistic that

MR. DUROCHER said he prob- go can win peace for a full gen-

Dodger President ; : ably would see 8 eration . . . without appeasement.”

appointment to do so. Mr. Stassen also told a news conHe said he had not yet signed a ference President Truman's policy contract to act as technical direc- for halting the expansion of comra JoHOn istiire on he dls | munism is a negative one. He said of Judge Kenesaw ntain | : : baseball czar who preceded the man | D® recognized the futility of a who booted “The- Lip” out-of the negative policy of simply being game for a year. {against something. EY J1oows know I can’t talk| “I feel it imperative that America about that,” he said to questions ; . abolil Tis sispension. “You read yo develop a positive, construc the edict, didn’t you. What did the ve approach to standards of living, Jast line say?” I BS of sovernment and individual Someone didn't know that the last iperty a1 over the world, he sald, , sentence had ordered all parties to . Change °f Pace keep silent about the decision. The former Minnesota governor “You better read it like I did,” is the only announced candidate for Mr. Durocher told him. the 1948 G. O. P. presidential nomi“x = om nation. His interview with Marshal THE COUPLE arrived here at/Stalin, which Mr. Stassen mad 11:40.a. m. from Los Angeles, where public in transcript over the weekthey had taken refuge from re-|end, is regarded here as an effective porters in the wrong airport rest- change of page in Hig campaign for rooms. Lr ‘the GOP nominations. a Mr. Durocher entered no-man's, Mr, Stassen said only time can land last night as he and his bride answer the real significance of the

publican mayoralty who are not directly involved in the factional fight but who have been actively campaigning are John A. Schumacher, president of the‘ city council; James. M. Dawson, rep- - resenting trolley riders in their, fight against fares increases, and Perry B. Ward, head of the Indiana Small Businessmen's association. Heading the Democratic primary ballot in the mayoralty contest are Al Feeney, former sheriff and head of the state police, and George S. Dailey, attorney. Others in this " race are Roscoe Bredell, former sheriff; John Alvah Dilworth, accountant, and Michael W..McCarthy, 643 E. 31st st.

Bitter Over Control

Campaigns in both parties have been militant with Republican activities overshadowing the picture

due to the ‘intense bitterness over

party control. The Wemmer forces have been campaiging on a platform of a “better Indianapolis,” shying away from their direct connection with the Ostrom organization. On the other hand the anti-or-ganization groups backing Mr. Hickman have been blasting the “Os-

trom machine,” declaring that = vote for Mr. Wemmer is a “vote for

the machine.”

Highlighting the Republican battle was the grand jury probe of the two batches of indictments. The indictments named a total of 39 election officials as defendants charged _. With violating state balloting laws.

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Name 18 Officials

‘The first indictments named: 18 election officials in the 7th ward on the near northwest side. The second . grand jury report last Friday in-

dicted 21 election officials in three South side wards. All’ the indictments were based upon evidence. collected by Prosecutor Judson L. Stark, who has formally indorsed Mr. Hickman “because he will stand against the Ostrom machine.” (Most. of the Republican officials indicted were aligned with the reg"ular organization of Mr. Ostrom.) . The polls will open at 7 a. m. “(daylight saving time) because the state laws specify that polls shall open at 6 a, m. central standard time, They will close at 7 p. m. (daylight .saving time).

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Husband Disappears BOSTON, May 5

a theatrical ‘district- hotel here.

Mrs. Lee, who said her home was at 720 Rheindlander ave. in Evaéfs“ville, arrived here Saturday with

her husband in search of work. She said her husband, Albert, 42

left his bags at the hotel clerk's ‘desk while hers were sent to the room they engaged. He left their "room on an errand and later she

“|nouse and shot Mrs. Miller twice,

(U. P)~A “bride of six weeks, Mrs, Mary Hollingsworth Lee, 38, was en route alone to Evansville, Ind,, today. The South Dakota barber she married disappeared with his baggage from

boarded a TWA Constellation plane {which was to take them to New | York. - Miss Day, meanwhile, also was {dodging the photographers and re- | porters who were waiting at the {airport terminal building. She rushed into the first secluded spot | she came to. It was. the men's| washroom. 1 * She joined “The Lip” in his hideaway when a man came into her own retreat.

Victims of Trip Shooting Still Live

Assailant’s Ex-Wife Reported. Improved

Victims of a triple shooting Satur- | day night remained in City hospital |

3% } capitals. Wherever he went Stas-| today, two in critical condition and : : . ! one listed 2s seriovs. |sen was received by the top figures,

In a critical condition is cart-| whom he wanted to talk.

: . Mr. Stassen remains a long shot wright Hood, 35, of 956 Lexington ,,";,, presidential betting books, |

ave, who turned his gun on.him-| 3 : self after shooting his ex-wife -and but he evidently intends to improve his . position. .

her brother. ‘ The brother, Charles Wall, 35.1 Blames Potsdam Pact south of Indianapolis, also is critical. -Mr. Stassen also told his news conference today that:

Mrs. Miller Improved Mr. Hood's ex-wife, Mrs, Mary) ORF THE 80S CURES CO Miller, 29, is reported slightly imis repo shighuy yn agreement are the principal cause

roved. Her condition stil - p ; ol se of the recent failure of the Moscow

rious. : foreign ministers conference and of

The shooting took place at the) frame double House. occupied by | the continued disagreement. be-

told Mr. Stassen that unless there | is co-operation, there would be conflict and war. Russia, Marshal Stalin added, wants to co-operate. Predicts Atomic Agreement

Premier Stalin predicted agreement on international control and inspector of atomic energy opera‘tions. The Soviet chieftain believes < use of atomic energy for war will | be forbidden. * “Things are leading up to it,” {Marshal Stalin told the young man | from Minnesota. Mr. Stassen will follow up the |

|interview with a series. of three! articles for the Ladies Home journal and will supplement those with a renewal of his country-wide speaking campaign. But this time Mr, Stassen will appear before the public as a first-hand expert on international affairs. His European journey. took him into the major

Mrs. Miller and her husband; Hubert | tween the east and west. For this, Miller, and Mr. Wall and his{he said, Mr. Truman, Marshal family. The residence Is located Stalin.and British Prime Minister

Olement Attlee must share the blame. TWO: He favored the GreekTurkish aid program as amended by Senator Arthur F. Vandenberg (R. Mich.) giving the United Nations a limited role in the program. But he warned that the program must be carefully supervised for the benefit of the Greek people and

west of State Road 37, south of Indianapolis. Deputies said the Miller and Wall families returned home Saturday and found Hood waiting. Hood, witnesses said, asked to talk to his former wife. Mrs, Miller taiked to her ex-hus-band a few minutes, then called

SOLUTION — White river gave the answer yesterday to the 60-day mystery of 7-year-old Peter Hubbell, who vanished March 8. Receding flood waters revealed the 's body on an island neat W. 15th st. Here he is being carried up the bank shortly after his discovery by two mushroom hunters. :

Shuts Off Receding Flood Unco Peter Hubbell's Body

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2 Chicago's Milk

Warkers Quit, Dealers! —

“Close 73 Plants

CHICAGO, May 5 (U. P).—A

Soviet prime minister's statement labor dispute today shut off the that he desires to co-operate with milk supply of four million persons ¢ vanished from the Riviera club March 8. ithe. United States. Premier Stalin jn the metropolitan Chicago area. |

homes or stores. Inside workers went on strike at 12:01 a. m. at the Bowman and Dean dairies. Shortly thereafter the Associated Milk Dealers declared the walkout against these two was a| “strike against the industry” and shut down 73 other plants. The strikers were members of the A. F. of L. Dairy Employees union. They sought a 40-hour work week for the same pay they now receive for 48 hours. . The union charged that the closing of the 73 other plants was a lockout. Price Increase Threatened Thomas B. Gilmore, attorney for the milk dealers, charged in a state-

ment that the union was responsible

for the walkout. He added that if a wage increase is granted, milk will go up at least one cent a quart. Besides Chicago, which normally consumes 1,500,000 quarts of milk a day, the strike hit suburbs in a 50-mile area. By agreement with Mayor Martin H. Kennelly, union leaders-and dairy owners said deliveries were being made to hospitals, infirmaries, institutions and to military depots. But at St. Vincent's orphanage, 200 babies were without milk. A spokesmarr said there was enough milk for the early feeding, but “there isn't a drop in the place now.”

Thieves Did Topnoich Repair Job on Auto

DENVER, May 5 (U, P.).—Orval F. Churchill, a plumber, was grateful to the thieves who stole his car

Two Months’ Search Hunters Find Him on “Tie” mystery of Peter Hubbell

‘which sooner or later gives up its dead. Peter, 7, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Hubbell 6f 28 W,

He was found at 10:45 a. m. yesterday, washed up on a tiny island There were no milk deliveries to jn the river near W. 15th st. and White River pkwy.

The boy's disappearance 60 days | ago posed one of the most baling, mysteries in Marion county history. It launched a wide search which continued for weeks, i But not a trace of him was found until yesterday when two mush- | room hunters: saw his body lying on the tiny island from which flood waters had receded after last week's rains. Men Given $815 Rewards Peter was still clothed in his red| and blue plaid shirt, tan trousers and tennis shoes in which he dis-| appeared. : | The body was found by Orvel| Kimble, 40, of 792 N. Lynn ave. and | { Oli Houldson, 35, of 549 N. Lynn ave. The men today were given $805 reward money which public officials and private groups and individuals had offered after the boy's disappearance. The rewards included $500 from] the Riviera club, $100 from Sheriff | Albert Magenheimer. $100 from Roy 'E. Hickman; Fairbanks Jewelry & | |Loan Co. $100 and $5 from Girl Scouts troop 178. Identified by Father He was <identified by his “father, Richard M. Hubbell, his uncle,

Robert G. Hubbell of 5125 Park ave., and ‘Harold L. Newton, 5317

amily. County Coroner Roy B. Storms said the only verdict he could give was death by accidental drowning. There were no marks of violence on Peter's body. An autopsy at City hospital did not reveal any other

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truck tie-up. Officials of the telephone vented by the law from joinin

37,000 Return To Phone Jobs

Four N. Y. Unions Settle Strike

WASHINGTON, May 5 (U. P.).— Members of four independent unions crossed picket lines and re{turned to work today in New York. It was the first major break in the 29-day-old nation-wide , telephone strike. The New York Telephone Co. reported local manual telephone service returned to normal. The 37,000 members of the four unions settled with the company yesterday for a $4 weekly increase, L | Long distance service still was Ends When Mushroom curtailed, however, as long lines| v | operators continued their strike. Tiny Island | ADprozimately. 19,000 workers in all “ . adive » nh fr 'contifiued the strike -in- New York. wae solved today by White river, Struck on § Date. - s4th! The four New York independent {unions which settled are not afliated with the National Federation of Telephone Workers (Ind.). How- —— ever, they struck on the same date {as the N. F. T. W., the key organration in the walkout.

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A $4 weekly increase also was the. basis for a settlement at Chicago {reached between two unions and

* h Prices [the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. | The two unions which settled : | —the Federation of Telephone

1 NAM Head Charges | Workers and the Commercial Teleiphone Workers union — formally

: Pp Federal Interference |agreed to respect picket lines of the ___|union ‘continuing the strike—the Illinois ‘Telephone Traffic union. However the company asserted HARTFORD, Conn, May 5 (U.ithat more than three-quarters of P.).—Robert R. Wason, chairman of the workers of the two unions were the board of the National Associa-|On the job today.

End in Five Town's tion Manufacturers, : today In North Carolina, the strike

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'Phone Workers’ Rights Infringed, Petition Asserts

Action Comes as State Considers Invoking

continued to weigh the question of invoking the act in the i

g in the nation-wide telephone strike last month, sued in superior court 5 to have it de« clared uaconstitutional.

ivers' Walkout”

aimed a court blow at Indi law today as state officials

traffic union, which was pre-

Governor Gates, Attorney General Cleon Foust, Prosecutor Judson Stark and all members of the utilities arbitration board = were named defendants. a Simultaneously, Labor Commis sioner Kern said possible: applicas tion of the compulsory arbitration act in the local strike still was under advisément. With one local in+ dustrial plant already shut down because of the truck tieup, Mr. Kern said state action might hinge on the extent to which that situs tion spreads to other industries.

manufactures heating ' equipment, had neither storage Space nor ma~ terials to continue operatio out truck tr “He said the shutdow longer if the tieup has not ended by the time the week 1 tion period ends. ' os The Chamber of Commerce was beginning to receive replies to an industrial questionnaire sent out last week to ascertain the full potential effect of the teamster strike on the local industrial picture. No other shutdowns were reported immedi~ ately, however. STAR Rights Infringed, Is Charge The telephone trafic union's suit charged the anti-strike bill passed by the recent general assembly to outlaw public utility strikes is “an infringement upon the constitutional rights of the telephone work~ ers.” ia The union officials stated in their suit that a controversy over their wages and working conditions has existed for several weeks without a settlement. The petition says the

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charged President Truman With ., 404 in at least five towns. Mem-

“holding up some prices” while &t- ipo. of the Southern Federation of | ciuse of the new state Taw™

tempting to “continue thé OPA muanhone Workers returned to

hrough exhortation and ropa- | . | rt fo ProPa- work at 8 a. m., pending further “iccue a declaratory jud ei

. |negotiations. Governor Gregg Mr. Wason, here to address the Cherry had asked the telephone Connecticut Industrial conference, company to employ replacements if said that “government interference

union “is desirous of calling a strike, | but is prevented from doing so be-

| ‘The union's suit asked the court ‘garding the constitutional rights of

the utility workers in connection ‘with the state anti-strike law.

is raising costs of everything enter<|

ing into the living standards of the American people.” ¥ He said if “President Truman wants to play with economics he

the strike was not ended today. The| Union officials, Mae Maan and strikers said their decision had yelma Fultz president and secrenothing to do - with GOVernor {ary ‘respectively, asked the court {Cherry's ultimatum. 'to declare the state law invalid,

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her brother, Mr. Wall. She told her brother Hood had a gun and] had threatened to kill himself. | Children See Shooting Mr. Wall walked into the yard with Hood. Then as Mr. Wall's wife, Dorothy, and his six children watched, Hood pulled his gun, and shot Mr. Wall, e! } Hood then ran back into the

that the funds must not finance the arming or advising of ‘an all-out military offensive in Greece.

Gerlach, Pennsylvania

Congressman, Dies

ALLENTOWN, Pa., May 5 (U. P.). —Republican Congressman Charles L. Gerlach, 51, a member of the house - foreign affairs committee, died at his home early today following a heart attach. Mr. Gerlach, who had represented Pennsylvania's eighth congressional district since 1938, was stricken last night following a day spent motoring about the Allentown area. He had been ill since Feb. 7 when he suffered an attack of coronary thrombosis in Washington.

Then he shot himself. The shooting also was witnessed by Mr. and Mrs, John Miller, 3303 8, Dexter st., relatives who drove inta the yard as Hood started shooting. -Hood and Mrs. Miller were diyorced 11 days ago. Hood is charged with vagrancy.

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should learn more about it because | wage increases and increased taxes! do not improve the standards of! living.” ‘Government. Inspired’ He charged that price increases |

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and directed.” Specifically, Mr. Watson said that the President was holding up taxes and wages and continuing the subsidization of agriculture, ~ He answered a statement made last week by Gael Sullivan, execu-

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President was imploring them to| Continued cool weather was pre-

dicted for tonight and tomorrow

reduce prices. “The number of workers and with temperatures remaining in the farmers is° very large,” sald Mr. |low 50's.

Meanwhile flood waters slowly

Watson. “The need of politicians to | re-elect themselves is verv great, | receded in the north and central

|The number of basic manufacturers | portions of the state but continued lig verv small, ; a slight rise in south, the weather

Favore Newhurveort Plan bureau said. | He compared the “President's be-

11jéf<” to “increasing the size of the [springs ‘in a chair and also the amount of wood and‘ upholstery, but reducing the overall size of the chair.” : Mr. Watson said that he “certainly favored” the Newburyport 10 per, cent price slash plan, noting that “all price reductions are welcome.

in the southern section of the state remained inundated. In some areas water spilled over protective from river banks. = ) NLRB Backlog = = Is Largest in History

It would be helpful if we had more It sales resistance.” ol, | WASHINGTON, However, he said, if manufactur-|— The

prices by agreement, “they would jog” of 5407 hold themselves liable to conspiracy | March, | charges.” : ex

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FOOD RELIEF FOR. JAPS : TOKYO. May 5 (U. P.).—Allied headquarters announced today that M 112,025 metric tons of res April.

Thousands of acres of bottomland

levees erected hundreds of yardsi

tors in the . long-lines dispute girike” The suit was filed by the scheduled another round of talks i i for 3 p. m. (Indianapolis time) after narrowing to $1.14 per week the money difference between union 4nd management.

law firm of David Lewis, Goett and Kelso Elliot. | Move to Reach Terms At least part resumption of freight movements in the city ap peared near this morning as reps resentatives of the striking truckers prepared to lay a proposed settlement with 17 carriers before the union. hl ¢Spokesmen for Teamsters local 135 sald negotiations would be resumed at 1 p. m. today with local common carriers. If no agreement jis reached, the proposal involving the 17 out-of-town haulers will be presented to the union rank &nhd file at a mass meeting tc w. Lester Hunt, speaking for the local union, said the proposed = agreement could start freight mosing and might break the rail bargo which now hangs over city. : Meanwhile, striking carpenters h

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