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Dinner Party Council to Plan Announcement
,She Will Wed Farmer
Greek Prince
By ROBERT MUSEL, United Press Staff Correspondent.
LONDON, May 14.—Buckingham
Palace sources sald today that the
date for an announcement of the engagement of Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Philip Mountbatten would be set soon. The decision will be made at a dinner party conference of the young couple and their families,
The royal family will meet the handsome young naval officer (for-
the engagement. Court circles said the announcement was possible this month. But certainly, they said, it would be
ting unforeseen developments. ‘Today's word from the high court quarters was the nearest anybody had come to saying that Elizabeth. and Philip would be engaged. . Princess Elizabeth returned Monday to London after her South African tour with the other members of the royal family. While she was in Africa she pledged -in a broadcast to her subjects that she would devote her whole life to their interests and empire affairs. Court speculation had arisen as to whether the announcement of Princess Elizabeth's engagement would precede or follow an announcement that she would set up a separate establishment from King George and Queen Elizabeth. That was expected to be made formal next month, : The princess, who loves her parents, must live apart from them henceforth. And her parents, who love her, have made the decision.
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Bank Fraud Case
FBI Agent Testifies Romney Used Funds * WASHINGTON, May 2 (U. P). —An FBI agetit today testified in the bank fraud case against Ken-
neth Romney that the former house sergeant-at-arms gave $25,000 ind
unsuccessful campaign in 1028 of former ° Congressman John H. Smithwick (D. Fla.). The government rested its case ufter the agent's testimony. The agent, Edward Armbruster, also testified that Romney admitted losing another $25,000 in: house bank funds and $25,000 of his own money as a result of his partnership with Mr, Smithwick in Florida real estate deals. The agent said Romney told him “all his troubles stemmed from his association with Mr. Smithwick.” Can’t Use Defense Romney is accused of covering up a $146,863 shortage in house bank funds. Federal Judge Alexander Holtzoff ruled that Romney could not use in his defense allegations that the late speaker of the house Wilham D. Bankhead (D. Ala.) was infarmed of the theft of $25,000 from the house bank by an employee and did nothing about it. John Oberholser, suspended assistant bank cashier, testified that Romney told him “he himself” had advised Mr, Bankhead that an employee had admitted the theft in 1938, Romney's counsel said his failure to take action against the employee, Frank J. Mahoney, was at Mr, Bankhead'’s order. But Mr. Holtzoff said that was no excuse. » “That would not be a defense for the defendant,” Mr, Holtzoff said. “A subordinate cannot take an or-
the law. Of course, the person who gives the orders violates the law, too, and has to take the consequences. But that person is not here.” :
COIN DESIGNER DIES WASHINGTON, May 14 (U.P) .— John R. Sinnock, 59, chief engraver of the Philadelphia mint died today. He was designer of the Roosevelt 10 cent coin. *
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Favors for Defendant's Son General Ulio Identifies Congressman's
Letters Asking Furlough for Sgt. Freeman By FRED MULLEN, United Press Staff’ Correspondent
WASHINGTON, May 14.—The war fraud trial.
representative. The Garssons ran a letterhead into a $78 mililon wartime munitions combine. They are charged with bringing May to aid them in getting war contracts and other favors. The government read a letter which May wrote to Gen, Ulio on March 15, 1043. In it, he said Sgt. Albert Freeman, son of Joseph Freeman had been in the army two years and had not had a furlough since leaving ‘the United States. May's letter added: “I think it would be a good idéa to give him a furlough to the states and place him in an officers candidate school in California.” Gen. Ulio said he had no “independent recollection” of May's efforts, but identified the letter. The government then introduced a letter written by Gen. Ulio to May Feb. 17, 1944, which showed that the congressman again had re--quested that young Freeman be returned to the states. In that letter Gen. Ulio said that young Freemen “shows no manifestations of mental or physical defects and there is no reason why he should be returned to the states.”
Carpenter Union
To Reject Offer
A spokesman for the Indianapolis District Council of Carpenters (A. ¥.-of L.) today said the council will reject an offer of a two-year contract at $1.92% an hour made last night by the Building Contractors association of Indianapolis. The spokesman said the council will hold out for its origina] demand of $2 an hour. ‘The offer made yesterday was the second. counter-proposal made by the contractors, Their original offer had been a one-year contract for $1.92%. The council said four contractors already have met the carpenters ferms in the four-week-old strike, which is tying up most of the city’s commercial construction. - About 25 contractors still refuse to meét the $2 an hour demand, the council said.
Lightning Kills Elkhart Woman
—Mrs. Robert Kitchen, a 73-year-old housewife, was killed yester-
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day when a bolt of lightning struck her while she was hanging out “clothes in her back yard. Mrs. Nelson Kitchen, her daugh-ter-in-law, was knocked uncon-
today identified letters showing that Andrew J. May asked special favors for a son of one of the defendants in the former congressman's The testimony was given by retired. Maj. Gen. James A: Ulio at the federal court trial of May; Dr. Henry M. Garsson; his brother, Murray, and Joseph Freeman, the Garssons’ Washington
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The government charges that May sought favors of this type from the war department in addition to contractual benefits for the Garsson munitions empire, and that; he was paid at least $53,000 in return. Gen. Ulio was called shortly before the government rested its case. The government also went into a request for a deferment for Albeft Teitlebaum, Santa Monica, Cal, fur salesman, who during the war was employed by the Santa Monica Production Co., a Garsson sub-con-tractor. : Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, former draft director, then testified he had received a telephone call from “Judge May” in the spring of 1945 about the draft status of Mr. Teitlebaum. He said he referred the matter to a member of his staff. Counsel for the Garssons made a seventh motion for mistrial during a brief examination of former Col. James B. Hunt, He told of a visit to Mays’ office concerning a tent pole contract held by the Batavia Metal Products Co., Inc., a key company. in the Garssons combine. The mistrial motion was overruled.
Quiz 2 in Theft Of Jewels Here
Two men today were questioned by police in connection with a $2000 jewel snatching at the A, W. Thompson jewelry store, 217 N. Illinois st., yesterday. A 28-year-old man was arrested at his home yesterday after he was reported seen in possession of the stolen jewelry. He is being held on a vagrancy charge, pending identi~ fication by Mr. Thompson. A 27-year-old man, a friend of the suspect, also Is charged with vagrancy and held for questioning. The jewels were stolen at noon yesterday when a customer who had been loitering near a. counter grabbed two trays of rings and ran.
Report Marshal Zhukov
Seen at Soviet Meeting WASHINGTON, May 14 (U. P.). —S8oviet Marshal Georgi . Zhukov, whose disappearance from Russian public life has been a source of puzzlement in this country, was seen” at a recent meeting of the Soviet supreme government body in Moscow, a high diplomatic source revealed today. ad The source said-Marshal Zhukov
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Caught Here, Youth Admits Burglary Tour
Martinsville Robber Tells of Two Escapes
A 17-year-old former Martinsville youth who was captured with three companions looting an East side suburban cleaning establishment today confessed a string of burglaries reaching from Huntsvile, Tex., fo Indianapolis." The youth, identified as Robert
identification as Harold Wagner, also admitted he was a fugitive from Indiana Boys school and from Huntsvile, Tex. prison where he
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Papa Gets Gun
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For Son, Almost Gets a Bullet
IR RR CHICAGO, May 14 (U. P)~Lt, Carl Relli of the state police decided that his young son was a chip off the old block when he asked for a gun “just like Daddy's.” 80 he took 4-year-old Peter downtown and bought him a realis-tic-looking toy gun, Peter was delighted. Last night Lt. Relli was shaving when Peter poked the muzzle of a
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gun against his leg and said: “Throw up. your hands or I'll shoot.” “Lt. Relli chuckled and went on shaving. Then he looked down. Carefully he disengaged the chubby fingers from the gun. ‘It was Lt. Relli's loaded service revolver which Peter had taken from 8 closet shelf,
WASHINGTON, May 14
to-portal pay. At the same price reductions and directly
today signed legislation to relieve employers and the gove ernment, now and hencéforth, of back claims for portals
time he implicitly called on business
(U. P.)—President Truman
asked ‘congress fo int ? immediately «the ' statutory
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Owner Goes East For Operation BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 14 (U. P.).—A blind concessions stand operator left here by plane today for New York where he hopes that through a delicate operation on his eyes he may become a “seeing eye man” for his dog. The dog is losing his eyesight. Frank Sewell, 42, of Anniston,
eye specialist today in New York. The physician will decide if Mr. Sewell’s sight can be retsored through a cornea transplanting operation, Mr. Sewell, who lost his eyesight in 1935 in a truck accident, would probably have gone through the rest of his life that way except for the dog that has led him around the city for the past eight years. Friends Give Funds When an examination “of thw aging dog's eyes disclosed that he, too, was slowly going blind because of cataracts, public sympathy welled up. The New York trip materialized. FPriends contributed funds to pay Mr. Sewell's expenses. “If the operation's a success, I'll keep Jackie here with me and I'll be his eyes,” Mr, Sewell said. “If it isn’t a success I'll stop by Morristown, N. J., for another dog on the way back. “In that case, someone in the family or close around me will have to keep Jackie, but I'll spend as much ‘time as possible with him,” he added. 1 Mr. Sewell and Jackie have been operating a cold drink and candy stand in the county court house at Anniston for several years.
Cool Today, Fair,
Warmer Tomorrow
The sun took a rest today. After yesterday's nearly full day on the job it stayed behind clouded skies and left Indianapolis cool and dark. Fa The weather bureau, however, gave. hope of a speedy return to bright warm days predicting it would be clear tonight and fair and warmer tomorrow. LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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For Europe-China Relief WASHINGTON, May 14 (U. P)). —The senate today approved legis~ lation providing $350 million to take up where UNRRA left off in helping war devastated European countries and China to avert starvation. The vote was 79 to 4. The senate rejected, 64-19, a move to follow the house action in chopping $150 million. from the administration’s program. The bill now goes to a joint senate-house confer-
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youth had waived extradition and will be returned to Huntsvile. His three companions, John Girard, 20; Jack Parker, 20, and Eimer Ray, 21, all of East St. Louis, are to be charged with auto banditry, Escaped in 1946 ’ The Indiana youth said he escaped from boys’ school’ in 1946 and went to Texas, driving a stolen car and paying expenses by burglaries. He was captured and sentenced to the Texas prison in November, 1946. He escaped in a break May 17 and resumed his bandit career with a car theft in Marshall, Tex. In St. Louis he joined his fhree eompanions and they headed for Indi-
stations. Arriving in Indiana yesterday, the quartet broke in establishments at Mace, Hillsboro and Brownsnight. ,
closed in. i : According to the two deputies, three of the men fled from the building as they drove up. Deputy Goodwin called to them to, halt and, when they refused fired five shots. . » : A moment later he came upon Girard, cowering on the ground. Sink, who the deputies said had been acting as “inside” man and passing clothing out to the others, was found hiding in s& washroom inside the building. Other Two Confess A few minutes later, Deputies Melvin Byroads, Gerrett Berry and Michael Howson, coming in on the same glarm call, stopped at a lunchroom several blocks away to check a hunch. They had received radio descriptions of the two who had escaped. Parker and Ray were picked up in the lunchroom and admitted their part in the attempted burglary when confronted by their companions. In a car parked nearby, officers found four radios, $4 in pennies, a 23-caliber rifle, five suits and other assorted articles of clothing, and a set of tools. : Only man injured in the affair was City Policeman Griffin Russell, who came in on an assist, and was forced to punch one of the burglars who attempted to kick him. Patrolman Griffin suffered a possible fracture of the hand,
FORMER MAYOR DIES ATLANTIC CITY, N. J,, May 14 (U. P.).—Harry Bacharach, 73, for-
Open Bids on Two Plaza Buildings
Structures to Cost Near $4 Million Sealed bids for two world war memorial plaza buildings to cost approximately $4 million were opened today. Three contractors submitted bids for the limestone structures.
War Memorial were to recommend one of the base bids to the governor for his approval before appropriations can be made. There is no estimated date for start of construction, ‘The larger building will he erected at the northeast corner of the
be a combination building for present headquarters at 77T N. Meridian st. A smaller building, to be erected at the southwest corner of the plaza, will house other patriotic organizations nét afliated with the Leigon. The following bids were submitted: Wm, P. Jungclaus Co, $2,640,380 and $1,410,000 for a total of $4,049,300; James McHugh Construction Co,, $2,826000 and $1,451,919 for a {otal of $4,242,000, and Moynahan Construction, Inc, $2,866,634 and $1,476,608 for a total of $4,235,534.
Pendergast Quits Party Committee
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 14 (U. P.) ~Local : Democratic leaders in President Truman's home county relinquished control of the party organization today in hope of averting “complete disaster” in 1948. Jim Pendergast’s forces and five other factions resigned from the Jackson county democratic committee. This left Chairman Harry A. Morris, free for his announced task of rebuilding a party “that will return sweeping. majorities for Mr, Truman.” Mr. Morris is an ex-army captain who served in Gen. George S. Pat~ ton’s third army. He said the leaders had agreed to withdraw to eliminate factionalism and help the effort to keep Mr. Truman's home county from falling into the Republican column in the 1948 election, : Pendergast forces took a ecrush-
mer mayor of Atlantic City, died at his home here last night
Father Breaks News
By HAL CLANCY, United
“After all,” he said, “I guess it body’s team without any legs.” Legs and second basemen were big league team, he said. Glenwood found out yesterday that his legs had been gone for almost a month. The. realization was eased because Bill Veéck, president of the Indians who is an amputee himself, had sent the 11-year-old hoy two cheer-up letters. Doctors attending the youngster had feared until yesterday that the shock of learning about his legs might: kill him. But it had been = big day and he was in a cheerful mood.
Slugger and
Ted Williams had come to see him and Williams left Him -an aufographed bat. He proniised to hit a homer for Glen~ wood and paid off with interest, going ou to Fenway Park and get-
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settle that difference of |ting oe eal ~ “And he hit ‘om with » bat just jowner.” Fa
pitcher Joe Dobson of the Red Sox |
Trustees of the Indiana World|.
plaza to provide additional office 1 headquarters
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Higher Alimony Cut Divorces Here EE ODLE REED
paychecks which in some instances equalled or exceeded those of their husbands. : Social workers find that some of the decrease in domestic troubles
280. . The suits are being filed now at the rate of 475 a month compared to a monthly rate of 560 last year. The slump in divorces was more marked in January, February and March when"® the-number of filed averaged only 464. In A
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there was 8 sharp upturn to 507, but there was no indication that any month this year would equal
the boom proportions of last year,
Big Time Producer GOLD HILL, Ore, May 14 (U. P.) —Mrs, Robert Bigman of Gold Hill said today that one of her hens goes in for quality production. The hen lays only one egg a week, she said, but each egg is eight inches wide, nine inches long and weighs about four ounces,
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ing defeat last fall, when they attempted a comeback.
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Cheering Visit by Big League Players
Press Staff Correspondent.
MALDEN, Mass, May 14.—Glenwood Brann Jr, wits trying hard today to believe that there were better things in life than playing second base for the Cleveland Indians.
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like the one he gave me,” said Glenwood, fondling the big stick. It was Glenny’s father who broke the news while a doctor stood by silently. i “Glenny,” he said, “Your legs are gone. The doctors had to amputate them." The little infielder on his grammar school team didn’t say anything for a moment, A nurse removed the screen which for 25 days had kept him from seeing the flat sur face of the bed clothes where his legs. would have been. Then he spoke—very slowly. ; “That's okay, “Gosh, Mr. Veeck lost a
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Little Infielder, Told Legs Are Gone, Says, ‘That's OK Dad, Maybe | Can Scout’
“Sure,” his dad replied. “Second basemen wear out, anyway, kid, you've got brains and guts—those things don't grow old, How about that?” Glenny's eyes filled with tears and he looked at the flat place in the bed ,clo “Sure,” he about that?"
said that “every! side, Glenny.”
Latrobe, Pa. little Joe, Hoffman Jr., he said. - “He wrote you a swell letter.” “Is he a hall player?”
WEE “WARTIME divorce boom|
“Take , the 11-year-old boy in