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FORECAST: Showers tonight ; mostly ‘cloudy tomorrow -with not much change in temperature.

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Indianapolis, Ind,

as Sesond-Cluss Matierg at Posjofee Issued daily except Sunday

Rain Holds Up Start of 900 Trial Runs

23 Pass Physical,

Ready to Race By J. E. O'BRIEN Showers today delayed the start of 500-mile Speedway qualification trials but railbirds hopefully scanned the skies for a letup that might send at least six cars trying for $1500 in prizes, With the two-and-one-half-mile oval nearly dry 10 minutes before

official opening of the track at noon a drizzle set in,

The stands were sprinkled with a sparse crowd of hardy fans.

AR—NUMBER 58

. SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1947

Truman |

Senate Group 0 Income Tax Cut

K's Quick

Backed as Hedge

Against Recession WASHINGTON, May 17 (U. P.).

Twenty-three race drivers’ "had taken Speedway physical examinations and approximately half a dozen were known to be ready for trials today. But men and cars remained in rain-splattered garages in the hope that a break in the weather might give them a chance

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years.

—Paren N. Limestone ave. today demanded the removal of this home, unoccupied for six The heavy concrete porch “where children play is about to fall in, parents charged, adding that the condition of the house is a menace and an eyesore. ‘The property is listed as being owned by General Property Co., 215 E. New York st.

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Pn U.S. Capsizes, Sinks |

Tests Tomorrow Occasional showers also were predicted for tonight and cloudy tomorrow with little change in temperature. Trial runs are on the schedule at the track for Sunday. Drivers examined by the Speedway hospital staff included several veterans and many newcomers, but noticeably absent from the list were Rex Mays and Sam Hanks, A S. P. A. R. holdouts.. Among the 23 passed was Hal of the late George winner. . The 23 who took and passed the

Towed to Oakland | HONOLULU, May 17 (U. P.).—| The bomb-scarred hulk of the bat-|

Robson, brother : | Robson, 1946 grave to the ignominy of the scrap |

about 500 miles northeast of here. There was no loss of life nor

physical examinations were: Ted Horn,. Russ Snowberger, Jimmy | damage to the I» jugs. bringing Jackson, Robson, Roland Free, 4he 20,000-ton Oklahoma to an|

Oakland, Cal, scrap yard to be | junked, The tug Hercules radioed the

Thane Hauser, Jim Brubaker, Al Miller, Chet Miller; Johnny Mauro, Pred Agabashian, Norm Hauser, Les Anderson, Walt Ader, Herbert Fahrnow, Doc Williams, Shorty Cantion, Charles Crawford, Hal Stetson, Mauri Rose and George Weaver . Bill Holland and Cliff Bergere.

7, 1941, sank this morning.

{latitude and 149.30 west longitude

'Scoo 4 ‘Comfortably’

i ———————————— Battleship Was Being, CHICAGO, May 17 (U, P.).—Sei-, ence today came up with a folding | | motor scooter. ! It's a machine which weighs only |

folded up ahd parked in.the house West-East cross country flight rec-| Republican leaders planned to

yard, rolled over and sank today pehind the ice box. ord to Miami, Fla., today.

S. Oklahoma Folding Motor Rickenbacker Cracks Record

ter Carries

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The machine is a three-wheeled |

coast guard that the Oklahoma! third of a gallon of gas. The build-

one of the first naval casualties of ory claim it will carry three adults! the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec.| 4 o child “comfortably.” :

{job called the “Alrscoot.” _It was Tunway at 12:01 p. m. (Indianapolisconfident they could defeat a Demo- | designed originally for the airplane lime), six hours. owner who needs transportation between home and plane.

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Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker'’s Lock- dicted by some economists. tleship Oklahoma, choosing a sea 72 pounds and is so small it can be ..4 Constellation smashed the x

| Burbank, Cal. | ministration’s argument that all of It will roll along at 25 miles an! The time was clocked from the any surplus should be used for debt {hour and go 30 or 40 miles on a Miami International airport's con-| reduction. ” trol tower by the “National Aeronautics association timers and will|in danger of receding from a high When | be the official time of the flight.

The put into mass production it will sell

posiion was. given as 20.0 Rorth sop 4gung 3300. | piloted by Eastern Airlines Chief|

—The Republican majority of the senate finance commiittee today recommended an immediate income {tax cut as a hedge against a pos- | sible business recession. The committee filed a report to | support its 8 to 5 vote for a revised | house bill which would cut personal income taxes by $4 billion a. year.| “Its postponement might well mean that no counteractive tax; measures could be taken until a drastic recession was under way,’ the report said. Although Secretary of Treasury

. pis John ‘W. Snyder was reported ready Flies Cross-Country |i; omer congress a plan for re-|'

! ducing income taxes next year, the In 6 Hours, 55 Minutes ducing Inc Te SAXCS punt Your ne

MIAMI, Fla, May 17 (U. P.).—|jate to counteract a recession pre-

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bandoned ho

Confident of Passage

|put the committee bill before the The plane settled on the Miami senate early next week. They were

55 minutes and cratic attempt to delay pasasge. 1 2-5 seconds after taking off from he committee disputed the ad-

“When the economy appears to be

{level of operation, a very large debt The four-motored Constellation, retirement carried out during a msteliation, ort period of time may well be a major factor in precipitating a r&

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CRITICALLY ILL—Mrs. Martha E. Truman, 94, mother of President Harry S. Truman, is critically ill at her home in Grand. view, Mo. after suffering a setback early this morning,

Mother Saves Boy in Lake, Finds That He's Her Son

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\ give the land

Open Noon to 6 Trials were scheduled between noon and 6 p. m. z And for the first time spectators, paying a $1 admission charge, were | going to get action or a raincheck.

year, the Speedway specified that

"at least three cars must attempt

qualification. = Otherwise ticketholders will ‘be admitted free af another qualifying session. But there were other incentives for acceleration. The Speedway had posted $1500 in prizes to go to the day's five fastest qualifiers, with the | pole-sitter eligible for an extra $1000 to be awarded for the fastest ovet- | all qualifying time. Genuine enthusiasm and’ some real bursts of speed were registered | for the first time yesterday after-| noon as the track carried its heavi-| est traffic of the year. Bergere Hits 128 Bergere rode the fastest trip as he zipped the low-slung Novi! Governor Mobil Special through one | lap at nearly 128 miles an hour.. On! several other round trips he bet-! tered 124 miles an hour—indicating | that the Novi still has the oomph | that carried Ralph Hepburn to lap! and qualifying records last year. That show of speed tabbed Ber-

gere as a strong favorite io repeat contrary to the desires of rank- |

as. pole-sitter, and the Novi crew made no secret of the fact it expected its double entry to run onetwo in the qualifications. Novi car, almost identical to the track record holder and built just this year, was to be driven by Mer(Doc) Williams, formerly of Franklin, Ind. But on the south side of Gasoline Alley Lou Moore and Rose also had plans to show the fastest pace in‘ the trials, Co-winner of the

“race in 1941 and the only for-

mer 500-mile winner still racing, Rose also was the only other polesitter besides: Bergere that has been nominated to drive this year, Mauri won the spot in 1941 with an average speed of 128.691, Rose was to chauffeur the brand new Blue Crown Spark Plug -Special that Mooref designed and built, Others almost certain to go in qualifying runs today were Snowberger and Cantlon. Horn, national pion, also was likely to take the Bennett Bros. Maserati to the A. A. A. qualifying stand. Drivers Need Tests Others had: dreams of qualifying today, but they were new drivers who still had to pass driving tests, _ Anderson and Agabashian, both newcomers, underwent several

stages of the tests: yesterday and |

hoped to win Speedway drivers nay Qualifying rules ‘were the same as last year. To qualify a car must run four laps or 10 miles at an average speed of 115 miles ‘an hour. Drivérs are given three attempts to qualify, and those qualifying must start the race in the same automobile. ,

certifications as

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Move to Buy 1225

Acres for State Park WABASH, Ind., May 17. (U. P.) ,— Miami, Howard, Grant and Wabash counties were organized today in a movement to buy 1225 acres of land for an Indiana state park along the Mississinewa river. VLE ~The four counties launched the program yesterday. They plan to to the state. \

The other |

driving cham-

The Hercules said it was standing by the scene until morning. | The ‘cause of the sinking was not | explained immediately. * Earlier, the sea-going tug -Her-| cules reported to the coast guard

* Along with price boost at trials this | jn Hawaii that the battleship had

developed a bad list and that her| port decks were awash. { Stortly after that" theiW ' said it was turning back to Hawaii

|in the fear that the ancient battle- ine controversy over Indianapolis’ The 10,000-horsepower ship, first

wagon could not survive the long voyage to Oakland.

Assails: Legion On Housing Bill

By NED BROOKS Scripps-Howard Staff Writer | WASHINGTON, May 17.—Frank-! lin D. Roosevelt Jr., today accused the American Legion's top com-| mand of “a gross betrayal of mil-| lions of homeless veterans” in its stand against the Taft-Ellender-Wagner general housing bill. | Mr. Roosevelt, national housing

chairman of the American Veterans| Mr. Noll said today

committee, said the action came {from the “Legion hierarchy” and

{and-file Legion members. He branded the action “a surrender to the vested housing. interests.” Legion headquarters yesterday {had made public a resolution {adopted by the national executive | committee urging defeat of the T-E-W bill. The resolution favored

senate passage of the house-ap-

[wa of remaining government con[trols from homebuilding. =~ | The executive group endorsed a report of the Legion's committee on | housing saying the T-E-W bill {would impair national economy and { would not help veterans get homes. Mr. Roosevelt said the action was counter to the position of “many Legion local and state groups.” The housing chairman of the New York state Legion is among active backers of the. bill, he added.

| ‘Radioactive _ Cloud"

Hinted as War Weapon | WASHINGTON, May 17 (U. P.). —Plane maker Glenn L. Martin said | today that a potential weapon of | the future might be the use of a “radioactive cloud” which would be more dangerous than .the atomic

“But it may be a boomerang,” Mr.

proved Wolcott bill lifting nearly |

E— | Pliot H. T. Merrill, lopped 18min- | utes; 28 3+5 seconds from the old: | West-East record for the 2340-mile

Defends Council { flight, set by a Pan-American D. C. : Dirt’ D st 0 Chip from Los Angeles to Miami on

March 23, Mr. Merril] said the plane cruised Noll Says Board ; ~Bquipment

Another voice was added today to average was 365 mph.

'mies per hour. He estimated the

being labeled “the dirtiest city in, of a fleet of 14 on order for Rickenthe U. 8. A" by author John backer's Eastern airlines, took off Gunther. | from Burbank at 2:06 a. m. (P.8.T.) Frank J. Noll Jr, city clerk, today. Accompanying Capt. Rickenentered the scrap taking exception! packer and the crew of seven were to the blast against the city council 30 reporters. 5 set. off yesterday by Galen Parks, member 6f Mayor Tyndall's cleanup!

» committee and chairman of = McKinney Forms

junior chamber of commerce cleanup group. ll - The city clerk contended . the council was not ta blame for the Real Estate Firm lack of sanitation equipment, Not Councils Duty | PITTSBURGH, May 17 (U. P.).— Mr. Parks yesterday criticized the prank E. McKinney, Indianapolis city council for “putting off for p., ver and head of the syndicate vears” purchase of equipment 10 re- gp op purchased the Pittsburgh | place horse-drawn city sanitation Pirates baseball club, yesterday disWagons. ; : [closed he has formed a new firm to | ‘ ine fou neil deal in Pittsburgh real estate. | has nothing to do with providing; First transaction was the purSanitation equipment. {chase of a $150,000 Automobile Tire {tion buys its own equipment and at; {the present is in.the process of! | buying new equipment,” the clerk] i said. The board recently sold $400,000 jworth of bonds for the purpose. | The board has the power to issue its own bonds. x | vestment.” { Mr. Noll said “no other city ad-| a ; > {ministratian was ever confronted : : with’ so much obsolete and vorn- BOY Writes Extort Note out equipment ‘xs-when the present In Child Disappearance one took office in 1943.” | MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 17 (U. He said new equipment was not p) _Pederal authorities today held available during war years. la 15-year-old Duluth, Minn., boy kt -_— | on a charge of attendpting to extort

‘Accident Photos | $1000 from the father of Georgia

| Jean Weckler, 8, who disappeared

| i B her h t Pt. Atkinson, Put in Court Room from her home viet

Judge Alex Clark is putting| H. K. Johnson, special FBI agent, §£4000 words” of warning to motor- | said the boy had admitted at Duists on the walls of his municipal | luth that on May ¢ he wrote a let{court room 4 at the police station. ter to the girl's father, wiieorge The message to errant motorists | Weckler, demanding the money for |1s in the form of four giant photo- the safe return of his daughter. ‘graphs of wrecked automobiles. | At St. Paul, E. 8 Notesteen, asJ: Judge Clar ksaid he was hanging sistant agent in charge of the FBI [them in his courtroom as “object | office, said the youth had nothing | lessons.” 3 | to do with the girl’s disappearance.

sociate is W. J. Coughlin, also of Indianapolis.

!progressiveness of Pittsburgh and 1its development,” Mr. (said. “I believe that real ‘estate {in Pittsburgh makes a sound in-

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| Washington Calling—

‘Wool Bill Threatens

cession.” the report said.

Pulls Lad, 4, Ashore, Gives Him ' ans Artificial Respiration Till He Breathes Olathe} ade

{most of the way at 23,000 feet along {the great circle route and at =e Ctacopn .tibe..xeached. 8. top. apeed: of 40L General Strategy

On the.other hand, the committee said, a cut now in income taxes { “would contribute to the mainfe{nance of the existing high levels of

employment and output.”

| ST. PAUL, Minn., May 17 (U. P.). | —~Harold E. Stassen’s general stratlegy in the uphill task of seeking the 1948 Republican presidential {nomination was outlined today. | Stassen revealed his plans in a ' speech before the Minnesota G: O.{ |P. state central committee ‘last | night, He is the only announced | candidate for the G. O. P. nomi- {

nation.

Stassen said Republican victory ! depends upon “our basic views upen |the domestic and world policies of tour country.” | Stassen said: : “This will be our course. On | major questions our specific views | will be openly presented to the people. This we will do in a | constructive manner, beifig ‘careful

publican party as to interfere with| | final victory in November of 1948.

“I have been attracted by they We will discuss the .issues frankly|,.,, yp and helped me.”

but more clear than: ever is the

McKinney | importance of party government ,k ..onhor's trailer in a auto camp reached the intersection of Senate

| and party responsibility. { | “We will not indulge in person- | | alities and will not make personal | attacks, Neither will we temporize on issues which the ultimate sue-| cess of a Republican administration! and the ultimate well-being of the' | American people require to be met |

jand decided.” |

Negro's Suit fo Enter |

Law School Dismissed | AUSTIN, Tex, May 17 (U. P.).— |The Texas attorney general's de{partment Monday will begin draft- | ing a formal judgment dismissing the suit of Herman Marion Sweatt, | | Negro postman from Houston, Tex. | [for admittance to the University of | Texas law school. | That was the decision reached] by District Judge Roy Archer after | five days of testimony for and | against educational segregation. He {directed preparation of the judge ment to be submitted for entry in | his court, Final decision .is. not expected until the U. 8. Supreme Court speaks—that may’ not 'be before

| Martin said. “No one can live in T WwW k T o Pp | . [June of 1048, |it. That cloud will drift with the 0 rec r a e ar ey a Sides Nave 2:0 ney. Sew {wi igh y o " {ING Af Sorhie menk rack over our Clayton on Way Home From Geneva ern segregation laws, which eventu- \ : |all ighest court. | Mr. Mastin mide: the statement To Undo Damage Caused by Tariff Proposal |*v *!" reach the highest court. n stimony fore a sena coms- 3 » . . . | ae | merce subcommittee on aviation. He WASHINGTON, May 17.—Wdol bill is threatening Times Index RL said the race for new air weapons| success of international trade conference. Amusements. 5) J. E. O'Brien. made. it jmperative thai ihe U. 3. Situation is so serious Undersecretary of State Clay- | Eddie Ash ... 6 F.C. Othman 1 strengthen its declining air power. . : ~ BOOKS ....... 14/ Radio ....... 13 Mr. Martin told reporters the ton is flying back from Geneva. Unless he can undo Churches .... 4 Reflections ... 8 “radioactive cloud” could be laid| damage done by proposal to raise wool tariffs, 21-nation | Classified. 11-12 Eldon Roark. . 17 down by ‘aircraft from “great , ; Tith i “entire U. S. [Comics ...... 13 Serial ....... i heights and as a weapon is ‘even | conferenye Sy be sunk. With 71 would ih tre U, 8 ‘Crossword ... 14 Side Glances 8 better ‘than the atomic bomb.” reciprocal-trade policy. : 2 | Editorials ... 8 Sports a teat firemen At Geneva, Australia offered generous tariff cuts. | Forum ©... 8 Stranahan 6 Mibs Play Postponed Other nations followed suit. .Then came word of con-- Qulaeiing oe 7 Teen Fine , Rn Suncied raunde shia gressional wool bloc attempt to continue government- |raina saga 8 Washington. 8| sponsored by The Times and the city support program and open-way for new import fees on top of already Inside Indpls. 7 Weather ..... 7| recreation department. The - post- high duty on wool. That stymied U. S. delegation. And it's regarded | Ruth Millett. - 7) Weather Map 10 poned will be played at 4| A indication of what to expect when whole reciprocal-trade orn. Movies ...... 8 Women . ... J | Pp. m. wali 5 Cabin T= ;

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|| Obituaries. . 10 Word-A-Day.

; ] '«“I worked over Jimmy about five “The. board of works and sanita-|co, roperty Mr. McKinney's as-| Never to so split or divide the Re- yynytes, I guess, but it seemed a

LAKEVILLE, Ind., May 17 (U. P.).—A 30-year-old mother who found .

that ‘the child she rescued from a lake was her own said today it was “a wonderful birthday present.” Mrs. James Peters, the wifé of an ironworker, celebated her birthday a few hours after she jumped into Riddle lake to save a lad Ww fell in, then discovered he was her 4-year-old son, Jimmy,

all right.” | Jimmy was playing on a pier late yesterday when he lost his balance) and fell into 14 feet of water, Attracted by screams, Mrs. Peters ran 80 feet from a trailer home to the|

Authorities today had found no trace of a heavy-set kidnaper

physician Reveals. “It's a wonderful birthday for 55 D9 | ey Mrs. Peters said, “I'm. a Iib-i 8% : 55 tle the worse for wear, but Jimmy's physician,

Man to Drive Here.

pier and dived in. She found thie child at the bot. wie Tela > sun 8 ihe Yack o 3 tom of the lake and pulled him lo] salesman, forcing him to drive here’ shore. a of Was hey | from the Missouri city at breakThen she discover $ neck speed. The motorist, *Burnett Pfeifler,

firmed that her condition was

“He was unconscious and blue,” she said. “I thought sure he was dead.” Mrs. Peters applied artificial respiration and in a few minutes he started breathing. Today,” she said, Jimmy was “chipper as usual” Heard Neighbor Scream “I tried to remember all the things I'd heard about saving a drowning person,” Mrs. Peters said.

told ‘police and FBI agents here that he was waiting for a traffic; signal to change in St. Louis when the man asked for a ride. | A short time later, the unshaven' hitch-hiker drew a 45 caliber pistol

trip to Indianapolis, At the St. Louis suburbs, thé i abductor got .into the back seat. He ordered Pfeifler to obey every traffic law, slowing upon entering each town. Several times, police cars were sighted, but the motorist was warned to avoid any suspi- | cious act. About -5 p. m.; kidnaper and -vicShe sald she was sitting ‘in a ti;m arrived here. When they

lot longer. Then, just as he began to show signs of life, a carpenter

along the lake front when she heard'ave. and Washington st., the gunMrs. Carl Fall scream. |man alighted and waked rapidly “I knew something had hap- south. LR pened,” .she said, “but I thought! —pglice squads which. converged maybe somebody had caught & big immediately in the vicinfty were fish. I had no idea Jimmy Was ynaple to find any trace of him. out there on the pier.” Mr. Pfeifler thumbed through Mrs. Peters said she was grateful qozens of pictures in the local but “a little mad at myself.” .. |rogue's gallery, but saw none that “I'm ashamed that I let him get! ooked like his—assailant. out of my sight so he could get into

Fishing Boat Afire

and announced his plans for the :

word that Mother Truman suf + fered a setback. “She still has a lot of vitality,” he explained, “bus her spirit is low.” - 3

son, was there. He lives only & short distance away. Also there was & Miss Mary Jane Truman, the daughter with whom the mother has lived for many years Advised of - his mother’s critical turn, Mr, Truman hurried to the airport in Washington and took off for Grandview at 7:45 a. m. (Indie anapolis time). : : + Ne _Sign_ 4 - He and his mother have been very close. her hip in a fall in he has made several if only for he# up and

such a jam,” she said.

la 1 BOSTON, May 17 (U."P.).—The Fight Farm Boom {fishing vessel Rhode Island is afire WASHINGTON, May 17 (U. P). péfgeen Nantucket and Martha's —Banking, insurance and farm | yy .u0rq islands, according to an leaders today were being called 10 gng received by the coast guard the capital to devise means of slow- 1p 0.0 4 4a. ing down the boom in farm land| Hp eg values. | LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Agriculture Secretary Clinton P.| 6am... 64 10am... & Anderson, at the direction of Presi-| 7 a. m .64 11a. m..... 68 dent Truman, has called a confer-) 8a. m .... 66 11a m .. 68 ence for June 9. . m 65 12 (Noon). . 69

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Graduated by Candlelight As Thorntown Gale Howls

Roof Leaks, Lights Go Out but 30 Get Diplomas and Program -Contindes

Times State Service y LEBANON, Ind, May 17.~Waorkmen in nearby Thorntown were

répairing the roof of the gymnasium and the electric wiring today after a storm turned a high school graduation into a hectic evening, The incidents started with howling gusts of wind cafrying heavy

factorily. But the long stay {was hard on the aged lady. o There was no sign of pneu

Mother Truman's condition

Although the ‘doctors told

rain, forcing closing of the win- = prereset dows. The 300 or more in the audi-|PeoDy.” the lights went out. Prinelence sweltered. : pel Chere Plety hastened to get \ y nt : A Wp Pro Jong ers, [present The cornet solo was resumed and delivered his. address, successfully competing with the howling wind and rain. ; Near the middle of the address the roof began to leak around a ght, forcing 10 people to move to

“Then asthe speaker.finished and Claribel Pauley, Thort s cornet “The.

solo,

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