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Training in Driving * Rules Important : By NOBLE REED

. The three most effective weapons nst the rising toll of lives in Faffic accidents here are stricter law ent, more widespread edueatian on safety rules and improved engineering

“Safety experts agree that if Ine dianapolis citizens would co-operate fn this three-way drive for a period one year at least 100 lives would saved and 3000 more pérsons be kept out of hospitals. large majority of traffic accl ts are caused by the careless disregard of the simple rules of safety all covered by city and state ws,

: Laws Not Observed “In 8s recent survey of accident the Indianapolis Safety found that approximately cent of all traffic accidents

is drunken driving at exspeeds through’ congested

next worst offense is the faildrivers to pay any attention legal right-of-way of others, by disobeying a traffic light or failure to observe a “stop”

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than half the drivers dont sven know they are violating a traffic law when they turn a corner (&ither right or left) without first permit ting pedestrians to cross ahead them with the green light. More often than not, drivers

tials when! turning. Almost ‘any time-of day or night on almost any street commer, & traffic officer can nab a dozen drivers for failure to give any hand signals. ““* The proper signal for a left turn is extension of the left arm straight out. The proper signal for a right

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High Court Upholds

Priest's Sentence

CHICAGO, June 26 (U. P.) ~The disorderly conduct conviction of the Rev. Fr. Arthur W. Terminiello, Catholic priest of Birmingham, Ala, stood today, after the Illinois eourt of appeals upheld the findings of a municipal court jury. The charge grew out of an Amerfca First meeting conducted here by Gerald L. K. Smith on Feb. T, 3046. Fr. Terminiello was fined $100 for his part in the meeting. He was suspended from priesthood by the Romdn Catholic ehurch, as result of the conviction, but later was reinstated.

U. S. Willing to Free 6G. M. Plant, Others

WASHINGTON, June 26 (U. P.). «The United States announced yesterday its willingness to release from military government control in ‘Germany approximately 10,000 foreign owned properties in the fn zone. The properties are valued at 1,$00,000,000 reichsmarks (about $37, $00,000) and include General Motors Corp.'s major plant in Germany. The only foreign owned properties excluded from the new order are those owned by residents or citizens of former enemies and of Portugal and Spain.

CHINESE, INFLATION ZOOMS SHANGHAI, June 26 (U. P.)— The black market pricé of U. 8. dollar notes jumped to a new high of 50,000 Chinese dollars to $1 today amid further inflationary trends in the cost of living in China. The official rate is 12,000 to $1.

Times Index

Amusements . 24 Movies ...... 24 ‘wddie Ash.... 26 Obituaries ... 10 Classified ..28-30| F. C. Othman 17 iin 33 hye 2) d ... 2 Radlo ..i 31

Ja ditorials ... 18 . 18

vss 21| Mrs. Roosevelt 20 ieersi18 Meta Given.. 21 Hollywood ... 17 Don Hoover... 18 Indiana Saga. 18

Sports ..... 26-21 Washington . 18 Weather Map 6 Women's

Side Glances. 18| tHe

News ....20-21 Word-A-Day . 11

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IF YOU PLAN TO TURN RIGHT—It is just as important to

give an arm signal whedeyou turn right as when turning: left.

right turn signal is indicated by raising arm straight up with finger pointing fo direction you're going.

THE STOP SIGNAL—Failure to signal a complete stop or

even a slow-down has resulted in serious injury and death in some

instances.

House Practices What It Preaches

WASHINGTON, June 26 (U. P.). —The house appropriations committee decided today the economypreaching Republican-controlled congress will have to economize,

. \ - It recommended a $21,245,572 cut in the budgeting cost of operating the legislative branch of the federal government in the fscal year peginning next. Tuesday. However, . only. $734,550 of the savings would be at the expense of senate and the house. The largest cut in the bill was for the government printing office. The two other major cuts were in funds for the office of the capitol

Denies Hitler Liked Music of Wagner

was a gesture at culture.

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THIS CAUSES ACCIDENTS—Sudden death has been the result of a left turn in fropt of traffic like this without first giving proper arm signals, The driver in this photo should have held his

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NUERNBERG, June 26 (U. P.)— A German de-Nazification court was told today that Adolf Hitler didn’t really like Wagnerian music ~he listened to it just because it

That was the defense put up for Winifred Wagner, daughter-in-law She is accused of being a Nazi party

Robbed, Then Set Afire

NEW- YORK, June 26 (U;, P.).—~ A--holdup man robbed John Foley, 48, a newspaper .vendor, of $7 today, then poured lighter fliid on his clothes and set them afire, Mr. Foley tore off his blazing clothes and ran to Reconstruction hospital where he was reported in a serious condition with burns on the face,

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|State Reveals

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1947

Bank Shortage Not Repaid,

Accused Cashier Tries to Raise Cash

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The state department of financial institutions announced today the $43,404 shortage in the Napoleon State bank had not been paid back. It had been reported that’ friends of the cashier accused of embezzle~ ment had paid the amount, Instead, Robert M. McClanahan, the cashier, is attempting to raise the money by mortgaging his home and offering his other holdings as securities. Francis J. Moore, banks supervisor for the state finance department, said McClanahan is covering $20,000 of the shortage with a $15,000 piece. of equipment from his stone crushing firm and all his stock in the Ripley County Beverage Co., Inc. Seeks Mortgage To make up the other half of the loss, the state department said, McClanahan and his partner in the stone firm, Warren Crowell, were attempting to arrange morts gages; on their homes and stonecrushing equipment. Meanwhile, the state placed Howard J. McDavitt of Indianapolis, senior bank examiner, in the Napoleon institution as temporary cashier. | As the state banking authorities assumed temporary management of the bank they reprimanded its directors for their “shocking” attitude toward embezzlement charges against the bank’s cashier. Three Put on Carpet The state department of financial institutions had three of the bank's directors on the carpet for two hours late yesterday. Kenneth A. Riner, chairman of the state board, said his depariment was “disappointed and shocked over the attitude manifested by the directors which has resulted in pub-

banking industry.” Members of the board singled out bank director Ervin Fruchtnicht for a particularly severe tongue-lash-ing. Mr, Pruchtnicht had been widely quoted in newspapers as behind McClanahan. °

Only & few minutes before meet-

“This is just a legal technicality,” he told reporters. “Well, maybe not legal, but anyway just 4 technicality.” Spokesmen for the state department also accused Mr. Fruchtnicht of saying, in effect, “The only thing Mr, McClanahan did wrong was to get himself caught.” . Bank’s Condition Sound Before meeting with the department, Mr, Fruchtnicht confirmed reports he had been named by the bank directors to succeed Mr. McClanahan. After a stormy session in which the board obviously put its foot down on such a plan, it was calmly announced Mr. Fruchtnicht “had changed his mind.” Instead, the board placed its own man in charge of the bank until “adequate” management could be obtained. The department of financial institutions added to this statement an assurance that the bank itself was in a sound condition and that its assets were more than adequate to cover its obligations to depositors. The board sald virtually all de-

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Testimony Ended In May's Trial

WASHINGTON, June 26 (U. P.). —Testimony in the May-Garsson bribery trial ended today. The case will go to the jury July 7. Defense attorneys will present motions for directed acquittal motions in behalf of former Rep. Andrew J. May (D. Ky.» and his codefendants later today. But Federal Judge Henry A. Scheinhaut indicated they will be denied. He told the jury he would present the case to them a week from Monday. He allotted counsel for each side 12 hours for final arguments to start tomorrow. The closing of testimony came in the 43d day of the trial in which the government sought to show that ex-Rep. May illegally accepted more than $53,000 for wartime servfces to the multimillion-dollar Garsson munitions combine. Rep. May's co-defendants are Dr. Henry M. Garsson, president of the combine, and his brother, Murra, Garsson. ‘

Even Congress Lacks Newsprint

WASHINGTON, June 26 (U. P.). ~The newsprint shortage has supplied congress with another reason for adjourning late next month. R. H. Herrell of the government printing office told the house’ ap-

hearing that the printing office has enough newsprint to. publish the Congressional Record only through July 30. f The Record publishes the house and senate utterances of congressmen and such other material as

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Victim of Believed

PRIZE PETS— Entered in the Junior Market Lamb Show at the Indianapolis stockyards today are "Ink" and "Dink," prize lambs owned by Phyllis Sue Orebaugh, Delaware county. (Story on Page 7.) °

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Curley Ordered To Jail Today

Boston Mayor Says,

‘It's Death Sentence’

WASHINGTON, June 26 (U. P.). —Mayor James M. Curley of Boston, who started his fabulous political career in a jail cell 43 years ago, was committed into the hands

he. heard Federal District Judge James M. Proctor rule that Mayor Curley “should go to jail today” to start a 6 to 18-month sentence for mail fraud in the federal institution at Danbury, Conn. After the ruling, Mayor Curley appealed for mercy at a private session with Judge Proctor. An official transcript showed that Mayor Curley pleaded: “A jail sentence at my age and present physical condition is a speedy sentence of death. .. .” Judge Proctor would not change his mind.

Prison Not Disclosed Then, spurning a wheelchair, Mayor Curley walked out of the courtroom on the arms of his weeping wife and daughter. Judge Proctor doomed Mayor Curley’s last hopes by saying, “I regard the case as ended so far as the courts are concerned.” This meant that only Presifent Truman's intervention could release Mayor Curley from the prison sentence. But the White House gave no sign that Mayor Curley would be spared. (Curley was convicted in 1903 of impersonating another man in a civil service examination. From his jail cell ‘then he conducted a successful campaign for election to the Boston board of alderman.)

World's Dollar Supply

Nearing Exhaustion

WASHINGTON, June 26 (U. P.). —Foreign 4 countries are using up their U. S. dollar exchange so rapidly that American exports may decline by mid-winter, the commerce department said today.

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Wemmer of Mayor Sign in Columbus

“GREMLINS,” said Republican mayoralty candidate Willlam H. Wemmer today. That was the only explanation he could give for a nice big billboard advertising his candidacy in a prominent spot in Columbus, O. Columbus citizens, in the midst of

owns the sign is as confused as Mr. Wemmer and the Columbus residents about the displaced sign. Digging into the sign’s origin it was learned H. I. Dally, operator of Ad-Ver-Tis-Er Co., Columbus, sold out to Frank Welch, Inter

of Ft. Wayne, Ind, two months ago. Mr, Dally’s office, however, knows nothing about the sign. They offered the theory that sign, poster and all was brought to Columbus and “transplanted” from Indianapolis.

» » ” THIS theory doesn’t hold water, however, since Mr, Wemnier said he could find no record of his organization having any dealings with either advertising agency which has owned the sign. “The whole thing has me confused,” the candidate said. “One thing I am sure of, however, is that I'm not‘running for mayor .of Columbus—at least, I don’t think I am.”

Soviet ‘Exclusive’

Evaporates Quickly NUERNBERG, June 26 (U. P.).— Visiting Soviet news correspondents demanded today the right to interview a Russian displaced person who had complained to Moscow that he was not allowed to leave Germany. Americans quickly led the Soviet

ernment jail, where the displaced person was under death sentence for murder. The Russians decided

to skip the interview,

Blames Blow on Head Onto ‘Night Crawler’

One entrant in The Times-In-dianapolis Safety Council Freak Squeak contest ran into - trouble when he decided to have a midnight sandwich. ,

back to bed. He pulled the string on the kitchen light and felt a stunning blow on the head. The heavy dome light had become dislodged and crashed on the surprised Freak Squeaker. It shattered as blood streamed down the victim's face. The following day he showed up at the office with a black eye and numerous cuts. When pressed for an explanation, -he told everyone the injuries were the result of an attack by & “night crawler.” 4 k Squeak taught me that when repai ‘home appliances use exacting care in making repair.” He had placed a new bulb in the done a few days before and suspects that he failed to tighten the gerews that held the electric fix-

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Wool Price Bill

Called Blow to U. S. ‘World Leadership’

WASHINGTON, June 26 &U. P)). —President Truman today vetoed! qead woman was the wool price support bill. law, who is & He declared the tariff-boosting| yng. : provisions in the measure “would be a blow to our leadership in world, affairs.”

Margaret ! . -whose name the truck is registered, said she did

that its authorization of import restrictions on foreign wool might jeopardize this country’s efforts to persuade other countries, in the interests of world economic peace,

Lack Necessary Votes Senator George D. Aiken (R. Vt.), who was in charge of the bill in the senate, said he saw no chance that the veto could be overriden. He doubted that it would even be put to a vote. The agriculture committee will study Mr. Truman's veto message and decide later today what to do about it, Senator Aiken said. Neither house nor senate passed the wool bill by the two-thirds majority necessary to override a veto. The votes were 48-38 in the senate and 191-168 in the house,

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LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am....68 10am. .. 68 78. Mm... 65 1lam ... 72 Sam..... 66 12 (Noon).. 76 Sam..... 67 1p.m..... 8

predicted today and tomorrow, the Over oice’ weather bureau said, hopefully, it Vi might not rain. That's just “mist” you came downtown in morning. Meanwhile Hoosier farmers generally were nearly caught up in their delayed spring planting. The Weather Bureau's weekly weather and crop bulletin estimated that 80 per cent of the corn crop had been planted in Indiana. : In some sections of the state | gram committee voted $6387 « however, farmers were still trying|gso The 6a, to finish seeding acreage which| never before had been planted so late, y Overcast skies slated for today and tomorrow would tend to ime pede typical June corn-growing heat, observers said.

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