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FORECAST: Bright sunshine and warmer today; tomorrow increasing ¢loudiness and warmer.

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PRICE FIVE CENTS

At Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, Fla.,l® Sept. 16 (U, P.).—A giant hurricane, swirling across 400 miles of the Atlantic, edged closer to the Florida coast today. ' storm warnings were hoisted from West Palm Beach, Fla, to|

Cape Hatteras, N. C. | At 10:30 a. m., Indianapolis time, | the weather bureau said the hurri-| cane was still centered a short dis-| tance northeast of Abaco and that

‘Mechanic Kills Wife, Self Over Separation

Store Executive Shot

__ Twice in Head Murder and suicide was the cor|§ p5-mile-an-hour winds were ¥Ye- a We oner's tentative verdict today In ported from that Bahaman island. FIRST BOUNCE=-This cracked-up car was left in the wate o the dual deaths of Mn. Fupiala - The advisory cautioned small craft| a freak series of accidents which splattered out over a city ock Thomann Stewart, 27, acting perto remain in port south of Palm this morning, Driven by Frank E. Wolfe, 23, of 543 Bell st. it was sonnel Grecia Of Tane DrVant, Je. Beach to the Florida Keys and said | struck at Union and E. Morris sts. by another car dtiven by Oscar he er ua Ro urs, v9 preliminary Precautions Sgaina he Buchler, 58, of 5443 Central ave. Mr. Wolfe was treated at City en hol his wile : twikel should ov - i Fm . . . half of Florida is hospital for. injuries received when his car bounded into the tree. through the face in their apart-| SPEAKER—Gen. Mark Clark

Mild winds of 18 to 20 miles an

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and West east coast points. Waves rippled over a seven-foot concrete seawall at Jacksonville Beach, 18 miles from here. Parents sent their children to school as usual as it was still not certain where, when or if the great| storm” would strike. 3 The latest advisory said the hur~ ricane, with tremendous 140-mile winds, was moving very slowly, apparently about five miles an hour to the northwest “which may indi-

He ‘then took his own life by placing the 32 caliber revolver in' his mouth and pulling the trigger.

veterans. furnish music for the program Her Body in Chair bh n.'s . {| Mrs. Stewart's body was found ark to slumped iv a living room chair. One: . bullet pierced her right eye. The other entered her forehead. . * - She had been in the act of light-| atriotic ervice ing a cigaret when the first shot was fireds |

ceremony tomorrow night at

By R. H. SHACKFORD United Press Staff Correspondent [stood up to 2000 Yugoslav

second general assembly of the

midst of a raging, all-out diplo- , [matic war between the United

ment at 1329 Broadway shortly after| veteran of African and Italian [States and the Soviet Union. highlights of the birth of the § p. m. yesterday after teling| campaigns of world war Il, will | The assembly meeting for theithe ticklish movements of armies into new positions. lands, she SOMEDL.A MNOS tourism as Tb Sons ian Dav EX elght or 10 weeks actually will] * tifle shots eracked repeatedly thronsh tha tense ni h enveloping the U. S. army outpost. Mortar. and

Murat temple. Dr. Febien lyon: for ai : . plomatic leadership of { Both husband and wife were war| Sevitzky and the symphony will |tne ‘world. |explosions were audible from

“Tbe” the “forum 1h WHICH “the UmiIted]| States and the Soviet Union will

. | The U. 8. will use it to try to|the areas of the Yugoslav ad-

mobilize world opinion against the vance. The shots apparently Soviets. {were mere outlets for the jubilation

year running battle between the, onorted.

most powerful members of the I was the only correspondent at United Nations——will be resolved, outpost during the altercation

rieste

East vs. West Hold Lonely Outpost . Row Renewed Until American Tanks

nil Americans Te As UN Meets Arrive in Support

U. S., Reds Battle Death Penalty Decreed for Breach of Peace Fo Ww Id L d hi i By EDGAR CLARK, United Press Staft Correspondent. ; r World Leadership 1pipQTE Sept. 16.—Ten American soldiers

FLUSHING, N, X., Sept. 16—The |, )t}, of Trieste early today, : United Nations, sharply split be- By talking fast and stalling for time, they bluffed the tween east and west, opened today. yy ooslavs out of their plans to march on this free city. 4 The opening occurred in hel Tne clagh of American and Yugoslav wills in the rough country between Goriano and Prosseco was the dramatic 1

Accord Hopes Fade tof Marshal Tito's men, because N0|y oper echelons of Few delegates hope that the two- clashes of troops or civilians were worked out the scheme.

here. | between the stubborn handful of ritory under the Italian

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troops at a lonely outpost =

Free Territory of Trieste and

papers. and radio stations with)

Stewart's body was found in the Constitution Day

cate. if. is. changing, gourse.” 4

There are indications that the

bullet with which he ended his

peace Many fear it will be intensified Americans and the Yugoslavs of 200|treaty's terms. It had been agreed doorway of the apartment, The Ceremony at Murat and hasten formal recognition of times their numerical strength. the Yugoslavs would enter the two worlds instead of the hoped- Lt Willikm Ochs of Chattanooga, state from the south and

ORIG rr am AT ee A PERT RE pl SA - | : Ohse! \ hurricas FEENEY oe Fown life coursed through his twagl: ryance of Qanstitutign, Dey Yor ‘one.

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ture to the northwest and north Mrs. Stewart's relatives were pre- in a special patriotic P at

during today,” the advisory said. Any change in course, it was indicated, would be to the north. This would cause the storm to miss

paring today to break the news Oly, 4 tome at which Gen, Mark| formal

her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George qi» win speak and Fabien Sevit- New York's Mayor Williom oowe ‘Passing Buck’ Wins Vital Hours i

Thomann of 40 N. Ewing st, who zky will direct the symphony or- and Oswaldo Aronha, president of

There were the USGA? pening anston, Til, were in command of the side the SOFpoRItIGE imu.

ceremonies — speeches

[Pay and Th Sale Lasisand. od Wo lnasttions wath of the alte ang, es

by|

Then the vanguard of the Yugo-jcrisis we had” during the night,

night. The Yugoslav officers de-| Gen. Airy had proclaimed Trieste

Florida. . .- q are returning’ to Indianapolis from ithe last special assembly meeting.|... detachment loomed out of the Gen, Airy said. Meanwhile & - mysterious @ad| IND BOUNC ext point O Ganaet Jor e Bue er la vacation motor trip to Los esons. in a group of patriotic ¥e-|,, ion lasted only 30 minutes.| car was this one, owned by Ann Murphy and parked on E. Morris | angeles, Cal. HO rcgran 16 oily & part of the] . ME: Aranba said the present mo-|

mildly irriating gas that doctors couldn't “explain ‘floated over the Jacksonville beach area. were numerous a mild tickle of the throat and t burning of the eyes. The cough-arousing gas, first .sioticet yeiterdgy, started a run oni

st. beside her home at 1201 Union st. From the collision at the | A. citractive blond, Mrs. Stewart city-wide observance which voinintersection, Mr. Buchler's machine caromed eastward on Morris, |genned into the post of acting cides with the national commembanging the parked vehicle and bounding on. personnel director at Lane Bryant, |oration of the signing of the Con- ; Inc, only a week ago. She had stitution 160 years ago.

She Planned to Move Out proclamation in ‘which he urges all dhe this 160th morosely told fellow employees at the Greyhound Bus Co. body shop, | where he worked as a mechanic, that Virginia was planning to leave) him. | Friends said she called him work and said she was moving ou of their Broadway apartment to re-| turn to the home of her parents| The Murat program will begin at on Ewing st. {8 p. m. and is open to the public. A friend of Mrs. Stewart, Miss| Ticket may be obtained, free, from Mary Cade of 3360 N. Meridian st. 8ny of the three daily newspapers, who had served with the dead | Meridian book shop, Indianapolis woman in the WAVES during the | school board, Indianapolis Chamber war, went home with her after work of Commerce or 817 Board of Trade yesterday to help her pack. | bldg. Miss Cade said Stewart then ap-| As the week's observance opened, peared and asked to see his wife|Gen. Ben H, Wall, state superinalone. Miss Cade told detectives tendent of public instruction, anshe waited for nearly an hour out- nounced a state-wide constitution lside the apartment. essay contest for public school stu-

as phosgene gas. He said} there: were. no reported cases of severe discomfort, : Local Residents Calm A slow but steady stream of va~cationers from four nearby beaches poured into the city, jamming Jacksonville and deluging local news-

anxious telephone calls. : However, most of the city's 200,000 local residents were nonchalant, A circus played to capacity crowds last night and officers at the naval air station here entertained at a party. But Red Cross disaster workers eompleted emergency plans to evacuate 10,000 persons on short notice! with a 100-man force ready to com-| hs mandeer city busses to evacuate! { residents. The national guard was THIRD BOUNCE—Still careening up E. Morris st., Mr, Buch- | ’ Sears SOb0ing hep standing by here ready to go on ler's bouncing Ford continued its spectacular tour of destruction by | el a eye nnn

; les, People Sgn this nly v «Yesterday, her husband, Charles.) =) So, op a to cooperate in consecrating its porting Polish Foreign

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To Elect President

The first east versus west row The U. 8. lieutenants passed the been employed there about a year. Gov. Oates has issued a special{will come over the first ii=mn of | Yugoslav spokesmen from one U.S. par i we tion of a president for |officer to another pin capla >

{memory, in dedicating themselves Zygunt Modzelewski. to upholding its principles, and in|can nations aré backing Mr. Aranha| The Yugoslavss still were deAbout 20 other na-|/manding the right to pass when at [dom as great and just as we have (tions, including the United States,/dawn came. In. the first flush of (formally made Trieste a “free ter~ ¢!achieved under its great guidance.” are supporting fiery Australian For- | Tickets Free eign Minister loudest

helping bring about a world free-|for re-election.

and her satetfites are supl were Stalliny, they Whe Minister tanks into position on the Latin Ameri- road facing the Yugoslavs.

Herbert V. Evatt, and most vehement opponent of the Big Five veto power | Maj. Gen. Terence Airy, the high- sion of arms, assaulting allied and of Russia's diplomatic tactics. |est allied officer in Trieste, praised:troops, inciting the people fo in-

manded free passage through thea free territory under United Na

ment is a “crucial” one on the italian and free state territory. tions control at 10 a. m. (3 a. m, “road to peace or to strife”

officially described as a des liberate Attempt to embarrass the 'U. 8. and British armies, | Reading the proclamation thet

daylight, a squadron of 12 British ritory,” Gen. Airy announced that bombers and several U, 8. observa- death would be the punishment tion planes flew over. from now on for unlawful posses-

The real fireworks will start to-|{the Americans. [surrection, organizing public dem-

Mr. Mar-

morrow. Secretary of State George] The Americans “avoided possible onstrations and trying to overthrow C. Marshall, personally leading the| bloodshed in the little bit of a authority. U, 8. delegation, will deliver a| . major policy sdaress, sewing tort General Strike Feared Soon his éountry’s ebjectives. = : shall will try to grab the inittiative| and continue to keep the Russians| yesterday, on the defensive, Greek Issue Tops Agenda Although there are about 70 items liable to death. scheduled trip to Pola to turn that n the agenda, the Greek problem | Almost at the time he was readg city®over to Yugoslavia because of | was in the top spat today because ing, the Communist-controlled labor™ Yugoslavs' taking possession of two more Soviet vetoes in con- confederation called a strike in a prematurely.

If this decree had been in ores Gorizia and Udine were turned when five people were | Over to the Italians in formal cere\kille 20 injured by Monies today. Lt. Gen. John C. {killed aid more Han Sire bY ua Lee, commander in the tere bombs and in riots, many would be ranean theater, did not make his

24-hour duty when a “red alert” is! jumping th b, rolli t d and clippi ff th jumping the curb, rolling onto a yard and clipping a corner o © ‘Laound of someone sobbing. py» . flashed. foundation of a house. The home, 101 E. Morris st., is owned by Miss Cade then el rs Bright Sunshine nection with it last niga shipyard, a dockyard and a brewery| The allied military government r I H d ; William. Striggs. Even the house, though, failed ta stop the Stewart's sister, Miss Joanna Tho- | T eg es E d g e Off Tne ysied Sates vill ry o 3 as 8 jigtent against she fuchsin timated Sha S500 laisse Jett ! A : : . assem ~ [killing -year- - | ugoslav rule, leavUsse eaqaas meteorie progress of car, Which then plunged back onto the street. mann, 29, from a neighbor's apart permanent border commission to re- (day night. It was expected that ing only 4000 native residents in

ment, to tell her something was wrong. Miss Thomann arrived by cab. r Neither of the women wanted to

State Kiwanians

Indiana Kiwanians, meeting in| 3 their 30th annual convention, today |

a. m.. 55 12 (Noon). 70 a m.... 63 ip.m.... HA

| upstairs, The cab dri 1- | 0 elected David Russell of Elkhart as| 8 i 10 tte, 3 ee! ' a n okay a H 3 Heyer u The American delegation got the mass funeral for the girl, They from Italy under the peace treaty,’ district governor for 1948. | climbed the stairs, he shouted for| 8 a. m. . : ay 8 issue wiped off the security council marshaled 10,000 to. 15,000 strikers| finished moving back into Trieste at 9

Mr. Russell, who succeeds. Jack- |

son A, Raney of Indianapolis, | §mmediately appointed Roy Jones SESE

them to remain on the porch. He then called police. by, re Miss Cade said she did not hear! Bright sunshine this morning be-

Cool Snap port on any further violations of the strike would soon be made a ————Scmam—a mmm _.__ |Greek sovereignty by her northern general. LOCAL TEMPERATURES neighbors, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and| The labor confederation and loAlbania.

the city. ; The U. 8. 88th division, which, with British troops had been oc{cal Communist party sponsored a |cupying the area Yugoslavia got

agenda last night, but only at the and sympathizers for the cortege. 12:30 a. m. price of letting the council's border commission die. The assembly can- Ticklish Situation Ends Peacefully

of Elkhart as district secretary. the shots, but two shots were heard gan to dispel the pre-autumn cool | NO% act on any matter which Is be- american troops had to withdraw| “They tried to embarrass us by Ralph McReynolds, Evansville, by a neighbor. {snap which invaded Indianapolis, or® the counell. Russia cast her (.,, the Morgan line, across which pitching a fast curve,” Gen. Moore wad re-elected treasurer, Letter Is Found atid the Midwest yesterday. Warmer| 19th and 20th big power veloes Gul-|iney had been facing the Yugoslavs, said. “As soon as I got word, I sent weather was predicted for today and D8 the debate last night. in a hazardous night operation, | instructions for all military outposts

The club also elected 12 division lieutenant-governors, after adopting a series of resolutions including one supporting the Taft-Hartley labor act. The new lieutenant-governors were Herb L. Wilhelm, Hammond, first division; George Stevens, Plymouth, second; Fred -E. Winebrenner, Huntington, third; Oscar Boyles, Winamac, fourth; Andy Richardson, Noblesville, fifth; Earl Wood, Alexandria, sixth; Elmer

Detective William O'Rourke found . a letter on the apartment mantel “COT : ; | addressed to a man in Cleveland. It| e weather hursau’ sald tomor. had been written by Stewart, {row would be even warmer although In it Stewart had said: | mereasingly cloudy, : “Thanks for breaking up our, The cool wave which swept in home. It must have made you very! happy.” Mrs. Stewart hdd been stationed in Cleveland while in the WAVES. Stewart, who joined the maintenance -department of Greyhound in 1941, spent nearly four years in the

{four degrees.

Blames High Profits, Urges uU. S. Price Controls ,.cidentaily fired shots might have GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 16! precipitated a battle. . . from the northwest drove tempera~|(U. P.)—C. EO. President Philip| No violence or incidents were Strike mn italy tures to a low of 51 this morning Murray saw a need today for strict| reported igh at 7 o'clock but in the next hour the|government controls to halt run-| Maj. Gen. Bryant Moore, com- |, ROME, Bop . BP) eoiiatit lsun had boosted the thermometer|away inflation. Ne ¥. oousan Murray told newsmen the princi-|severely neftled by the Yugoslav Weatherman said the high today|pal cause of rising prices was ex-|decision to start moving into the would be about 71. The temperature|cessive profits being made by in-|territory at midnight, instead of 9

rroops of four armies—American, to move back immediately, We were British. Itallan and Yugoslav— Dot unprepared for such a move were uncomfortably close and afew by the Yugoslavs.”

Communists Call New

imanding the 88th division, was workers started a general strike toe {day for no other reason than an obe jection to “high prices,” demon= strating communism’s iron grip om

rose to a 66 maximum in the city|dustry, He said government restric-ja. m. as had previously been |p yon lang,

agreed.

. 5 army. He served overse in the! Switzer, Bloomington, seventh; Rev. Photos by Tim Timmerman, Times Stafl Photographer y as In thei io day. tions may be the only answer,

Ernest L. Ford, Shelbyville, eighth; END OF THE LINE—The Buchler car confinued nearly to [European theater and was dis-|"_

Sam Chase, Knightstown, ninth; | Talbot st, where it crashed head-on with another Ford (right) driven charged in April, 146, returning to| 20 v i hh 5 * ® workers was in its eighth day when Charles Brown, Newburgh, 10th; by Mrs. Pearl N, Gibson, 63, of Terre Haute. - Alice Gibson, a I Sri. a were at 0 N. Y. 0 y- oxers Fight in Streets the metal workers walked out, de-

{spite all government attempts to

Robert Cummings, Cannelton, 11th, : : : iniuri hock and passenger in the car, received minor head injuries and shock and [scribed as “swell people” by their| . . |dissuade them. ad Joe Wagner, Jeflerscavilie, | had to be treated at City hospital. When the show was over, |friends, who were unable to under-| FOI Sole Right to Date Neighbor Boys | :

police charged Mr. Buchler with reckless driving and failure to [stand the tragedy. Fellow workers |

. .+A8 if by agreement, swarms of President Truma

. stop at the scene of an accident, of Stewart said the first inkling er ' 8 Canada’s Flour Price Up P - ann —— they: had of marital difficulties was Stage Two Battles n Tough 5-Block Area teen-age girls, girded for battle, S il OTTAWA, Sept. 18 (U. P.).—A| 146 Planes Flee fo Stout vesterday when he mentioned his After 7 Girls ‘Steal’ Escorts of 7 Others rushed into the streets at 7 p. m. SCIIIS Sargasso Sea 3:cent increase in bread was pre-| [wife was leaving him, NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (U. P.).~Police patroled the Yorkville section Ast night. First reports were that ABOARD BATTLESHIP MIS-

dicted today following @&nnounce- |

+ % ment that Canadian flour mills had J © Avoid Eastern Hurricane so native, of Indi school girls from beating each other.

boosted the price of flour $4 a tion to her parents and sister,

under. controls abolished yesterday. arrival of 146 planes fleeing an East coast hurricane, : The planes were expected to land here sometime late this afternoon. ed pisp——— — . The military craft were coming from Andrews field, Md.; Bolling| : p | lashed "twice last ht and Times Index field, Washington, D. C., and Edenton field, N. C. Mires 3 Tr ucks; aed Ae heh and Also alerted. for one of the largest mass plane movements since Gets Bulldozer feach other wits sticks,

M. Childs... ..14 |Patterns ......19\up 300 beds in the national gusrdiThe lease was signed last night by|—When Buck Steele's garbage truck denly and the participants scurried Classified ..20-22 {Radio ........23{truck armory and dispatched a mo-Col. Henry A. Sebastian, comman-|got stuck in the mud on a side in all directions like rabbits, Comet +38 Records ......16!bile canteen to the field to serve der of the Stout field t. street, he telephoned the district When the streets cleared, pieces ««+.16 |Mrs. Roosevelt 17) coffee and doughnuts to the arriv-| In charge of the rece) of the|refuse department to send another| clothing and tufts of hair lay] vess. 14 |RUBTE ........18|ing air crew. planes was Maj. Lioyd Knous, direc-jone. on the paving bricks.

G : 2th isu | Fashions .....19 [Side Glances. 14] All army air force reserve training|tor of the supply and base seryices. When that, too, got stuck, he Forum ........14 [Society .......17/was suspended at the field today In charge of the Red Cross dele- sent for a third. Police reported that 200 girls were

Meta Given...18 Teen Topits...18 park the incoming planes. garet Delaplane, co-chdirman of Buck called for another. borhood ‘estimated that there were ....13 Washington . .14. The large aerial operation came the motor corps. She was assisted This time the department sent a 85 many as 500, Inside Indpls. 13 Weather Map 4 today just after the army had by Mrs. Frary, Miss Pat bulldozer instead.

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Movies .......M0 (World Affairs. 1d state for the use of Stout Sed fa Mrs. Lucille Mitchell. bulldozer freed all three trucks. bobby-soxers.

| The streets for five blocks were it out for a while

. i The pint-sized Amazons in Sloppy Joe sweaters reportedly were barrel, nearly double the old price! The army air base at Stout field was alerted today for a J coe brother, Henry Thomann, in addi-| ,..0 15 enforce exclusive dating privileges in their respective bailiwicks {This 1s one of the toughest sections of Manhattan. | Two rival bobby -sox factions|

’ : . Mrs, Stewart was born in Shelby-| oo Manhattan today with a wary eye to prevent rival gangs of high ‘Ne 14 principals were going. to fight soupy gent, 16 (U. P.).~President [Truman sailed today through the .

it out. The others assembled to assure fair play, it was reported. Some slow-moving waters of historic Sar~ carried sticks, neighbors said, as ad- 8asso sea whose saffron seaweed re \ditional encouragement for fair|vived the waning hopes of Chris

Their male counterparts cheered Play. |topher Columbus’ sailors some 458 from the sidewalks or ducked into| But the umpires began using their years ago.

doorways to get out of the way.

When the

|sticks on umpires from the other| Sighting the seaweed, Columbus

fighters scattered, side. Residents called the 67th st. reasoned that his three ships must

{smaller girls sat dazed and weeping police station and the arrival of have been nearing land. A few days lon the curbs where they had been squad cars sent the fighters scurry- later on Oct, 12, 1402, he went

tossed by waves of angered females. |ing. ashore at what is now San Salvador, “Now "we've got that to worry| Peace reigned—for 45 minutes, Officers of the battleship Missouri

about,” said one veteran policeman.| Then the girls rushed from door= told Mr. Truman the surface w+ The small fry left behind said travel only that the war started when seven | \girls from the 8lst st. area stole «...19 [Sports ...... 8-9/and runways and ramps cleared to gation of the field was Mrs. Mar-| That one sank to its hubcaps. involved. Residents of the neigh-|the dates of seven girls from 76th | “break it up.” and 77th sts. i The 14 girls clashed and fought denly as before, and the girls, some ol even terms. of them sporting black eyes, - quantities of seaweed

Ruth Millett. .19 |/Wm's News.18-19/ a five-year ‘lease with the Frary, Mrs. n ‘Coulon and After six hours of pushing, the filled with screaming, fighting Then each sider tured and ran peared into the dusk. Police ried from

ways and started fighting again, of the Sargasso They ignored police who circulated abotit three miles around pleading with them to ad day for the gulf sti

This lack of current, sumably accounts

The fight broke off again as sud-

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A strike of —one million farm"