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By DONNA Times Staff

and would not let until he did.

Judge Harold O. spent the morning

fession from bein evidence, © +

— tioning pected to testity in

tan cardigan.

in front of his face.

around.”

was able to snatch floor of a Marion

The hearing whi

. Reasner ay Defense Counsel

legedly dropped at Stout, 7910 College tempted to attack ing of the Burney

As Prosecutor - Stark asked Mr. Reasner to relate any conversation]

which he had had cerning the jacke protested :

“The * defense objects on the grounds that any statements made “by the deferidant fo police officers were obtained under “influence of ~fear, and asks leaw: dence to support this cause.”

Judge Excuses Jury

Bread, Water

Jury Excused Jn—Confession Fight

SHELBYVILLE, Jan. 15—|

effort to prevent the signed con-

Judge Barger Shine” the siry| while Watts was heard. :

Watts was confined there for ques-

Clenches, Unélenches Fingers Nattily attired in the same light pup

brown shoes he has worn since the trial started, Watts frequently clenched and unclenched his fingers

Watts testified that after his arrest ‘by deputy sheriffs and until he confessed, he got nothing to eat but bread and water every other day and that he was frequently threatened and “was pushed and slapped

He said that what little sleep he|

where he had no bed clothing. Watts, arrested after a coat with| his name inside was found in the home of Mrs. Harriett Stout, who escaped an attempted assault by a man she identified as Watts, said he had known Mrs. Stout prior to the day of the murder.

Objects to. Identification

day interruption in. the -firstdeé-

objected after Deputy Reasner identified a leather jacket Watts al-!

MIKELS Writer

him eat or * oi

Barger, Watts testifying in an

g admitted as

“WBS eX=| his behalf,

ays on

State Police Beat Him New Cold Wave Watts

On the Way; | Stand Nation Suffers

South Winds Avert Sub-Zero Weather

LOCAL TEMPERATURES Sam... 4 0am... te am IT I toon) Sam... 20 1pm . 3

{ 4 } |

Hoosiers were warned there are shivering nights ahead as southerly

{near zero today. | From a low "ot 8 last night, the {temperature was moving up toward’ ithe 30s, | Paul Miller, Indianapolis chief ‘meteorologist, said, however,” that temperatures tonight will fall ro 12 {to 16 above and that snow flurries

|part of the state late tonight. Paul 'V. Brown, park board som- | missioner, promised the: first guod, lice skating of the winter “by the | {time school is out today.” He said that fires would je go-' Hing-at-Lake Sullivan, Garfield Park. {and South Grove lagqons, at Chris-|

| Park.

ers and every sanctioned skating area will be floodlighted tonight

ithat most Hoosiers escaped the)

Watts is shown 0 AS he testified !pated.

in the Shelby” County ircuit Court today. He is on trial charged: | In the northern plains a new

with h the first rst degree murder of Mrs. Mary Lois Burney. = {frigid blast was expected to lunge

the temperature to'the lowest point |

ez 5505 Pot. Rent Hike Tie to the Lazy— “imei

Seen Doubtful

Wood's Jurisdiction

bulletin,

You Won’ t Have The weatherman said that the

n Id Id 1 tem= To Think Any More eracires down to nearly sero by FERRER

early Saturday morning. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 15 (UP)— Report Fuel Oil Shortage

Dr. Gerald Wendt; editorial ditector| The cold weather caught hun-

» < In Question of “Science Illustrated,” last night|dreds of U. 8. families with insuffiBy DANIEL M. KIDNBY predicted the coming of a sacond cient .fuels to heat their homes, ‘Times Staff Writer industrial revolution in which threatened ¥lorida's $100 million

was on the steel| ing Expediter Tighe E. Woods may | human observers; inspectors- and wreck that killed nine persons

WASHINGTON, Jan. -15—Hous- “thinking machines” will replace citrus fruit crop and caused a Dies at Raleigh : Of Girl, 8, by Removing Lui jattase wi lo re pF il]

County jail cell turn down the 25 per cent across-

mended by the. Indianapolis Rent), ‘Advisory Board because of lack of | Jurisdiction.

The board's petition arrived at!

the office of the housing expediter | Wednesday and he has 30 days in; which to act upon it.

Four points were raised in the|

ch caused half- petition and on any one or all, Mr. |

he requests. zk RE ew

Emerson Bruner

the home of Mrs. Ave, as he ather the morn-| slaying.

with Watts con-| t, Mr, Brunner

Judge Barger excused the jury. and called a meeting of both prosecution and defense counsel. It was cent increase March 1 on the

agreed prosecution would confine its grounds that 15 per cent increases fense plans. questioning to points not touthing!were “granted—from July 1 to Dec. The four defendants named as

31, 1947 and the 25 per cent would ,jeged operators of the Spinning lack of central heating facilities.

on Watt Ris statement, The coldest spot. in the nation at “hipbullder, “All these tracts are taxed rel- Early this winter local doctors,

Woods might find that the law| Ere ral THER, ARTE HR To dees wat gleshiin dhe Pomerat,

Number one recommends that

rent control. in the Indianapolis defense rental area be extended to! Dec. 31, 1948. The housing expediter's office now Sperales Jes} ia law which terminates i {so ‘he would have no : 1p Pov extend anything beyond. this date. Superior Court 5 tq. defend eight the next two weeks. He said 204 wood. said only an. “amazing. vi.

Only Congress can extend Tent CON-’ tients sued for $27,000- in alleged families would be out of fuel today tality” kept him-alive,

Point two asks the expediter to

| restore on March 1 the 15 per cent f“yoluntary lease increases” which prevailed from last July “until De-

cember_ under the. Republican modi-

fied rent control law. But here also where ‘Mr. Ettinger ¢harged" ty his: 1 the expediter’s office has no power, suit he lost more than $9000 in dice desperate fight to save their crop, ve to offer evi- ... the law does not provide fos Eames. Fruit Crop Periled lits own continuance beyond that time.

15 Pct. Merely Allowable The third point asks the 25 per

k; - Questioning of Mr. Reasner ‘con- “equalize” all landiords. “tinued until Prosecutor Stark at=|

tempted to introduce two confes- not “granted” in across-the-board ney. below zero. Elfiyra, 5N.. Y, Was

The 15 per cent increases were

sions made by Watts into evidence. manner. They, were allowed by law

At this time Mr. Brunner repeated when “voluntary agreements” were attorney for- four men named as [Ne mercury went down 10 13" at his objections and the judge sus- reached between landlord and ten- operators of a Carmel Gun Club in : . lant on a lease basis. Bit only 10 Hamilton County, where Mr, Et- sonville, Fla. 22 at Charleston, 8. . The- gro ted . The defense is expected to try to|per cent of rental properties acti- tinger charged he lost nearly $17,000 C. 16 at Raleigh, N. C,-and 32 at Lifelong Dry = group poin out. that there Recovery Odds Dropped |developing synthetic fuels from ofl

tained it,

operators. x | Mayor Don Hogdon of Interna-

“The result will be more andjtional Falls, Minn, reported that|

|the-board rent increase recom-|, .. nioquction, less and less! fuel oil tanks in the city were empty | Veteran Editor To Live at 20 Per Cent Odds ply of peroleum in this country, bor, but a steady increase Injand. that 880 families lacked sum-| Once Navy Chief. : By VICTOR PETERSON Mr. Ball also said there is “grave

BRT Hl RRR NT morrow cloudy with snow flur-< ries and continued cold. Highest temperatures 15 to 18 above, Clearing and decidedly colder In Gaming Suit { tomorrow night: Lowest temperature near zero by Saturday

morning.

Two attorneys today appeared in

gambling losses by Charles R. Et- and another 257 by: Saturday.

tinger, former Marion County clerk. Sam Blum appeared as counsel for four men named as operators of ! the Spinning Wheel in W. 16th St.

reported similar situations.

Mr. Blum said he enteréd his ap- ~ pearance “for the purpose of filing {special - pleadings, would question the. jurisdictien of. the court in hearing the case. He declined to comment further on de-

and into thé 30s in the Miami area.

Wheel were Albert Gibson, Roy and Harry Poland and Leéroy Dor.-

T. Ernest Maholm, appeared as Second with minus 11. In the south,

bolster Watts charges of ‘mistr +a%- ally are under the Tent increase jn dice games. The defendants in. San Antonio.

ment with testimony of three other leasés, 90 per cent ‘of the tenants this care are Nate Ciener, Morris Southern California was hoping ‘p,q Observer, men confined to Marion County jail having rejected them, the expe- Glazier, Danny Douthitt and Jake at the same time as Watts. :

He ‘is expected to charge both pediter cannot make orders effective sheriff's. officials and state police March -1 under present law.

with ‘mistreatment,

lence to. himself and his family. be given full jurisdiction, That also ment of a receiver to handle assets

Watts already has made such would take an act of Congress, not of the Spinning Wheel has been City.

threats of vio-

(Continued on. Pare 3—Ceturan 3)

Vatican Decive

Fast Days for 1948

VATICAN CITY, The Roman Cath

(4 nounced in a decree yesterday that Catholics imay-again~ dispense with

Jari: 15 (UP)— olic Church an«

the duty of observing fast and. ab-| stinence during 1948, continuing the!

poliey. adopted. during ‘the war.

The Vatican sal

Are made for 1048 when fast and!

id two exceptions

Point four asks that local boards

an order from Mf, Woods.

By ROBERT BLOEM The Marshall Plan will work, William L. Clayton, who helped {Secretary of State George C. Marshall in its development, said here

|today.

And the inflationary impact on prices here at home. will be less

abstinence are to be observed. than . the impact -of our exports

These are Ash Wednesday on Feb.

11 and Good Prida

Times | Index

y on March 26, | i———

Amusements ,.24 Ruth Millett . ,' a

Eddie Ash.,,,.26 Movies

Bridge Carnival ...... 17, Othman ...,, 6 Marquis Childs 18{Radio ........31|

Health

Classified . .28-30 Mrs. Roosevelt 20 mies oie +31iRuark 17! Bl Crossword... 12'Side Glances 1.18!" vr Editorials ,,.,.18 Society ...... = Fashions .,,.,.21 Sports . Forum re Strahan : ne Meta. Given. 21 Teen Topics . 21

|during 1047, he added.

Mr. Clayton is a Texas cotton executive, former Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs and {served .as special economic adviser in the preparation of the plan to 24 polster the tottering economies of

He spoke af a luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce, second in {8 series of tings on economic

In a. press honference before his address, Mr. \ Clayton. dwelt primarily on two! aspects of the Marshall Plane-wili it work and is it lin the national interests?

«++. .21/ Washington .. 18 Hollywood .:..17 Women's News 21 If the Marshall Pian is put into

effect in time and in sufficient

te AT |Word-a-Day Pe | | Word Affair 38 ie LCT =a sign policy, i

Defendants in both cdses have Bathers flocked to the beach yes- pe did not smoke.

been given until Jan. 29 to file their terday when the mercury hit 82 a

pleadings. The request for appoint- Long Beach, 81 at Santa Monica, cipal target was the Republican economically possible to erect struc-| Many lungs are removed. What area for lack of pipeline capacity. 83 at Los Angeles and 85 at Culver [ tures such as office buildings and took Kay's case out of the ordinary]

‘det for Feb. 9. sorens ———

“um Marshall Plan Will Work 1. Cabinet Chiefs Clayton Declares Here

be another peacetime draft.

sual _ Cones Samim Blow or Fall Into Streets, Face Fines sale at the Armory box of- - approve the fn Rerery " A warning te truck drivers who haul trash over the City streets fice at 6:45 p. m. tomorrow, | Program, immediate strengthening “to be a little more neat” was issued today by Tony Maio, street vo nid {of the armed forces would be nec- commissioner. ® Prices are: Ringside and lessary. And this, Mr. Royall sad, Mr; Maio said, “The Mayor has sal to clean up the town and we| first row balcony, $2; down. lcould be accomplished only through |are going to crack down on these trash haulers who spread waste stairs reserved, $1.50; adults | selective service, since voluntary en- | | materials over the streets.” ab etme 1 general admission, $1; chil. 'listments thus far have failed to The commissioner ordered his under the ordinance | carries a maxi. dren 12 years and under, 50 give “the Army: adequate postwar | slpervisors to keep a eye out for mum fine of $50. P cents. All prices include tax, manpower, ttruck drivers who permit trash to. . Mr. Maio today sent letters of| | Defense Sectttary James Pur. - {blow off or fall out of their vehicles. warning against trash scattering to oho phe the pre-ight | restal, meanwhile the House! 4 . | ‘Backed a city ordinance; the all firms waste - second Golde Eo | Foreign Affairs Committee that tne, , 1APS—Joseph us Daniels, Ela Give the offenders terials. ow 0 aul - Gloves Sasion on the § WILLIAM L CLAYTON— 'ararshail Plan is designed to pre-| former Secretary of the Navy |4 “last notice” card. ‘A récord willl Omoces of the thiee daily Fn Pages. He helped Secretary of State vent war, mot to. restrain or dom-| and later ambassador 16 Mex- be kept of those receiving the papers in the’ City received notices George Marshall formulate for- {inate sny nation or. group of na- ce, died today at Rolgighs N. notices and upon second aliensss| to use cars. in. the disposal of

¢ A tions. » y . See wy Fs a ) »

«2 oI xm 81 FE |

| winds brought the mercury up fron; |

{probably will swirl over the central ®

tian Park and at Broad Ripple) All the areas are cleared for skat-| | The eastern-edge of a cold mass’ | moving. through Indiana early today | ‘passed faster than was expected: so:

{severe lows that had been antici-

to. 16 -above by. morning accom«

Several other midwestern cities Wife Died In 1543 rentals, “rapidly growing list of medical | “The shortage maybe felt next

Oil was needed badly also by the was Secretary —of the “Navy for" Florida. fruit ‘growers who said they eight years in Woodrow Wilson's

did not have enough .to. fuel the cabinet and Ambassador to Mexico i : : smudge pots they were ysing in a under Franklin. D. R velt for ‘the. first: of --a- series of reports... hE Kiry owis- 3: Mr: “and PB pg Sie spi mieng tig eg mna

The cold wave shoved tempera- the Navy. . » indicating he tures down to 25 at Jacksonville] He stirred criticism as Navy Sec- Pays 27 Pel. of Taxes ‘examined by physician after pny-|jate a voluntary program “to ussure

It struck just ms the fruit crop hit Officers on naval vessels “and later there are approximately 1530 bust- monia-and in 1945 the lower lobe of ype supply of petroleum and to the peak of ripeness, Many Florida 5¢¢ UP-training schools aboard - ship ness buildings in the city's Mile her left" lung was removed at an intensify the conservation came

cities, including Palm -Beach -and for enlisted men. Square which pay yearly in prop- out-of-state clinic a Wi rh paign now being eatied on by the Miami dismissed Schools Because of was__born May 18,1862, in prty tax about 27 per cent ofthe - But Kay didn’t respon R {ontigieum industry. = 2

3 a. m. was Uticg;"N. Y., with 14 At 18 hé became an editor. He atively high, bit rental return, ex- were convinced removal of the in

Nashville, 14 at Atlanta, 20 at Jack~

for relief today from its three- -day from a circulation of to its ket. Without surgery, Kay would have|fuel oll is scarce in many ties iditer's records show, Again the ex- Tony. heat . wave, 2000. locall

server. L. .H. Lewis, chairman; Walter A. ing table, she looked up into the Give Views on Aid iY Knuth, vice chairman, and James T. eyes of the assembled surgeons and © Amateur boxers get back Hamill, Richard F. Hoberg, Henley asked: into action at the N. Penn-

| WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UP) = Two top administration military officials told Congress today the pur« pose of the Marshall Plan is to prevent war and the alternative may

The possibility of & return to selegtive. service was raised by Army {Secretary Kenneth Royall, who testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: on the -Mar-/|

Wa 4 v a)

Cut Gas and Oil 1

onsumers Asked

§ ‘Shortage Due ToRun2 Years, Declares Krug

‘Motorists Advised | To Form Car Pools

| WASHINGTON, Jan, 15 (UP)— Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug toe day called for a 15 per cent reduc tion iu use of gasoline, fuel oil and natural gas in an effort to relieve The “critical petroleum consumption situation.” The appeal was directed to all consumers Mr. Krug urged that no more equipment be installed anywhere for burning oil, gas or “bottled” gas. Hé also: ONE: Urged that temperatures of homes, office buildings, stores, apartments, hotels and factories be kept.-at-68. degrees or ‘less. during waking hours and at 60 degrees or {below at all other times. TWO: Asked that drivers reduce gasoline ‘consumption by reducing {speed distance. and arganising ar

| pools. 2-Year Shortage * | THREE: Urged that weather [stripping and insulation be installed {wherever possible and that house‘holders resort to such measures as BREATHES LIFE=—Kay Keaton, 3668 N. Keystone Ave. is a tomboy today. A [ating po. ot Sauer 4nd heepiig few short months ago skilled surgeons gave her a 20 per cent chance to live as they . wherever outside light is not needed. removed her left lung. or. Rria's sppesl web Soules with a grim prediction by Max Ball,

Josephus Daniels Surgeon's Skill Saves Life [amen

for the next two summers,

ing After Fight d that it will be four or f Little Kay Keaton Recovering After Fig |e tI wil be our or ve years

VT hy ries juni Sue Jo heat thelr homes te RALEIGH, N. C,, Jan, 15 (UP) +A Gramatic hush spresd through a Methodist Hospital operating | apprehension” whether there will be {gathering of 200 businessmen here.| ete . the ri forecast “Josephus, Daniels, editor of ‘he A masked surgeon leaned over the still form of an §-year-old girl. | — ae Tor, : He said ‘present levels of produc. of 3 Raleigh News and Observer, World Delicately the surgeon's hands worked, peeling an infested I As oil. he ald, at noon: Partly cloudy «nd com« ’ for task sa Fnext i i the one ol oY! paratively — mild with — fresh {War T Bocreiary of the Navy acd RE et wall “a lh rai ody Ther There tor. Will be nearly as bad as this Fis poi hough the We. trae south winds early this evening. later Good Neighbor" Ambassador. SUCORRY TH ly 3 I lil were 45 minures 0 go to com-| 40d the winter after that not. mugh Lg lof all industries, he said, was the Cloudy with winds. shifting to {io Mexico, died in his home Soday. [plete the operation. More oxygen, Deter: one Jproducing automatic electronic the northwest before maniput He was 85. of Jost was given. Steadily transfusion | mn Read to on Men. , ! seomdtly Aempesetares-Lalling. n Rhu 3 ol Rare ih pote] instruments. Death came: ater a Severe w - Blame # [RR hi Tw AR ries Mn pets. DDL WA IIE IN. isn

Sar ; Mr. Ball at a meeting of 150 officials - rs Ye gt been ill more pan. {ito hd aR Br a PE, mT I MAREE seo lthan a week. | gency fuel ofl co-ordinktors. Mr,

pneumonia. He ha Today Kay Keaton, 3668 N. Key- | Krug calied the meeting to discuss

|. His four sons and his docior gave| [stone Ave., is*bouncing to health. | leum lupk-pabe. lor-hig recovery days aes. ‘Realty Committee |On warm ‘days she even exercises a. reducing peta oun {He was placed under an oxygen tent last, ace ye Makes Report 'on a trapeze in the backyard. “Onless. oil and. SAS. are. cone

She rom t, but time During the week-end he sank into! The high cost of commercial coh- is far 1 just, we ®t served in-every possible way," Mr. a deep coma and Dr. Hubert Hay- is expected 10. heal the ¥. Al"! Krug said, “this winter may see struction not only will prevent a ready the remaining lung has ex- homes - unheated and industrial

change in the city’s dowiitown sky= pandéd to fiil both chest cavities: | sjants shut down for lack .of fuel line in 1048, but will boost business Kay's case is another in _ the ofl or gas.

His wife died in 1043: Mr. Daniels) nis prediction was ade today 1 miracles boing perforied by skilled | summer and can result in a sharp ndianapolis ‘surgeons. arm production by the Downtown Committee of lu turtatiment in £ be-

Coughing Worried Parents {ShiAe_of the shortafe-of gasoline the Indianapolis Real Estate Board ughing peeded to: operate farm

As soon as prohibitive costs .disap- Ra d E Keaton noted she nearly “nine years. Mr. Roosevelt ) ymon eatlon | Mr. Krug also aro he = {bad been his Assistant Secretary of pear building activity ‘was predict- coughed continuously; #or-the next! cso the National - Petroleum ed in downtown centers. five years the child constantly was | | Council to meet Jan. 22 to formu-

retary when he abolished liquor for The committee pointed out that sician. She suffered chrorilc pneu-| equitable distribution of the avail.

Washington, N. C, the son of a cost of city and county government. in Florida failed to, help . “World Wide” Mr. Krug said the present oil

later came to Raleigh to succeed cept in a few isolated cases, is low. fected Jung was necessary to save Shortage orld wie say Tay ‘Ambassador Walter Hines" Page as This situation, if continued for long, the child's life. Chances of survive years. editor of. the State Chronicle, which would surely affect the present/ing the operation were only 40 per He sald the - oil shortage em~ finaily mejged with the News and property tax structure,” the -com= cent —againstthe - chance -to-live phasizes “the peed for increasing - Observer, ; mittee reported. another year. the entire energy output of the . [United States.” He said this means are about 180 vacancies in the e i 2 Then in 1894 he bought. the News Bquare, each of which If he Mi As the operation progressed fur-ishale and coal, and expanding He built the paper would find a ready rent or sale mar- ther complications were discovered. hydroelectric power, Mr, Krug said

present 98,000, died in less. than a year, but the east of the Rockies. Natural gas He also was a Return too Small to Build complications encountered dropped will be short during cold spells in Y lifelong dry. After alcohol, his rin. “For several years it has not been her surgery odds to 20 per cent. [the Middle West and Appalachian

Survivors include his sons and DOtels In Indianapolis because the was-that the lung was plastered to| . | grandchildren. One son, Jona. ental returns would not justify the the chest cavity and the heart and : J than Daniels, a wartime special as. PVestment,” the groyp reported. there was only a portion of it with Golden Gloves sistant to President Roosevelt, is ox. ~ Members of the Downtown Com- which to work rab ecutive editor of the News and Ob. Mittee of the Real Estate Board are: As Kay was placed on the operat- Resumes Tomorrow

T. Hottel, Charles W. Mason, Nor- “What are you going to _do to sylvania St. Armory tomorman Metzger, William E. Niven, John me?” row night in the second sesW. Roberts, Albert E. Uhl and Carl, Today she knows the answer, sion of - the Times-Legion |G. Seytter. They gave her life, Golden Gloves.

Trash Haulers Ordered | or ios woo rior to the fights at: Bush To Be Little More Neat Culahan's 130 T. Washing.

ton St, or the Sportsman's

Truck Drivers Warned Against Letting Rubbish Steve, 12 N. Peiiityivanis

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