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other ] to live and plenty to eat but never buys us clothes. 5 The main reason dad asked for a divorce is that mother in poor health since having so many children. I think

very poor reason for divorce. stuck together until the kids 1 -After having the mother’s life he should try to make her happy in their old

owns a small farm and has a small bank account but mother

't care about money.

- Jeft it up to me about suing for divorce and that| If they get a divorce don’t you think she

puts me on the spot.

should have half of everything? H. R. PUZZLED,

Your mother shouldn't make you the small (and useless) *

" thread on which to hang her marriage which falled years ago.

With you leaving eventually, gone will be the last tie—and your

~ Urge her to become interested in a job or hobby to occupy her time if she decides on a divorce—and let her make the deciUrge her to visit her doctor. Of course she deserves her share of savings. "1 wonder If your father will be as happy as he expects, “free” after many years, with one last fling at romance when houseslippers and a fireside might be more comfortable, "Don’t let your parents’ trouble embitter you toward mare _tiago—~there are happy marriages.

- "Don’t Ask—Try for Kiss’

“= TO UNWANTED, who asks for a kiss—Mister, I couldn't resist were

“you. You haven't got a friend, have you? St alts ma Joi $008 Juat 10 now there ary some men like you left in the know a lot of other girls feel the same.

r J. Brayton Jr. whose father 18|¢nem man and wife. The couple care for them, though one boy is crazy about me a civilian. employee at Fort Jay,(jert {mmediately by automobile The first boy has been going with other girls. His girl tells him |N. Y., was killed by the Com-|¢or a 10-day trip. Sites things shout ve, I asked him to come out for his things but /munists. Pfc. Brayton died of w delayed y out Jot him and she out Sof hint speak to D ine on the strut Seounds ove] suring his| on their return they will tak : meant everything to me. eo come 'm sure hb broadcast said. stitl an WORRIED. up residence at 770 Park Ave.

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‘Let Mrs. Manners and readers of the columm share your problems and answer your questions. Write in care of The Times, 214’W. Maryland’ St.

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that They never loved each other but

Unfinished Sewer Project

Halted Pending Inquiry

(Continued From Page One) In 1045, the City Council proposed by resolution that the new

survey be made by a private engineer.

This was seconded. by Board of Works and Sanitation under Resolution 485 of 10485. The resolution. provided for a complete Sewer survey of the or as the city plunged into a deficit.j covering combined storm an RE Phat the bulk of|sanitary sewers, garbage trea paid the firm was ment works, intercepting sewers, out ‘of state and federal Sround water and its use for and imposes a future ob-| temperature control and a saniligation on the city tax rate. {tary survey of Marion County FOUR: .That the contracts be-| Outside the city limits. tween the Moore firm and the 10 Firms' Invited to Bid Board of Works and Sanitation] The board determined to have projected the biggest construction) prepared maps, plans and speciprogram ever undertaken in this fications plus city.

FIVE: That the total cost of| engineering firm. the program, estimated at $32

on this project will have been|Posal to make the survey, wasted unless the vast program of construction goes forward, for not a sewer tile has been laid. Post-War Planning Result The Moore survey was an outgrowth of the Municipal PostWar Planning studies which were

man & Requardt and Russell B. Moore.

private citizens during the war. the planning was to-set up a work.

The employment slack did not!job,

system was essential in the field of power.

istration.

in 1939-40 the super-i{the contract was

; eon W. Blaine and Joseph decided a |Wade. That was how it started, MONDAY: How Will It End?

for construction by a competent

The board noted in its minutes million over 20 years, was to be|that it considered “10 different

financed by gigantic bond issues. | engineering firms" “SIX: That expenditures so far|e®ach of them to submit a pro-

and Invited

It wrote to Dean A. A. Potter of the Purdue University School of Engineering for his recommendations on the qualifications of two erigineering firms-—Whit-

According to excerpts of Dean made by a special committee of potter's Jetter of May 10, 1945, in the Board's records, both firms One of the main purposes of were competent to perform the

0 A portion of Dean Potter's letprove Indianapolis and at the ter which the Board did not quote, |" same time provide public works however, criticized the city for to take up any post-war slack in not inviting a number of Indiana engineering firms to bid for the

Dean Potter also qualified his recommendation that a complete status as an authority on the suboverhaul of the city’s sewer and|ject, saying that his specialty was tion

The Board then unanimously selected Russell B, ‘Moore's firm to mal o survey. It is a mat. ~~ ter of record that several of Mr.|BIRTHS-— figure | Moore's former employees held high positions in the City admin-

The Board sald the Moore firm ‘had submitted the lowest and best bid to make the survey for $75. 000. The resolution approving/At G signed May 21, angindern. It|1945, by Walter E. Hemphill, Gid- ATTma B.

'ave Deaths In

As Hostages

Safety of 4 Depends On U. S$. Withdrawal

(UP)

SHANGHAI Feb. 14 The safety and perhaps the of four U, B. Marines

admitted that one

Held as Hostages.

pected soon quarters,

ages pending that there will be no Marine

drawn from Chinese soll.

people's Liberation army

and American people.

Saw Makers Club

{To Hold Smoker Today

The 424 annual smoker of the Pioneer Saw Makers Club of E, C. Atkins and Co: will ‘beheld in the Rainbow Room of the Severin

Hotel today.

years membership.

president; Frederick Uhl,

urer.

EVENTS TODAY

Manual Training High day Part

Em Murat Theater I.

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—————— EVENTS TOMORROW Catholio and Pretestan Opening ‘of the Bick Mie (through Feb, 23)--Murat t Mpe. irshbaum Center Marion County

Secretaries’

Koester; Clyde, Waida Baldwin

mas, Omah

Beatrice ames,

N. Hamilton; Joseph, Lu

taken prisoner‘ on a Christmas Day hunting expedition were put on the block by Chinese Communists today as the price for a complete U. 8. withdrawal from China. A Communist radio broadcast Marine in a

hunting party of five, Pfc. Charles wast Palm Beach, pronounced

be given withdrew completely from China. being held are|layed ufitii after midnight to

The Marines Cpl. William L. Polard, Ft. Worth, make sure of compliance with Florida's marriage laws requir-

days of World War II, the actual wed-

as best man,

that since the depression were quickly

guests to the reception. Many of the older guests, not

Marine and Navy sources said there was no-officlal comment on the Communist broadcast, either from the Tsingtao headquarters or from the U. 8. embassy at Nanking. A statement was exfrom Marine head-

The .Communists said they would hold the Marines as hosta U., 8. guarantee

participation on the Nationalist side of the civil war and that U. 8. thelforces will be. completely with-

If these “justified demands” are ted, the broadcast said, th

treat the Marines with clemency in accordance with the spirit of friendship between the Chinese

Election of officers will be held and exchange badges are to be awarded for each additional five

Present officers are John Sapp,

president; Emerson Baker, secretary, and. Lloyd Beckwith, treas-

R cme hoto, VALENTINE WEDDING. SMILE—Ba bara Paul Sears and Winthrop Rocketeller smile happily before their wedding last midnight in a glittering Florida ceremony. Mrs. Sears is a former Lithuanian beauty i :

Rockefeller Marries

In ‘Glittering Florida Midnight Ceremony

By ROBERT VERMILLION, United Press Staff Correspondent

PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb, 1

blond beauty queen to whom he gave one of America's most famous lives | Names, began a Valentine's Day honeymoon today. Their midnight marriage outdid anything this glittering winter social capital has

seen in years.

The ceremony uniting Mr. Rockefeller and the lovely former

Mrs, Barbara Sears, daughter of Lithuanian immigrant parents, began on the stroke of midnight. ~ Fourteen minutes later the Rev. Winslow Drummond, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at

feller will go back to his job with the Socony-Vacuum Co, “Originally planned before the reception, the wedding was de-

since the end

Long, low-slung limousines had not seen dress service

up to carry jewel-bedecked

acqudinted with the younger Rockefeller generation, were initved automaticlly because of their friendship with the bridegroom's parents and grandfather, the late famed John D. Rockefeller. By the time for the reception yesterday, members of the Palm Beach social set were saying that Mr. Rockefeller's divorcee bride came “from a fine old family in Oakdale, Pa.”

Hold Marines |'Cinderella’ Bride Begins Valentine Honeymoon

Lithuanian Beauty

4—Winthrop Rockefeller and the

Flood Waters Rout 10,000 From Homes

Frigid Blast Heads For Atlantic Seaboard

took toll of lives and property. At least 52 persons were dead in the last few days of weatherborn disturbances. Of these, 10 died in tornado. Another esti. mated 10,000 persons were homeless in floods. 7

The period saw storms in the Pacific northwest, a three-day blizzard in the Rocky Mountains, a freezing rain from the Mississipl to New York state, floods from Ohio to Mississippi and a tornado in Mississippl. Tornallo Hits Rural Area The deaths resulted from trafic accidents. o nslippery pavements, freezing and exposure, drownings in rampaging streams, and the impact of the tornado in a rural area. . The fuel situation appeared to be easing. Natural gas supplies were being increased to many industrial users. Torrential rains followed the tornado at Newton, Miss. causing floods in the surrounding dairy farms and cotton-growing lowlands. Rescue crews searched for more victims in the wrecked homes. The Red Cross said that at least 15 persons were injured seriously and that the death toll

two years ago from diplomat Richard Sears Jr. was born in

Lithuanian parents and herself became “Miss Lithuania” at the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition in 1933. ; . Changes Name She changed her original name, Jievue Paulekiute, to “Eva Paul” when she entered Northwestern University in 1933 and used that name Iater when she entered

Pennsylvania 31 years ago of

might rise in the surrounding farmland.

Trees Block Roads

Uprooted trees blocked many roads to outlying farms where occupants of 15 to 20 flattened houses were missing and feared dead. Thousands of persons were driven from their homes by floods in the Ohio and Tennessee valleys. They shivered today as tempera-

show business. Among her better-known roles was that of “Pearl,” in “Tobacto Road.” She also appeared in “You Can't Take It With You.” Her romance with the nation’s most eligible bachelor took on a Cinderella aspect because she was living in a Third Avenue tenement building in New York when the handsome combat hero wooed and won her. Friends of the couple poohpoohed the “Cinderella angle,” however, pointing out that the former Mrs.

orately furnished despite its location near the din and clatter of the ‘Third Avenue elevated trains. , . Pursues Her Mr. Rockefeller followed her to Florida and his trips became known only when it was revealed was a passenger on an East< ern Air'Line Constellation which made a spectacular emergency landing last week-end at Bunnell, Fla., after one engine exploded over- the ocean. . Details of the wedding and reception were handled by James Lee, whose firm which has served the Rockefeller family for years. Included on the reception guest list were the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Lord ' Brandford, Tony Pulitzer, Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Young, Mrs. Hudson Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hutton, Mrs. James T. Donahue, Woolworth Donahue, Mr. and] Mrs. Claude K. Boetcher, Regi-| nald Boardman Jr, the Countess

Kelly,

‘Mrs. Sears, divorced less than

Ovr Fair City—

Food Dealers

, (Continued From Page One) the race and he, personally, kept clear. out of the picture because of Mayor Feeney's edict for a strict “hands off” in politics for his staff. But recently Democratic lead: ers out of City Hall have been active. They came up this week with James Scott, trucking company executive, who was the party’s sheriff nominee in 1942, Mr. Scott won't comment publicly on the maneuver at this time. Then, of course, there's talk in other Democratic groups about pushing James Cunningham, Sanftation Baord member, as a possible sheriff candidate. But he's In

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Toni | n | suditor T! od t ool suditorjum, l onight in so Orehestra—=8:30 At Mathodini-Delhart, Mildred Thomp-|

dian on * ob Srondary School Indiana State Teachers Federation—Hotel At Cole Lincoln, ” R

At SL Fran niel, Margar -SSrviom ‘for tne ardson; OR Passion Play : heatar. Jam Golinkin recital-8:15 p. m | Volunteer Fireman 2 .m,, station 30, South and New Jersey | A] Conference, Indiana State

efieal -Assoeiation—Claypool Hotel. { RE m—— eed

Boys AL Methodist — James, Virginia 8 Marvin, Rena Poteet: Carl, Hazel D 0 . Stain; Ernest, Virginia Archer; Orville, | Adah O. Oalbraith, 83, at 118 8. Audubon | nneth, lly Sloan; | is

Cornelia Lay: ly Rd. wrterioscleros Kenneth, Doris oa (Henn, “ Buelah| Louise . Augusta Nusbaum, 69,

ghts | John Craig, 80, at 1303 Calhoun, cerebral 0

At_Coleman—Raymold, Jullana Semmier; | . i Wallace McCann, 76 om gan, | Al Ganon Named, Jasiida Ritthel . hy 3 Misi, Ancis—Eugene, Mary Well, Carl! Cutherine O'Connell, 87, at 5 Nigene, a ada at 905 8. East,

+ | Anna 4 Home—PFrederick, Elizabeth Mitchell, | arteriosclerosis * 343 8. State: Charles, Othel Morris, 229 | Maude Jane Kingston, 76, at 1446 Eng

the same boat with Mr. Johnson.

1712 Boulevard Pl; Oscar, Helen Pin. ner, 1345 Oolay. «Girls |

son; rl, Ermagena Cooper: Ralph, Maxine Miley: | Mirioe Morence

Cirisrle; Stevenson, rge, Catherine Halmer; ussell, Anna Kronenberger; John, Ir-

ma Emery. At General-Samuel, Norma Ann out, ot -

. Kelllor; Charles, Betty Thornton

manoff, -.

Forecast

Leveling Off-of Prices Here

He's not particpating in the maneuver.

scramble; the highlight of the party's scrap may hinge upon the candidacy of Andrew Jacobs, the fiery attorney who takes out after the gamblers with lawsuits occasionally. Party leaders will watch his maneuvers closely be-

dates. ’ . . . . INSIDE dopesters. around City Hall are predicting a new setup for personnel direction soon. During the first few weeks of Mayor Feeney's administration, the personnel work was handled by Harry Gasper, executive secretary to the mayor. The rumor has it that this work will be handléd by someone else ander another setup. Right now some of this work is being done by Paul McDuff,

well-known sports figure.

Plan Hospital ‘Annex’

Willard, Hazel Eason ances, Mary Class ry, Pauline Groves, 404 W | William, Oeraldine Lyday, 1939} Ruckle; Arthur, Eleanor Dotson, 6144 Torbett! Francis, Laura Jordan, 202 Dearborn: James, Elizabeth Evans, 738'% 8B. Onpitol: William, Norma Tall. man, 643 8. New Jersey; Oliver, Bloise METER WI Whseter. |

DEATHS

Plans for obtaining .e | tor ) 1g equip:

Barracks 95 at Ft. Harrison as an “annex” to Central State Hospital to handle the overflow from that institution. r the “annex” ~were - being pushed this week to house a 100

hemorrhag:

4 at 1817) Wistview Dr, hypertensive oardio vas. qular. |

coronary thrombos

coronary occlusion M. Nixon, 83, at 1010 N. New Jergey,

cy Shelton, 940 lish, coronary oool ‘ | Pi Clarence, Lis Williams, 813's| Margaret Eve’ ew . W. "Nowy, Forks. dona, Helen Porter " disaoin "» aun m

Vas

or more of the less serious mental| patients at Central State to make

Bl, Hunt LaMarr

| Rains were less heavy than

expected, but snow and sleet in

{Tennessee brought new misery {to an estimated 4000 persons left

homeless by rampaging streams in that state.

e Police

An interstate search was under way today for a 35-year-old

Dorelis, Mr. and Mrs. John 8. (Shipwreck and Brenda Frazier) been “intimidated” and refused to Mr. and Mrs, Leonard continue Cushing, and “Prince” Mike Ro-

again, . |The Indianapolis Bar Assocla-

In the Democratic prosecutor

fore lining up their own candi

beverage company operator and |

RELIEF FROM congestion at! the state's mental hospitals is in munity, the studerit body and fac-| sight for the first time in 10/ulty. The class will be under the years, State officials and the U. 8.|sponsorship of Prof. Willlam MilWar Department got together|lew, art department head. + |this week for specific plans to use|”

The defendant, James LaMarr, was missing after police Thursday obtained a capias charging him with being an habitual criminal. He has been arrested 20 times and convicted on seven of the charges. He has been free under $4000 bond on the manslaughter charge.

He is alleged to have been driving a stolen automobile that

fatally injured a 17-year-old boy in a traffic accident in July, 1946. ‘Tm Ski Out’ State Police and the FBI were asked to help find LaMarr after he told fellow-workmen, “So long. I'm skipping until this cools off.” Also pending against LaMarr are charges of grand larceny, burglary, and two of vehicle takng. Last September, Judge Pro Tem Richard Smith said he had

in the case. Last week, Judge William D. Bain was accused by the state of showing partiality toward LaMarr and the case was stopped

tion was asked to investigate the two trials. :

Quiz Hushand In Wife Slaying

Keep Sawin’

Washington Calling—

Holy Land Crisis Grows

BRACE YOURSELF for terrific shock over Palestine. Americans thought partition would solve problem. But trouble’s just ‘beginning. . British move out May 15. United Nations committee is supposed to referee during interim between mandate and statehood. But Palestine Arabs, backed by all Islam, 100 million strong, have sent ultimatum to United Nations war. United Nations has no armies to enforce its decision. Its Palestine commission hasn't even started for Holy Land because British say they can't guarantee its safety. And danger will grow when British pull out. om Should United Nations authorize shipment of arms to Jews? Arabs are already getting, or will get weapons. If Jews are armed it might mean

bloodier intervéntion by individual na"tions could start World War IIL Americans in Arabia and other Moslem countries nave been alerted to rush for exits at moment’s notice. Near East governments say they can’t be responsible for what happens if and when Palestine blows up. Jews of Iraq—some 140,000 of® them in: business there—are in - equal peril. The answer? Washington, London, or Lake Success seems to have it.

New Grain Upturn Seen YOU CAN LOOK for government price floor under wheat to move up from current $1.84 a | bushel at farms to about $2 on July 1, when 1948 harvest be-

That's way parity works, and it means wheat farmers have no reason to sing blues. If they get good crop they can prosper at $2 a bushel—even if they have to quit paying $6000 for used tractor and combine. Reason for probable increase in government price in face of tumbling wheat prices is that parity formula is based on cost of things farmers must buy. These are not expected to go “down mach; if-&ny, bérore July | 1. Support of prices are fixed at start of harvesting year. Many wheat farmers who don’t need cash now can hold their wheat till next July.

17, last night.

| The victim, mother of a 5-

Hovey St, ‘When arrested this morning,

Madden told police he was wanted | IP shooting his wife and gave|

them a gun and shells, one of which had been fired.

Relatives told police Madden,

had been at the home shortly before the shooting, They quoted him as saying he had “come to get the baby.” ’

Open Crafts Class

The Art Club of Indiana Cen-| tral College will open an evening crafts class for people of the com- |

. 8% a @ GOP Claim Cited SIGN OF TIMES: Few weeks Sen. Joe Ball (R. Minn.)

I" Police today were questioning Leo Madden, 19, of 1729 Belle-! fontaine Ave. in the fatal shoot-| of his. Doral; ; ing estranged: wite; "| licans for keeping wheat from going 10 $5 A bushel. This was or - one, said, by provision in a PA ’ aed Gentes interim air bill for France and er she Ital ul was found ‘shot in her home, 2254 150 Y: a Hg 5 in this coun try at start of 1948 harvest, Yesterday, two other Repub-

Young (N. carry-over

By Barton Rees Pogue

Don't blow your horn or advertise . Your virtues to the world, . Bows put your talents ou parade be With banners all unf ; 1 ]atks you know don’t seem to see hat you are mighty good, hn Don't sell em “specs” to help their eyes— ss Keep mum and just saw wood, . =. While people a hundred miles from hase Are talking of your worth The folks at home may hardly. know Tliat you ave on the sartl, friend, Fe But 't , my fri : : The way you feel you should, Although you'd like to prophesy Keep mum and just saw wood.

The distant papers may sing your praise, The big men your name, 7 The things you do for human-kind May bring you lots of fame, But in your town you'll likely stand Just where you've always stood; Don’t rant and call your neighbors foals— Keep mum and just saw wood,

For he who saws is sure to sit By fires that never dim— The work he did in those hard years Will all come back to him, And when the home-folks join the rest To praise him for his good, He'll thank the Lord he kept his peace, And silently sawed wood.

Food Price Drop May Slow Drive for Higher Wages

(Continued From Page One) to their present living standards.

Sen. Bushfield said it had de. pressed the market, might have helped cause price drop. __+One casualty of big market drop: A bushel of Lincoln Day speeches prepared by Republican Senators and Representa. tives. Many blamed President Truman for high prices. And then’ prices went down. But many congressmen - delivered their already prepared speeches on high prices. Some sounded like messages from ghosts—as they probably were. =

- » ” Guard Against Leaks TOP AGRICULTURE Department officials are having their secretaries take down every ‘word of their phone conversations—to protect them. selves against chgrges they leaked information on grain market.. * Here's what insiders say now" on tax cuts: If commodity and stock mar ket skids level off soon Senate will cut about $4.5 billion from federal revenues. If dip continues, cut could be

threatening

conflict. And

House.

him on spot. His theory wa that in boom times, taxes should remain high, - -

No one in

Weigh Marshall Pla K MEMBERS of How Foreign Affairs Committee say “there 1s no chance House wil approve Marshall Plan unless State Department comes wp with effective program to meet Communist threat in China Department's “half « hearted

impress them.

services there's growing “or viction that State Departmen doesn’t intend to provide effec tive aid for Nationalist govern:

“written off the books.”

INDIANAPOLIS CLEARING HOUSE Clearings 2,514,080 Debits . 1.304% Clearings for the week.. . 47,807, Debits. for the. week... ....i. AU T04,000

* MAROTTS*

~credit. for.

that we have

Bushfield (8. D.) and .), asked to repeal

requirement,

Our service embodies all that goes to give that after feeling of satis. faction; the satisfaction of a beautiful tribute to a loved one, yet no burden to those left, .

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