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Russ Blockade

On Railroad

Clay Orders Army Train to Run; Stand Pat on Barring Inspections

BERLIN, Apr. 2 (UP) Berlin were fed from the air

—The 10,000 Americans in

today, but U. S. Commander

Gen. Lucius D. Clay announced that an attempt will be made to resume rail shipment of supplies to the German capital

tonight.

The military governor said a train would be made up

in Brunswick and should arrive here sometime tomor-

row, unless the Russians turned it back under their new blockade orders. \ Gen. Clay emphasized that he was not surrendering his previous “no search” policy under which he had ruled that no Russian soldier was to be allowed aboard any American train. Waybills Unchecked But he said the Americans always had been prepared to furnish waybills for American freight, and would do so now. He sald the Russians, before their new clamp-down which was eéffective at midnight Wednesday, had neglected to check such way-

ills. n b British food trains, carrying supplies for both the 10,000 British in Berlin and the Germans in the British zone of the city, have been passing’ the Rusgian zone, west of the city, without difficulty after routine inction of papers. PL was believed in American sources that U. 8. military trains coming into Berlin also would be passed through in the same way. Gen. Clay, in announcing the decision to resume rail shipment, notéd that the Soviets had not specified that incoming freight trains must be searched. ‘ If tonight's train and those which follow get through, he said, it probably will mean at least a temporary end to the air shuttle service which supplied Americans in Berlin today. Spying Charged It praised his air and supply

Vienna Seen Next On Russian List

City Encircled

By Soviet Zone WASHINGTON, Apr. 2 (UP) ~—Rusgian efforts {o freeze the western powers out of Berlin may

moves in Vienna, officials said today. State Department and national defense officials Soviet aim was to embarrass the United States and other western powers. The Russians,

government

American prestige in an effort to influence the critical Apr. 18 election in Italy. These officials pointed out that Vienna is the only other city under four-power control and may well be the scene of another Rus-sian-provoked crisis. Like Berlin, it is encircled by Sovietoccupied territory. Communist activity throughout Austria has increased in recent weeks. Acting Secretary of State Robert A. Lovett may shed further light on the ,American attitude toward’ the situation in Berlin at his press conference today. There is practicaily no feeling in government quarters that Russia will intentionally overplay its hand in Berlin to the shooting point. But the rapid pace of recent events in the East-West “cold war” does not rule out the

troops for their handling of the possibility of real trouble, these

problem in the two since the Russian’ order caused him to halt train. shipments. ~“I think it was a good idea to ship by air anyway,” the general said. “It was good practice.” ‘ It began to appear that Russian authorities had ne desire to cut off food supplies to the 10,000 Americans in Berlin, other Allied nationals here, or the 2 million Germans in the city whom the western powers supply with food. The Russians made a charge that the blockade was needed to prevent “western spies” from using Berlin as a gateway to the Soviet zone. But of more interest was the charge made by the same Russian authority, propaganda chief Col. Serge Tulpanov, that it also was needed to prevent Britain and the United States from further plundering” of the German capital.

Fighters on Hand Meanwhile, five U. 8. Airforce P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes landed at Rhine Main Airfield at Frankfurt, Four of them later returned to their base at Neubilberg, Air Force officials said. : Fighter planes do not ordiharily land there unless in trouble. These planes did not appear to be having any difficulty. They circled the field several oe In formation before land-

Air Force officers said the fighter patrols over the American Zone of Germany were part of a training program instituted by Lt.

Gen. Curtis C, Lemay, Air Force commander, » >

ro——————— ie is WABASH RIVER ON RISE MT. CARMEL, IIL, Apr. 2 (UP) City officials estimated at least 20 families in lowland areas near here had been forced to leave their homes today because of rising Wabash River flood waters. The river had risen to 23.7 feet.

officials say.

House Approves ERP hy 3l7to75

Senate to Rush

Bill to Truman WASHINGTON, Apr. 2 (UP)— The House today approved a $6,098,000,000 foreign aid bill to help world recovery and stop the expansion of communism. The house vote was 317 to 75. The bill was sent promptly to the Senate for final action. The bill wraps up into a single package aid for 16 western Kuropean countries in the Marshall Plan and anti-Communist help for Greece, Turkey and China. The Senate was expected to approve it by nightfall and have it on President Truman’s desk for the week-end. Rep. John M. Vorys (R. 0.) presented the bill to the House. He apologized to the GOP leadership because the bill had failed of final enactment by the Apr. 1 deadline the Republicans had set for themselves. “However,” Mr. Vorys “we are at least a week ahead of the time that our critics said it | would take.” There was little debate before] the House began the roll call vote on the bill. President Truman is expected to sign the bill tomorrow. His | aids already were drafting temporary orders for the State Department to start spending. The first shipments may move out of American ports by sundown tomorrow. The final version of the bill was worked out last night by a 10-man Senate-House conference committee. They beat a midnight deadline by minutes in compromising differences between the bills previously approved by the

Flood stage here is 17 feet. rat———

On the Inside

House and Senate.

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Victor Peterson ........

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it was said, apparently hope to hurt|:

taken to a veterinarian today. » ” »

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cocker puppy, Cindy, lost from yesterday. “See,” he explained. Wednesday.

day so’s he can treat it. “If she don’t get taken care of,” he blinked and swallowed hard, “she’ll go blind.”

» # o CINDY, a five-month-old light blond cocker spaniel, was given to Herman and his brother, Johnny, 14, and two sisters, Rosemary Riggin, 17, and Margurita, 16, for Christmas. Mrs. Ralph Wurz gave the present to the children, her adopted family. Cindy was a favorite of all, but she was Herman's special pet. She was operated on Wednesday and a malignant tumor was removed from her eye, Mrs. Wurz let her out for a few minutes about 3 p. m. yesterday and the dog disappeared. The chil-

Find "Woman

Men Are Not Eligible By ART Women and girls with a

he grief of a 12-year-old who has dy of Herman Lee Riggin. Times caught this candid shot as Her-

man told how his dog "Cindy," lost yesterday, may go blind if not

Don't Let My Dog Go Blind’

A Little Boy With Tear-Stained Face Rakes

Yards to Offer Reward for Pet's Return “PLEASE DON'T let my dog go blind.” Tears slid down over his freckled face today as 12 Herman Lee Riggin voiced this appeal for the return of

his home at 932 E. Market St.

“Cindy had an operation on her eye We gotta take her back to the doctor every other

dren and ne

tion, and there was only a little

not enough to indicate to strangers that the eye was infected. Herman cried himself to sleep last night. He was up and out of the house before 6 a. m. this morning. When Mrs. Hurz found him he was raking a neighbor's yard. “I've got to make some money,” he told her. “I'm gonna rake yards all day and get enough money to pay a reward to someone for bringing Cindy back.” Herman's phone number is FR2295 or FR-2084.

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fo Compete WRIGHT keen eye can win cash next

(week when “The Woman of The Times” walks the down-

said, town streets.

All they have to do is say

to her: “You are The Woman

of The Times" —say it exactly like that—and at the same time hand her a copy of the LATEST edition of Thé Times.

This new contest — for women and girls only—comes

by popular demand as sequel to the recent “Man of The Times” contest which created such a holiday spirit in downtown Indianapolis. , Because a boy won the $125 cash in the man hunt, The Times is going to give women and girls ONLY a chance at the cash. Men are barred completely from the contest. If a man should tag the “Woman of The Times,” even if he is accompanied by a woman, she will not reveal her identity. Monday Award $50 If a woman or girl properly tags “The Woman of The Times” she will readily admit her identity and will immediately take the contestant to The Times office to get the cash award. : The award Monday will be $501

Times-Legion

. «+» and more cash will be added to the prize every day “The Woman of The Times” goes unidentified. Time Schedule You will find her in the downtown shopping area, E. and W. Washington Sts. and vicinity. She will be in that general area! from 10 a. m. until 2 p. m,, in-| cluding the Circle. She will be on the streets again between 4 Pp. m. and 5 p. m. in the same locality. You must tag her between those hours and you must identify her while she is on the streets. If she goes indoors, wait for her to come out again. Here is the schedule of when the various editions of The Times will be on the newstands: Capital Edition, 10 a. m.; Hoosier Home Edition, 11:30 a. m.; Final

Home Edition, 1:15 p. m.; Final

(Red Streak) Edition, 4 p. m.

Horse Show

At Coliseum May 14, 15, 16

Renewal of the Indiana Saddle Horse Association's spring horse show has been scheduled for May 14, 15 afid 16 in the Fair-

grounds Coliseum.

The event, held in Columbia City last year,

soréd by-The Times and the Rob

will be spon-

ison-Ragsdale Post of the Amer-

ican Legion. Proceeds from the Legion-Times Charity Horse Show

will be used for philanthropic activities of the Legion post. The show will be restricted to horse events only. The 1946 show

here included a rodeo. Backers|to

of the show have eliminated the rodeo to give more time for showing a greater number of horses of all classes. .

ing your Indianapolis Times for admission prices and the date for

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area until long after dark. but|~ Now she found no trace of the og 1 Saloppies. Jick THE DOG wore no identificaredness around her eye, probably

Bootleg Cab Profits Run Into 5 Figures

In '46, Officer Says

Woman Made $15,000

Oleo Tax Repeal Backers Pledged Action by House

WASHINGTON, Apr. 2 (UP) Rep. L. Mendel Rivers (D. 8. C.) announced today that the necessary 218 House members have

signed a petition to force a House vote on ‘repeal of federal oleomargarine taxes. Mr. Rivers is a leader in the

(Third and Last of a Series)

oleo tax repeal bloc. He drew

By KENNETH HUFFORD They call him Sgt. Yardbird.

cute them. His name is Harry Yarbrough.

Northwest Passage.

on for two years.

themselves will testify. He Knows the Problem

sleeve.

bumper. 25th St. and Northwestern Ave

ing calls and passing them on,

methods.

tion come in.

them folded their tents and tel phones and moved Te.

and a used car business. This gent has 30 cars working, about 10 of which he owns. They are driven by “boots” who work on a 40 per cent edge. Call During Raid Among his abilities is an “in” where he can deliver a nearly new auto in 24 hours to a customer who wants to buy one. He used to be in the legitimate cab business until he lost his license in a political shuffle, Once when Sgt. Yarbrough and squad raided a hootleg cab exchange in Northwest Passage, 10 customers called for cabs while the cops were asking questions. Some of the bigger operators issue cards. Some have put out calendars with their phone numbers. “The boots are pretty sharp,” said Sgt. Yarbrough. “They found

those hours.” 3 Months—300 Arrests This was during an intensive three-month drive when Sgt. Yar-

the bootleg racket under control when he was reassigned. Then it started up again. ‘Sgt. Yarbrough operated

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Plans of the Indiana Saddle Horse Association, the Legion and The Times call for the show be an annual event. z

Elaborate plans already under way for an event that should be one of the outstanding spring horse shows in the nation, comparable to Lexington, Louisville, Kansas City, Chicago’s International, and New York's Madison Garden.

RUrak «eee. 21] Your House. 26, qpaning of the ticket sales,

forecast a record num-

i of entries from yy states.

He's a young, good-looking cop whose politeness in dealing with the denizens of the town’s underworld is equalled by the mass of evidence he collects to prose-

He's smooth, they say up in

Sgt. Yarbrough's assignment for three months last year was to trap the 300 to 400 bootleg cab operators who keep vice moving in the near-northwest sections of Indianapolis. He has worked on this problem off and

"He's good at it—as the cabbies

His ability to identify the cattailed, honking, unlicensed cabs won him the three stripes on his He knows the bootleg cab problem from bumper to

He can tell you about. the woman who made $15,000 in 1346 operating a bootleg cabstand at

She bought property with her revenue and still collects $1 daily from each of her drivers for tak-

She employs strictly business Each of her drivers has a

number and she calls them »ff in rotation as orders for transporta-

Opfrators like Mrs. X make Northwest Indianapolis a: Northwest Passage for vice and crime. In addition to her, there is another woman bootleg cab operator, but she is financed by a aan who has reached the point of owning a pair of filling stallions

out I was working from 6 p. m. have him declared her commonto 2 a. m. So they laid off during law husband and the father of]

TRANSPORTATION TIEUP—Number Fiv accept a call for service while present. The plainclothesman

up the petition to force the legislation out of the House Agriculture Committee, which had refused to act on it at this session. This petition needed 218 signatures, a majority of the House members. «Mr. Rivers said that .the necessary number was reached shortly after the House had voted to override President Truman's tax bill veto. Under the House. rules, the legislation will now be in order for a vote by the House, Apr. 26.

Extra Legislative Session in Doubt

Emergency Must Arise For Call, Gates Says

A special session of the Legislature will not be considered unless a financial emergency arises to warrant such action, Gov. Ralph Gay aid today.

.| Talk ofthe, possibility of a special sessioni"was started at the State House yesterday. It was started in connection with plans to. transfer some money to the State Highway Commission for badly needed road construction. The State Budget Comnrittee was to have discussed today the possibility of using some of the $8 million cigaret taxes for emergency highway work. The meeting ‘was’ until next eek due to Directo;

sion will be discussed unless the budget committee finds that the emergency is serious enough for drastic action. “We may know something on the subject next week,” he said. The Governor denied that discussions of a special session would have any implications in connection with the race for the GOP Governor nomination. There had been reports that the Gates organization might try to get legislation passed authorizing the direct primary system for nominating state candidates in an effort to defeat U. 8. Sen. William E. Jenfer for the governor nomination. The governor's organization is supporting Walter Helmke, Ft. Wayne, attorney for the GOP governor nomination.

¢ illness of Budgr Ross Freeman. Gov. Gates sald no special ses POLS

Senate In Brushing

WASHINGTON, Apr. 2

retroactive to Jan. 1, became

Congress Overrides Truman's Tax Veto

Backs House

Aside Plea

That Cut Menaces Peace

President Calls It Blow to Defenses; Bill Extends First Relief in 20 Years BULZETIN

(UP) — The Senate today

Joined the House in overriding President Truman’s veto of the Republican $4.8 billion tax reduction bill. The bill,

a law at once.

President's declaration that

the veto. aie

Tax Cut Charts, Page 16 WASHINGTON, Apr. 2 (UP) —The House today passed the tax cut bill over President Truman's veto. It approved the $4.8 billion reduction bill despite the

tax reduction now would

weaken the U. 8. in a time of international peril, The House vote was announced as 311 to 88. This was 45 votes more than the two-thirds necessary to override

The bill went promptly to the Senate which was sched

uled to ratify the House action later today and thus enact the first major tax reduction in nearly 20 years. Both Houses had to approye the bill by two-thirds majorities to make it a law over the President's objection. It appeared certain that the new lower income tax rates would be on the statute books before nightfall. , The measure will take 7.4 million persons off the tax rolls and cut the levies against those left on. The first effects of Lhe cut will be felt May 1 when withholding taxes on wages and salaries are cut. President Truman told Congress in his veto message that

weaken this nation's efforts to maintain peace abroad and progathome™ - P

perity. But the

called the President's extension of his stubborn opposition to much-needed tax relief and equalization.”

- Veto Undebated

Referring to Mr. Truman's action in twice vetoing tax cuts in the last session, and making them stick, Mr. Halleck said: “This is the third time he has sought to thwart the will of the elected representatives of the pepole who ‘have the first responsibility in this matter.” The House vote was taken as soon as a clerk finished reading the veto message. There was no debate, The President's 1700-word veto message was sent to the House while he was attending Cana-

the tax cut “would materially|P

great majority of Corio

in estate and gift taxes “would 80 to only about 12,000 of the most wealthy families.'s FIVE: If tax cuts prevent sizable reductions in the $253 billion national debt in a prosperious period, there is little pros~ pect that the debt “will ever be materially reduced.” Mr. Truman said it would be shortsighted ‘to cut taxes “at the very time when our obligations are increasing.” He referred to foreign aid and military preparedness. He said that nearly 40 per cent of the tax reduction money would 80 to individuals whose net ine comes exceed $5000 and who rep. resent less than 5 per cent of all i pted fo e n out that co te rofits reached the “extraordi

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Agree on Slate

Report Jacob Switch

To Congress Race By NOBLE REED

Democratic leaders they agreed at noon today on a slate of candidates they will sup. port in the May 4 primary ballot ng. The agreement, reached after a series of conferences with Mayor

reported

dian-American Day ceremonies at

‘Wife's Father. to Be

Governor's Defense MONTGOMERY, Ala. Apr. 2 (UP) — Alabama Gov. James E, Folsom disclosed today that the {father of his late wife will be | nis chief defense counsel in a

\paternity suit brought against

Williamsburg, Va. It listed these major reasons for disapproving any tax cut now:

ONE: The bill would “under-

Feeney, switched Andrew Jacobs, attorney, from his announced candidacy tor prosecutor, to run for the Democratic 11th District

Congress nomination instead.

mine the soundness of our government finances at a time when

TWO: It would produce

him by a woman who seeks to

her infant son. Mr. Folsom said he will be |represented by Judge J. A. {Carnley of Elba; Ala., father of

brough made 300 arrests, He had|the late Mrs. Folsom who died

|seevral years ago. The governor has until Apr, 7) {to answer charges filed against

inihim by Mrs. Christine Putnam|go to “less than 5 per cent of

{Johnston of Hanceville, Ala., that {he fathered her 20-month-old son.

tindale Ave., a bootleg cab stand, without warning. What

phone customer faces Alonzo

Beasley, “stand operator. Cp

e, a bootleg cab driver, h Police. Sgt. Harry Yarbrough, second from right, is popped into the Ideal Service Record Sho

ly increase the dangér of fur-| ther inflation.” | THREE: For the family the tax cut “would pe an! evil in diguise” because it would | help to “drive the cost of living! still higher.” FOUR; The bill “is inequitable as well as untimely.” Forty per cent of the reduction would

all taxpayers.” Nearly all of the $250 million annual reduction

830 Mar-

‘fcompromise landed on

{tor and sheriff races,

Although Mr. Jacobs could not be reached immediately for coms

world peace depends upon the ment on the change, it is known strength of the United States.” [that he conferred with party leada 6s earlier on the switch and is deficit in fiscal 1949 and “great- Presumed to have agreed to it:

Dalley Gets Support The leaders said they will supe

average port George 8. Dailey, attorney and opponent of Mayor Feeney

in the mayoralty nomination race a year ago, for the Democratic prosecutor nomination. For sheriff, the party conferees said they had agreed to back

of the City Sanitation Board. The agreement involved unanimous backing of party leaders for Charles A. Greathouse Jr., Democratic. committee treasurer, for the party nomination for County Treasurer. A few minutes later Mr. Greathouse formally announced his candidacy for the office. He is vice-president of the Standard Enamel & Paint Co. Those who attended the last conference at which the agrees ment was reported to have been made included Frank E. McKins ney, Fidelity Trust Co. president and long-time party leader: Judge Joseph Howard, of Municipal Court 3 and Mayor Feeney. § Report Friction Develops

Others attended the confer

| ences yesterday and last night,

It was reported that friction developed saainly over the prosecutor lineup. One . been pushing Willlam Steckler for the spot but some City Hall Democrats opposed him and the Mr. Dailey, Meanwhile, vers among Republican leaders were speed. ing toward factional alignments

for contests in both the prosecuThe regular GOP ) tion around Chairman James’ Ingles were still about bringing out a candidate against Prose. cutor Judson L; Stark. None had appeared up to noo today, however, it

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