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Ships Excluded In Experiment WASHINGTON, Apr. 19 (UP) An atomic weapon, believed to he an improved atomic bomb, has been tested secretly at Eniwetok, remote and heavily-guarded Pacific atoll. : Results of the test were not— and will not be—announced. The Atomic’ Energy Commission, in a brief and guarded announcement, did not even reveal the date of the world's sixth known atomic explosion.

Improved’ A-Bomb ested at Eniwetok

{gin, 57,691 to 32,465.

Scattered Vote Reveals Reds Trail in Italy

Definite Trend Undisclosed Yet

ROME, Apr. 19 (UP) — Elec-

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Lewis Found Term in Jail Hinted

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toral offices gave semi-official returns from 142 Italian precincts today,

The returns were in the Sen-

The only report on the test will, =

made secretly to the joint Atomic Energy Committee of Congress,

Nominations Due

Meanwhile, the White House said today that President Truman this week will nominate the entire Atomic Energy Commission for reappointment. It is headed by David E. Lilienthal. When the commission was established, each member was given a one-year term. The new nomi nations, however, will carry staggered terms running from one year to five. From previous statements by members of the commission and others, it was considered likely that the Eniwetok explosion was a laboratory test of the bomb under strictly-controlled conditions. It may have been a deep-water blast, Comparison Sought It was believed to have been carried out to determine how much better today's atomic bomb is than those dropped on’ Hirgt shima and Nagasaki, Japan, in the waning days of World War II and those tested at Bikini in July, 19486. The Hiroshima bomb was announced as move p- erful than

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ate race. There are 41648 precinets in the nation. Those in< {cluded in this total were 122 Milan, 19 in Rome, and one in Venice. The only official returns win come from the Ministry of Interior. These returns, as reported by electoral offices, could be re garded as reliable, however, No Definite Trend No definite trends could be ex- i pected to show before late tonight, at the earliest, and defmite indications as to whether Communism had won or lost may not come before late Wednesday or | early Thursday.

no, representative of The Times in the Cental Hbrery.

Times Sewing

Women, Girls Vie for

Women. and girls who seek a

the eight classifications will win $50. Second place winner will get $20. The first place garment in| each classification will be sent

i 20,000 tons of TNT. ‘he Nagasa-\New. York jate this month forthe Central Library Auditorium. ¢ ki bomb 3 judging in the national contest.

that. pi Lie nthe. the first prize for The merely|a Hoosier will be (ha in as ad ots. made So pu ee day ao

that for security reasons the dateito and results will not be announced. Date Not Disclosed Here is the brief statement by

| the Atomic Energy Commission

on the new test: “There has been a test of an atomic weapon at the proving grounds of the Atomic Energy Commission on Eniwetok Atoll x the Marshall Islands. For security reasons the date of the test is not being announced. “A. classified report of the test results is being made to the joint Committee on Atomic Energy of the Congress. “The test was conducted under full security restrictions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, and pursuant to the provisions of the act, the public issuance of further information concerning the test is not permissible at present.” Military officials connected with the Eniwetok tests have said there would be no ships used as guinea pigs there. The effects of the explosion probably were measured entirely with scientific = instruments under closely-controlled conditions, Seen as ‘Real’ Test If such was the case, the Eni-|. wetok explosion, in the view of some scientists, will be the first real scientific test of the atomic bomb since the first one was exploded at Alamogordo, N. M.,, in the summer of 1945. Some scientists feel that the two explosions at Bikini were carried out under conditions unfavorable to scientific measurement. The bomb dropped from the air, for example, went off a considerable distance from its scheduled

target. The second atom bomb to be

exploded after the New Mexico

test was that dropped on Hiro-

shima, Japan, in August, 1945.

In the same month the third

bomb was exploded on Nagasaki.

It was believed an improvement

on the Hiroshima bomb. Thén

followed the Bikini tests and now

Eniwetok,

Warmer Today; Rain Tonight

LOCAL nn! RES

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High temperatures ranging from 80 to 84 degrees are the of-

ficial forecast of the U. 8. Weath-| - SOI scsvsrvscsvorsepacspennnne er Bureau for Indianapolis and Gare. vicinity today. “Ewe pick it” . . Considerable: cloudiness and stock contest .

mild winds ‘will accompany today's warmth, while tonight continued cloudiness and warm fis predicted along with widely scattered showers and possible thunderstorms ‘ending tomorrow fore-

hoon.

Tonight the mercury’s low will be from 58 to 62 and tomorrow afternoon the weather will be

New York City.

More than 300 high school pu Home Show today, swelling the annual exposition. An estimated 15,000 persons

J. Frank Cantwell, managing; director, said daily attendance is ahead of the 1947 show and advised the public to come early in the day to avoid the péak crowds at night. Sponsor ‘Garden Party

A group of 70 Shelbyville women were to hold a garden party in the Manufacturers Building this noon. Another group from Shelby County will hold a luncheon there tomorrow. More than $50 in cash prizes will be awarded at.8 o'clock tonight lin the miniature model house building contest sponsored by the Indianapolis Real Estate Board. ‘The entries made by students of Broad Ripple, Shortridge, Technical and Pike Township High

NEEDLEWORK ARTISTS—Mrs, Everlena Comer among many other prize seekers submitted her handiwork to Mrs. Marilyn Fen-

Attracts Many Entrants

Central Library. Display Opens Next Monday By ART WRIGHT

The Times National Sewing Contest were delivering hundreds of garments today to the main desk at the Central Library. Dresses, suits and coats and glamour clothes made up the contest “wardrobe” for the eight judging classifications. In the Indianapolis judging, the first prize winner in each of

300 Pupils to Swell Large

Crowds at Home Show

23d Annual Exhibit Viewed by 15,000 in Single Day; Public Urged to Come Early

was the largest attendance since the show opened Friday and included many out-of-town visitors. |

{Schools are on

National. Sewing Contest, today

Contest

Share of $1460 in Prizes;

pt share of $1460 in Gosh prizes in

The garments submitted today by the entrants will be seen by the public on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week in

The public display will be open rom 48 Im iA pL ‘Contestants had until 7 p. m. day Yo: deliver thelr antzy gar.) men

pils were to visit the Indianapolis record crowd attending the 23d

visited the show yesterday. It

exhibit in the board's booth just north of the pit. 5000 Flowers Donated More than 5000 flowers have been donated by the Allied Florists - Association and are being sold during the show by members of the Marion County Cancer Society. The flower sales are being directed by Mrs. B. L. Byriet and Mrs. Fred Luker, Eight high school classes totaling 234 students will visit the Home Show tomorrow as will the Home Economics, Club from Nashville, A group of 19 women of the Amo Home Economics Club were to attend today. Complete details on the furnish-

Police to Curb Spring Speeders

ers was announced today by Capt. Audry Jacobs of the police traffic bureau. “We have been getting about 50 or 60 speeders a day for the past few days and you'd be sur-

A spring crackdown on speed-|

ings of the two homes may be obtained at the L. 8. Ayres & Co. booth near the main entrance.

Tech Student Injured Seriously by Truck

Albert Smith, 20, 9 S. Pine St., was struck by a truck today on

grounds. Witnesses said he ran around the corner of the school

estimated 25 million or more votes. That would constitute a

the Technical High School]

poll only about 30 per cent of an

resounding defeat for them.

Rightist newspapers in Rome; and Milan carried scattered returns showing the Christian Democratic Party of Premier Al-

est vote. Ronning Well The Communist front was shown running second or third. The Third Socialist Union, which is anti-Communist, also was running well.

About 90 per cent of the 29.000,000 registered voters had cast ballots when the polls closed {at 6 a. m. Indianapolis Time, and ane weather which swelled the vote was seen as a good omen for anti-Communist forces,

The election was peaceful for the most part, but terrorists who were described as Communists by the government made shooting attacks on three arsenals in Milan -area. They were driven off. Rumors of an attempted Communist coup by violence tomorrow persisted but the government appeared firmly in control. “Oharge of Fraud ° " Noisy Communist charges of fraud against Premier Alcide de Gasperi’s Christian Democrat party appeared to observers to be laying the groundwork for formal accusations if the leftists are defeated by a heavy margin. Military intelligence sources warned the Communists planned a coup tomorrow, They said Com-~ munist newspapers and a secret Communist radio would broadcast false reports of a Communist election victory and follow it with an attack.

Most pre-election forecasts had | indicated the Communists might|

cide de Gasperi polling the high- § ,

Street Damage Survey Planned

More Money Sought From Transit Firm

ito determine the extent of damage done to them by vehicles of Indianapolis: Railways, Ine, will begin within the next few days, The checkup is the result of a meeting today between Mayor Al Feeney and the oly Works Board and officials of the railway company. The city seeks to obtain more money, from the utility for repair of Indianapolis testa, The Mayor expressed the timents of the city when he told railway officials, “We believe you!

A secret radio transmitter cut) in on the Rome wavelength last night. For two minutes it repeat-! ed over and over the word “Guat-| emala.” Officials had no immediate explanation. Earlier another transmitter, using the radio Milan waveléngth, was heard making tests. It limited itself to a standard call signal with no verbal announcement,

Yank MP's Ram Russ Car at Vienna

VIENNA, Apr. 19 (UP)—American Military Police today forcibly freed a stateless woman who had been kidnaped by armed Soviet officers in civilian clothes in the U. 8, sector of Vienna, the Provost Marshal's office reported. Col. Bernard F. Hurless, provost marshal, said the Russians violated every existing four-power occupation agreement in the kid« naping and in their actions later. He said he had recommended that |a formal protest be made at once tc the Russian command. » ” ”

prised to find out how many of them havé no drivers’ licenses, » he said. The campaign will be continued until the “spring urge” to| speed is curbed, he sald.

gymnasium into the path of the | ns vehicle. The truck driver was Vernon | Cartwright, 1129 E. 19th St. The student was taken to General | Hospital. His condition is serious.

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AFTER being caught in the act {of kidnaping by an international {patrol car, Col. Hurless said, the Russians had to be taken forcibly to international police patrol head{quarters at Auersberg Palace: When they refused to drive their car into the palace grounds locked the brakes and hid the keys, he said, the car was rammed up the driv.way by a patrol car. The three Russians had to be dragged bodily from the car, he said, and the Soviet deputy provost marshal, a captain, was placed under arrest for a short time for ordering them not to tollow the orders of the American police,

less said, that the Americans had had to resort to bodily force.

ICC Grants Railroads

In Freeing Woman

'igloomy picture of utility opera-

It was the first time, Col. Hur-

have torn up more streets than you have paid for.” Indianapolis Railways paid the city $20,754 directly in 1947. Of this amount, $11,373 was for city {licenses on 223 motor coaches and $18,381 was for trackless trolley paving assessment.

Asked for Survey

Harry Reid, president of the company, asked that the survey be made in order that there might be a basis for determining additional charges, if any, He said, “If we are not paying our full share, I think we should increase our payment to the city.” Most of the discussion took place between Mayor Feeney and {| Mr. Reid. The utility head declareds “One thing we have got to remember is that we are both working for the same people.” Mayor Feeney replied, “Yes, but you have a few extra people on the side—your stockholders.” Mr. Reid then sald, “Another - thing to remember is that we will have to have higher fares, if we add to our expenses. The law says we should get a fair return, but when the Public Service Commission fixes the amount of that return we come up with a lot of red figures.” “You overcame that the other day,” the Mayor answered, referring to the yellow coupon fund which was finally released to the utility by court action.

Paints Gloomy Picture Mr. Reid went on to paint a

tions. He pointed out the firm is about to-sa®.7 Into wage negotiations with employees. He also dethe cost of operating routes to outlying districts is not being met by the number of riders hauled to those areas. He added that the utility would be glad to sell out to the city. Mayor ' Feeney answered the city has “no ambitions, but maybe we can find you a buyer.” In justifying the utility’s present payment, James Tretton, utility traffic manager, . pointed out that the company had

Freight Rate Increases

WASHINGTON, Apr. 19 (UP) ~The International Commerce! {Commission today granted the nation’s railroads additional freight rate increases estimated! to give them $300 million more revenue a year,

The carriers are authorized to 15'make the increases effective after; 11.10 days’ notice to the public. 15}

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The increases were ordered by hody of an unidentified woman 16 regions. Carriers in the East and who apparently had been slain Washington 14 Northeast received the largest Dr. Jordan. 16|8ide Glances 14 Weather Map 2 boost.

patched a few holes and spent {$17,000 for spreading salt and |abrasives along bus routes in the city last year. . Utility officials also contended ithe firm had spent approximately

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jat loading zones during 1947.

Body Found in Boiler

| BOSTON, Apr. 19 (UP)--The

Senators Finally Forced to Take

A survey of Indianapolis streetsthe baseball season in Washington as the World Champion New

Philadelphia -{the Red Sox 5-4 in the first game! Mr of a scheduled morning-afternoon idouble-header in Boston as part of a Patriots’ Day celebration and

GUILTY AGAIN — Twice in a row John L. Lewis and his United Mine Workers of America have been convicted of contempt of court by the same federal ju Mr. Lewis is shown leaving a U.S. district court at Washington after Federal lage,

T. Alan Goldsborough found him guilty, as he did in 1946.

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Court Delays Sentencing

To Tomorrow

Finds Walkout Called. in ‘Code’ WASHINGTON, Apr. 19 (UP)—John L. Lewis and

his United Mine Workers Union today were judged guilty of criminal and civil contempt for failing to end the recent coal strike “forthwith.”

The guilty verdict was handed down by Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough, who hinted that he may be considering imposing a jail sentence on Mr. Lewis. Immediately after that, Judge Goldsborough said he believed the defendants were guilty of contempt beyond any reasonable doubt. He added, however, that he did not emphasize the civil contempt verdict, which merely permits a fine, because a fine would only “transfer the fine from the union to the United States Treasury—from one class of people to all the people and wouldn't solve any of the problems.” “Issue Must Be Met” “The court is firmly convinced,”

‘| Judge Goldsborough said, “that -

this has gotten beyond the bounds of expediency—this issue

Truman Measure

By United Prem President Truman shut up

congressional shop today to open

York Yankees open the Amerfcan League pennant chase are against the Senators. President Truman, who warmed up recently by Sawing a tax cut veto at Congress, had announced be would toss out the first pitch righthanded He is ambidextrous. In other games today the Athletics defeated

Pittsburgh was to open the Reds’ season in Cincinnati. Other major league teams will open their seasons tomorrow.

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Judge ‘Shocks’.

Miners Called Fighting Mad’

must be met.”

tched “by not only every lawless person in the country but also by every lawless person in the world.”

Jail Term Likely To Touch Off Strike

slon in the John L. Lewis contempt case. Although 75 per cent of the 400,000 soft coal miners were on the job this morning in advance of Judge Goldsborough's. decision, indications were strong that they will stage a protest strike if the judge levies a heavy fine or sends . Lewis to jail. The unanimous opinion of high officials in all three UMW districts in Kentucky was that miners now working would not return to the pits tomorrow. And at Springfield, spokesman for a UMW who refused the use of his name, predicted that the miners “won't dig coal in spite of hell” if their leader is fined or given a jall

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Hoosier Leader

TERRE HAUTE, Apr. 19 (UM ~~Louls Austin, president of United Workers District 11, said today he “could not understand” a reference by Federal Judge |Goldsborough to the effect that the miners used a “code to avoid responsibility” in the five-week nation-wide walkout of soft coal miners, Mr. Austin said he was “shocked” by the news that Mr. Lewis and the union had been convicted. But he refused to com-~ ment on what the Hoosier miners would do if Mr. Lewis draws a jail sentence.

UMW officials in Pennsylvania and West Virginia refused to comment. Production, reached its highest peak since the start of the fourweek coal strike when more than 300,000 miners went to work this morning.

FRISCO SHAKEN BY QUAKE SAN FRANCIBCO, Apr. (UP)—A sharp earthquake shook San Francisco and the bay area yesterday on the forty-second anniversary of the disastrous 1906 earthquake and fire, No damages were reported.

Hog Receipts

were received here. government price controls. Farmers were spurred by the attempts of meat packers to step up production in strikebound! Co, hogs were received at the nation's 12 big cornbelt livestock terminals. As a result, prices

lower per hundred pounds.

House Workers. said the police details. force.

150 Pickets on Line

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- Total Is Largest Since 16,000 Noted in 1946;

30 Workers on Job at Armour Plant

An estimated 14,000 hogs were expected to hit the Indianapolis Stockyards today as hog prices slumped $1.50 under Friday's prices. This is the largest hog receipt since Oct. 17, 1946, when 16,000 On the previous day, Oct. 16, 1946, 20,000 were received. This was immediately following the lifting of!

The U. B. Department of Agri-| culture. reported that 100,000

dropped sharply, from $1 to $1.50

Meanwhile, about 30 employees were working today at the local packing plant of Armour & Co, as Armour plants over the Midwest opened in defiance of the month-old strike of CIO Packing

R. H. Borchers, manager of the plant, at 602 W. Ray 8t, now working came through picket lines last night under watchful eyes of He estimated ‘the group constituted only about 10 per cent of a normal working

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PITTSBURGH, Apr. 19 (UP) Ofelaln of the United Mine Work-| Judge ers said today the nation’s miners “Aghting mad” over the deci- mak

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but he looked at the judge when the verdict was annouhced. And usual, he had no comment

judge noted, that no strike

that “these men had work or not.”

bility of “independent action" to force the operators to comply with the contract,’ ‘ “Well, what independent action could be taken by them except to.

tioning as a union, it must be held responsible for the mass ac tion of its members. Men don't act oollectively without leader ship. The suggestion that 350~ 000 men would get the idea stmultaneously to walk out collectively is, of course, simply ridiculous, “And if that sort of a mae neuver is recognized as valid by this court, then you will have among the unions lawlessness, chaos and ultimate anarchy.” Judge Goldsborough said the case would be different if the UMW had lost control of its members. But he sajd that, in this case, “the union and its president . . don’t contend for one instance that the union isn’t functioning

directed from headquarters.” } ‘Code’ for Strike Judge Goldsborough ruled that Mr. Lewis actually had called a

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| gotiations with United Packinghouse Workers representatives

plants, particularly Armour &| Friday and announced deter-

| mination to reopen their plants without further bargaining. Other “big. four” packers—B8wift, Cuda hy and Wilson—continued bargaining sessions. Despite tension around the plant, svrrounded by an estimated 150 pickets, the first shift of new help went to work without incident. Plant officials here described picket activities as “orderly.” George Shaner, president of local 43 of the United Packinghouse Workers, said picket lines

employees. Real test of Armour success in re-opening the plant was expect-

ers” and said nod

would be strengthened around the plant in anticipation of attempts to bring in new shifts of

ed to come after preliminary operations had been completed when larger shifts will be re- * “lquired to keep meat moving “But as fast as we can obtain through various processes. Union officials described all the said, “we will get back into nor- new employees as “strikebreak-

strike when he advised UMW locals on March 12 that the soft coal operators had “dishonored” their contract in the pension (dispute. The judge said Mr. Lewis’ Mar. 12 letter was in effect a “code” telling them to strike. “The miners walked out when told the agreement was dishone ored,” Judge Goldsborough said. “They go back when told the agreement was honored. Can that be anything else than a code?” “There is no difficulty about deciding that the evidence shows beyond all reasonable doubt-= practically beyond all doubt--that the defendants are gullty of criminal contempt,” Judge Golds« borough said. He added that they ah were guilty of civil contempt. Judge Goldsborough's guilty verdict raised the possibility that somé miners may walk out again

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