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“SPELLING CHAMPION—"Kip = Hine; a-12-year-_.old eighth grade student at Orchard School, is the new spelling bee’ champion of Indianapolis. He spelled down 2 other finalists in The Times Spelling Bee Jost night.
A-Plus Pupil From Orchard * Is New City Spelling Champ +:
Kip’ Hine Jr. > 21 Finalists,
Including Last Year's Winner, in Times’ Bee
ives ‘Raise’
Irgunsts Defy smaferrederr Youth, 71, Held Arca
Plan Bridge Bids At Emrichsville
{the Mansheih quarter of Jaffa. \while their’ distraught parents] § {If the British wanted to fight it] tried to end a session of banter-| out there, they were ready, the! (ing and name-calling, police were |
The new federal income tax cut] ; went into effect today, giving al-| Pose New Problems From now on the government Tragedy Climaxes rr For British Leaders (will take a smaller bite out of] tem. This is. the first noticeable [Friday night saw a greater-than- | ==The Arabs shelled the north- frect of t 8 billion income ! ern outskirts of Jerusalem, |; of the-$48--bi {usual amount. .of gun play that JERUSALEM, May 1 (UP)- Truman's veto, ) angry residents, a policeman shot |Jewish troops today defied a Brit- EyERYBODY who pays a fed- At an alleged automobile thief |, hard-won gains in the Arab city, gnajler taxpayers will go off Sunshot wounds. posing new problems in the strug-|ine tax rolls altogether. Frequent arguments between wo weeks. t mak difference from war service in the Pacitic| % oly Britain's bitterest enemies in | doesn’ the money BY a actually theater ended early today in one! § Cn | British ultimatum to clear out of The family “tragedy happened |. 3 Conduct [ase Rain Stops, Sun -
Ultimatum to Ee Workers Today | most. 50 million Americans a ks of those on the Frequent Arguments BULLETIN the paychecks o authorities tax reduction voted by Congress|iacted until early today. : . or _— {ish threat to blast them out of ,.41 income tax will get some who escaped on foot and three, 3 ” Granted [ o ay gle of the British to liquidate their| my, "15x cyt applies to pay- two brothers who have . been Palestine, the Irgun Zval Leumi oyrned, It's the daté on the Shooting and critically wounding Beams on Track
ro Loses In Shutng i . WASHINGTON, May 1 (UP)— Quit Jaffa : Iboost .in take-home .pay. JERUSALEM, May 1 (UP) | ‘pay-as-you-go” withholding sys-| pyjice accustomed to an active announced tonight. oarly this month over President. mhree prowlers drew fire from | Jaffa if they did not give up benefit. About 7.400,000 of the Persons were hospitalized with) {Palestine mandate within exactly! \checks you get after today. It Very nervous” since returning In Disor ty under) d fighters, rejected a checks that counts. [the other. LOUISVILLE, Ky. May 1 (UP)
Irgunists said. | “The British failure to end the siege of ~ Jaffa complicated . their {overall strategy of laying down {the mandate May 15. They had proposed to fall back on “Haifa, the port of" ‘emrbarka‘tion. Now the Jaffa battle. with! -la British garrison caught squarely | 10 thie “middle; threw ‘the -time-
The victim, 33-year-old Donald § E Murphy, is in General Hos- | pital with an abdominal wound, b His brother, William B. Mur-|
5-Span Structure Phy, who celebrated. his... 21at.. ’ “+birthday. yesterday. was chi
To Curb Hazards |with ‘assault and battery with! Bids will be taken on May 27|intent to kill for construction of a new bridge. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. table out of kilter. |over White River on 16th St. Barton Murphy. (old police that! rewind Jewish, Areas a near Lafayette Rd. John H. William fired -through Donald's! sh sources in Tel Aviv sald payer, State Highway Commis- bedroom door at the family i . . Syrian army forces attacked three sion Chairman. announced today. home, 1305 E. New York St, he ; joatay . Ng of 3 De rr Jewish settlements in the border yg 52 trafffé is routed over 16th when the older brother refused y bin i Arcaro, upon. (ation.
St. to “come out and fight.” {a 1 to 10 shot, was given a clean “The British war office said it, (Construction on the span,| The parents told police both, bill of health, at least for the no confirmation -‘hat Pales- which will cost approximately sons had argued frequently over Derby. had had been invaded by any $000,000 is expected to. begin trivial matters “ever since they The disorderly conduct charge Arab state. In Cairo, the defense|apoust. July 1 if the contract is got out of the service,” Both on which he was arrested on minister ‘denied a rumor that|jet this month. saw heavy. action during World| Derby eve, was set over in court Byptian forces had invaded, +The hazardous “8S” curve in War IL 80 there would be nothing to inalestine.)
the resent Emrichsville bridge, 7 terfere in his bid for Rantuckss (In Beirut, Foreign Mintster, p dg Charged With “Assault Wi
day for both the Reltneny Derby ihe Eadie Arearos-:
‘half-inch. of early morning Taine tall, Arcaro ‘won, -at least, the right {6 ride the horse which al-
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Another photo, Page 2 By ART WRIGHT
An A-plus boy pupil from Orchard private school today was had invaded northern Palestine.) |
the new Indianapolis Spelling. Champion.
Maynard Kiplinger - Hine Jr. — who wants to be known as! The British bid for peace at “Kip” — spelled down 21 finalists in The Times Spelling Bee last Jaffa broke down after the Ir-|
night in the Central Library Auditorium. School, was second. _— ier prize winners finished in this order: Mary Lorton, 13, a team last season. Barbara Walker, Echool eighth-grader; Helen Baker, 11, of St, Bridget's School. Two words spelled correctly in/ 7 succession cinched the contest for “Kip.” They were “delica-| be tessen” and “dyspepsia.” Used 92 Words “Kip™ got his chance -at the title when “Emilie misspelled “delicatessen.” “Kip” corrected the spelling, then in line with contest rules he spelled the next word—"‘dyspepsia®-correctly. Ninety-two words were used tal the finals. Words that stumped
tional
paid by The Times.
Chase Motorist,
“copious,” “effeminate.” ous,” “glutinous,” “cache” and “chasm.”
“ gase-
wrist watch and gold medal from vehicle. Kessler Blvd.
Indianapolis Champion, the presentation. got medals and fountain pen and A guard rail pencil sets.
Dr. and Mrs. M. K. Hine, 327; Buckingham Drive. Dr. Hine is!
dean of the Indiana University |Sanders,
Ttredtea “at General Hospit : A’. Student The othe Described as an outstanding was driven ‘by Lucille
dominating on his report. cards, unhurt. “Kip” says he didn’t study for the spelling bee.
self at any time,” he said as wreck: other” contestants und welll:
wishers crowded around him to ‘Girl Picks Pocket To Place Derby Bet
(UP) "Fairview ‘Presbyterian Adele Lucy Robertson, 20, of Lex-| hailed One of the happiest spectators| felony court today, accused of 10-year-old -sister,! picking a man’s pocket in Grand
offer congratulations. “In last year's contest I was spelled down in the first preliminary held at; the Church.”
NEW YORK, May 1
|ington, Ky., whs was “Kip’ 8" Judith. - She had attended all of Central. Station. . the contests in which her brother competed.
A 4-year-old brother, William,
brother ‘at the finish, “Kip” says he “reads a lot,”|is from Kentucky. likes to tinker with radios and is in her blood.” delve into science. * Among his| Replied the assistant hobbies is music. He plays the attorney: piano and clarinet. basketball and baseball and was' is run.
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On Inside Pages
Last year's winner, Emilie Gray, from St. Patrick's Catholic !enty of them were reported killed
manager of his school's football lin a ‘powerful British counter-
He will go to Washington, D. C., ... May 25, t6 compete -in—the Na-! 13, a Nora Spelling Bee. He willl spend an entire week in the capi-| {tal seeing the sights and experi-| i Shing a round aye ery they had destroyed a police sta-| tion
..7 Policemen Hirt A In Auto Crash -
Lollide With 2d Car Ing to the forecast of the Weath-| a LT w.o_policemen narrowly Bureau: nozzle,” escaped sérious injury this morn- . |ing when a police car chasing a The champion received a gold motorist collided with another | {aPected 15 decrease tonight and
One of the patrolmen, Robert a Broad Ripple G. Miller, was thrown from the High School student and the 1948 police car which had been speedmade ing east on 10th St. with siren Runners-up «créaming and red light flashing at White River | Blvd., where the crash occurred, 'saved Patrolman Miller from beThe. spelling king is a son of ing hurled into the water, His partner, Patrolman Joseph who was driving, ceived back injuries. Bota were
r car in the © lon “Bruns; 21.7 student with A-plus grades pre- of RR 1, Whitestown, ~ho was|
The automobile being chased { continued: without stopping. The “And I wasn't too sure of my-| police car was almost: a tota’
The loot was a wallet contain-
| Ing ined the court appointed | ran to the stage and stood! defense attorney: “The reason she proudly with his champion took the wallet is that she wanted (to make a bet on the Derby. She The Derby
district | “I hope she's out of He plays town by the time the Preakness
replaced by a five span structure Arearo Falls to Appear . the report originating in Tel Aviv] He-4 north of the eminting-br {Capito 14 as In Serio son] For should he win on Citation that Syrian and ‘Lebanese forces The east abutment of the new! his wife, Lillian, admitted shoot- today, he would become the first span will be more than 200 feet ;no yim’ early today in an argu- {Jockey tn History to win four runs east of the present river edge. ment. at their home. She was |for the roses. This will necessitate the reloca- charged with assault and battery Arcaro did not appear in court, tion of the east approach. with intent to kill. {but his attorney succeeded in hav. The existing bridge will be dis-| The victim told police he shot FAN—Mrs. Al Snider, wife of the late jockey who rode Ci- | \ing the case filed away. What mantled to allow clearance [OT himself, but Mrs. Riley jusisted’ tation will listen to the Derby broadcast today with her daughter, |it amounted to was this—the case
ithe new structure, but will con- 4, taking the blame. She said : a i thi ease ati on, will split his share ‘has been adjourned attack. The. British issued an/,. .. being used during construc-|Mr Riley was “very jealous” and | i vis Side dy: pig Ee i. on Citati ill spli has Ben A ile
Jultimatum saying they would t k. ® r bomb the Jews out of Jaffa ‘| mg. further * facilitate traffic tay a a8 Bg old : >| back ow the court calendar |they id not ugree by midday 16's x mew intersection of La~." When he struck. at her. Abe, Guardian of Little David surrender thé Manshieh quarter: fayette Rd. and 16th St. is obtained a plstol and fired two! ‘ The Irgunists a ete planned so that right turns €an gnats police were told. $ he ultimatum, and announced ;. oq. at any time, although a, pgiice were called to Genera) Contests Order of C our manded . 2 i that. they give up. | In addition; the White River 2440 last night with & gunshot Attorney Dawson Takes Steps to Retain rl [be rerouted. more” stn oy ny wound in one knee. He told them, Custody of Famed Boy Evangelist Hot De y Tip— east of the present approach. he teed 500° block. 1 Indiana. Little David's guaraian, ig 2p Se rg for. his o! e 0 Stadium Drive will also be moved Ave. where he asked & strange © keep Juvenile Court from obtaining cus ¥ y were due to encounter scattered the Stadium Drive ehrance con-| {ley nearby fired. three shots at Siler Which ous pest r de hold the famous youngster in| if {showers today in their journey nect with the present route near’ him and yelled, “I knew I'd get deten pe ito and from Louisville, accord- the White River dam. | In the motion Mr. Dawson said te “new, TO, Pole were told. the court knew Little David was | A ro op t shots rang out over .the than a thousand miles from! gel 0 br $ {bridge include five spans, two gyu¢e House lawn to the conster- MOT® Inland Co. Employees
long a traffic bottleneck, will be, Derby jockey honors. ibe repo Frangiyyeh flatly dented g Edward Riley, 28, of 1127 N.|
Irgunists Break Truce
{gunists had broken a truce. Sev-)
which the British had ‘de! fo hi cout appaarance. Gone | overs 3 ae Lp
trafic there, Winthrop = Ave. Yerorted! Local Kentucky Derby patrons the same point. This will make ~y.¢or a man hidden In an. al- The attorney filed a motion with the court to set aside an!
traffic signal will still “control ya nital after Paul Scott, ‘Bumbershoot’ least and intersect 16th St. at| goo "0 "oo ce. child evangelist. Considerable cloudiness, ac- will be nearly 105 feet long, two, ein or patrons emptying from t5 jurisdiction when it sured) {companying today’s showers, is [He feet long and. a center ‘span downtown theaters last night. He Ser oad that . the | 0 feet long. Robison Walter Bennett wasl, od Little David's Sour] XI IRE RY. TH IN chasing an alleged automobile i [MAN KILLED BY Tha 1 [thief who had jumped from the 5°T: the Rev, Raymond Hoekstra, |
» -i {William E. Haran. 78; of RR 1, | stolen vehicle a moment earlier: of a d iin Galveston, was killed 'nstantty and fled. His flight was success- ing.”
omorrow. No decided change! I. temperature is predicted,
LOCAL TEMPERATURES. a. «48 10a m.. 55
for rain started falling at 4:20 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) and
“everyone thinks -will -win..
didn’t let up until 8:20 a. m. (In-.,
when he drove in front of a Ul northbound Pennsylvania Raii‘road train yesterday on Rd. 18
a. ..49 11 a. wm... 57 a. . 52 12 (Noon) 58°
Two residents at 16181; . 53 1 p- m. ..58
lege Ave,
9 a. Gene Lamont;
Our Fair City— ‘Butler Campus Gets Support sides” ey tla “oie As Civic Auditorium. Site Another disturbed slééper, Lew:
|1s Atwell, “Préponents Point To-Parking Sites; Say School... Would Encourage ‘Cultural’ Booking 5 ‘THE CITY is in the midst of eultural’ “growing pains,” struggling to outgrow the time-worn- label of “overgrown country town.” “The last few years-have seen. the advent. of Summer ‘opera, organization of an outstanding symphony orches- | | tra and frequent visits of topnotch stage and screen
personalities. [Both Indiana and. Purdue Latest idea to be “talked Universities have this arrange-
fired: “pistol
re-|
he saw. 3
“dispatch, Mr. police. An elderly man, (Wright, 71, of 713 W. 13th St. was-held-on a-charge of Jwithin.. the. city. limits {fired .oneshot at a neigh | mistook for a prowler. Police also held the neighbor,!
Atwell
into! |address. He Is
|v agrancy and . and drunketmess.
Disabled Veteran Slugged, Robbed
CHICAGO; May 1 (UP)-—An ex-GI only three weeks out of a veterans hospital was injured seriously today when twé holdup! 5) men struck him on his head, which holds a silver plate bridg-!| ing a skull wound received in France
ys . ment. A seating. capacity of up” is the establishment of | ot less than 3500 has been a civic auditorium on the | suggested. Butler University campus. Proponents of an auditorium | Pharmecy Building
—the number has been increas- |, porrER TOPIC absorb ing rapidly—point to the ad- | ,.o pitjer officials, however, is vantages of the institution's | ¢),¢ or 5 new building for the 246 acres. Parking would be pharmacy school. |" easier than in the downtown A sizable fund for erection section. Proximity of the uni- | "0 building has been acversity ‘also would tend to en- | quired and includes many concourage the development of
cultural *baokings " |(Continued on Page 2—Col. - ~ .
~| Washington Calling—
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Railroad, auto strikes threaten nation , , . me may walk out » 10 days, ced
‘ee » Marguerite Smith goes on a Park School “Garden
Tour.,. story, .. with photos in color , ,.. other women's news ......
CABLE T RANT ERIE
vo » x» Telegrapher, Hoosiet school-boy receive Carnegie RWards.., , for heroism in Indiana ...........
Other regular Saturday features . . . Catholics plan festive services in May . . . other church news +ssPages 4, 5, . . Clemont L. Stanford is the _ Hoosier Profile today . , . Page 6 . , . Book reViews with Henry Butler and Harry Hansen . . . Page 8... A full pagé of theatrical and movie
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«2 Or Second Spot on Ticket
Expected to Win 12 out of 23 Delegates in " Ohio Contest Against Taft Tuesday
or ~Howard Ne WASHINGTON, May 1—Harold Stassen will be on he Republican ticket.
We give Stassen at least 12 out of 23 delegates he's
ian alleyway.
{veteran of European and African iservice,
might even get 16.
| It will only make Republican regulars more determined; Among Mr. Raner's losses was,
to block him at Philadelphia, but he’s proved himself a resourceful @ $131.50 disability check, “politician. Odds are still against his winning first Place, but favor |. Sco ——— ‘Actress ‘Wife Charges
~ |his being on the ticket in first or second Here's way we count 12 Ohio delegates for Btassen despite diligent, hard-hitting campaign by Taft: He should get three of six delegates in Cléveland area; two sach HOLLYWOOD, May 1 (UP)— ton areas; one each in Akron and| Tast haa. GOP organization! Steubenville areas, and one. atl,
He might get another in|. argapized. volunteers.
day, Taft will still be in race; oth ang| "il stil beable to help in stop-|
# ago when b ? Continued ‘ou TFips Co Fy BE ies
i Senter
ColRalph Springhorn and and shotgun early today ai a man they saw on a rear porth at this
1454 W. 34th St. stra an opportunity *to be heard I FeRTReE Tor His shotgun “When wd that t-had-no- way of knows... rola beside his home ing whether the youth had ade-| Tabouf mi hight. OnE bist went quate parental care and. _|the trespasser on his way with'tjonal opportunities. informed,
Charles [Wednesday when the boy's + ther, Jack L. Walker, Chicago, | getermined. after he bor henna to Mr. Dawson at the i
{Walter Woods, 58, of the same charged with
BP Ste Fi 4 Police identified the veteran as he sank Into a trance at a re. ®Ver Visited the plant an avor assen in irs Milton Raner, 26, of New York, machinery set for 11 ounces, He was hours in Heaven. walking from his hotel when two!
[men attacked him as he crossed tle David packed an estimated They changed it and then re
Cruelty in Divorce Suit| You may- purchase them for
tern Gowboy actor George Stas .\O'Brien was ' charged with exWith him, but sen has well- me cruelty today—in former Of May 14, 15 and 16 and the ‘No.matter what happens Tues: |e Marguerite Churchill's di- {afternoon of May 18.
| Die of Burns
He questioned the constitution-| ; INDIANA HARBOR, May 1 ality of the court proceedings in, P)—Th mend yi
rel! making 4 Snding sliecting Sere from burns received when they . of the hearing. {were splattered with moiten slag Father Complained lin an explosion at the Inland] tee SO. eon mi patutad put) The dead are A. 8. Joseph of 'Diiwsoir nor the ‘Rev. Mr. Hoek-| aay. Glen Becker of Whiting and Alfonso Martine of Indiana (Harbor. OE WOEKAE,.- Grady | Smith of Indiana Harbor, WAS being treated at: 8t.-Catherine's;
Hospital here. Four others were Wrangling over the custody of i eated for minor. burns at the
Little David broke out last gi nensary and released. ! fa-| Origin of the explosion was net
complained. to Juvenile Court that |
If occurred at an hearth pit in he plant late] I-1said an vestigatic a Was “lider ren [gation of ‘the Rev. Mr. Fadil way. an Indianapolis Evangelist. . child preacher's education = xBre Fim {health were being neglected-and {that his. “God-given power to reommercialized.. _ , Replies by Phone = Replying to the court battle in | from Jonesboro, Ark. where he {solvent Indianapolis Brewing Co., |just concluded a series of revival LPC has been sentenced to a six-| meetings, the boy said: {month jail term dnd fined $1000 let me alone. I really wish to ®hort-weighted beer during the continue with Mr. Hoekstra as 1946 shortage. my diredtor.” The defendant, Lawrence P.|
he. unwittingly. signed away INE vente rday;. Com { The father charged that the {preach the Sospej was being! . | telephone . call to The Times The former manager of the in-| “I do wish my father would after being convicted of selling “The youth began his phenom.|Bardin, 47, contended this result-
my Her star won the W enal career in Long Beach, Cal, ®d from faulty measuring na- MemA ."“w classie- which |at the age of 9. There he said |chinery. Federal agents, Snow- i "
found
ligio atheri n the m flous gathering and. speot: Sve intsead of 12, according to testi-
Last year in Indianapolis Lit. MODY yesterday in Federal Court,
{10.000 persons in Cadie Taber-! turned later to find the machinery
Mr. Raner, who was released’ |nacle where his sermon netted had been reset to 11 ounces, the 4 from Hines Veterans® Hospital on!a $1500 Apr. 9, staggered into the arms father estimates his income at ‘of a policeman a few minutes|$1000 a Week. later. He was taken to St. Lukes’! - |Hospital, where attendants said! {he was in serjous condition from {the blow. Police Officer iro} contesting with Taft in next Tuesday's Ohio primary. He Creighton sajd Mr. Raner was a
His ®Vidence continued.
Makes $110 Phone Call "But Wife Still Says No
CHICAGO, May 1 (UP) —Storeman 3/C* Robert Spriggs of the Tickets at IPL INavy said today that he spent | Tickets for all four perform- 22 minutes at $5 a minute on the ances of the Legion-Times Char- Overseas telephone trying to con{ity Horse Show are available at/ Vince his war-bride, Flora, to |a booth in the lobby of the Indi. COme here from her home in |anapolis Light & Power Co. head | Freemantle, Australia. \quarters on the Circle, Her only answer in the 22 minutes, he sald, was “no.” ‘He
one. or s. The Charity! {Shed suit for 4 divorce yester{Horse Show will be staged in the! """ : OLAR who Ep. the
|offices in LaRue's restamrant,
Prices ‘are: Box seats, ‘$1.20; ; Side Muminine, | 85 cents. Prices. 11121 N. Pennsylvania’ St. early
seats are re-| {drawer
“love offering.”
Get Horse Show
Alo missing
| dianapolis Time). So there were more than scattered showers. {They were very héavy ones. For the rest of the day, this forecaster predicted considerable cloudiness and mild with a few
{scattered thundershowers likely
this afternoon. The sun was shining brightly on the old Kentucky home of racling, and it could be oat strong all. the wet-
td
| Stormy weather cleared up to.
As the sun began drying. off :
take. out : ness which those an thun-"" caused.
5 Horses Ready to Go Five horses were scheduled to try it-Citation’s stablemate Coaltown, My Request, Escadru, Billings, and Grandpere. . Run-
officials ning as the entry of owner Wars.
“Wright of Calumet and Trains...
pointed to the patr goin, Pont a1 to 10 favorite. Because of that possibility, Col. [Mat Ying and his Churchi rack decreed that Ahn hall Ay win betting only-in this.
-added. handicap for thé cream {of America's three-year-olds. But the mud on the one-mile oval, despite that drying sun, may change those betting ‘odds. Citation was listed in the form as a superior mudder, out that is uy supposition. My Request was given the best chance to score an u Ben
iw two of its champions win the Derby in the last years —and he was 4 to 1. In the overnight line|. Escadru was 8 to 1, Billings 10 to 1, and Gragapere the outsider at 30 to 1.
thres
Lap at 125 MPH
No | The American Automobile Ase sociation officially took over at the Indianapolis Speedway oval this ‘morning after light winds had dried the track following showers, : Tony Granatelll was the first driver on the track under AAA |sanction. __Granatelli ly concluded his driver's running his last two laps about 125 miles per hour, He will Jeave this ‘afternoon for
will ready two ag: cars for the May 31 classic, : The car driven this morning As a with an.
{today tock. $095 from. BR Re the ear
lor. but ill
his “home in Chicago, wher¥ he
od