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U. S. Consul ‘Wounded es Ce L In Holy Land; Sought Nalon Sets

‘Arab-Jewish Truce

American Sailor, Guard Also Shot puring Fighting, Officials Disclose | WASHINGTON, May 22 (UP)—Thomas C. Wasson, | American consul general who has sought to arrange a | truce between Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem, has been shot | and wounded “gravely” in the Holy City, the State Depart- | ment said today. Two other Americans—a sailor and a consulate guard | _also have been wounded in “x the fighting in the ancient DAE Sh t D city, the State Department 00 S own disclosed. 4 F , Wass rently was Jr een somes ef Eoypt Planes

night as he returned from a meet-| Wards Off Attack

ing of the truce commission at 1 ™ the Freneh- consulate... be |

Taken to Hospital On Airdrome

Entered as Seecond-Ol Afatter at Postofes ~ sees Indianapol(i, Ind. Issuld:datly except Sunday

New 1948 Record Cole Hits 124.391 Rex Mays’ Mark Broken

After Novi Has Narrow Escape in Practice Spin

‘Better Shut This Thing Down,’ Duke Says After Whizzing 134 MPH on Second Lap

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By ART WRIGHT After a near disastrous spin during a warmup lap this morning, Duke Nalon this afternoon stood the Indie “|anapolis Motor Speedway fans on . their feet with an ‘astounding record of 131.603 miles per hour in the Novi

od Mr. Wasson was taken to the By United Press

edition was reoprted “very King Abdullah's Arab egion: A «l bE g 4 {four iaps- in 124.391. This, was ’ wn ; A 1 ™ . [his .second attempt. intense SO TRON Er {Jah 5 Arab high command at. Am- = EN &

gene -wounding was sent: by-Wibd-—

“PORATED. All"expenses for the ate a settlement in this dispute,”; Mr. Stassen flew home last tion, say they'll whip it through if Senate amends it, instead

v ¥ Maged hy. The. Times. with he, government must do something.” | Primary. results. until. this. mora-:80 used 10. filibustering at-end «of each -session. :to- block civil rights immediately, ===

Hadassah English Mission Hos British planes shot down four TY * I SM Grooved Piston Special for the 1948 qualifications. pital in Jerusalem. Egyptian Spitfire fighters today 6 The next fastest speed this year was the 130.577 which The sailor who was wounded when they attacked a British RAF 1 Saturday w h I * is Chief Radioman Herbert M.'ajr field at Ramat David inside ast Saturday won the pole; - Walker, one of 10 enlisted menthe Haifa evacuation enclave. | (position * for “Rapid” Rex and-an- officer. recently gned, . Destruction -of the — Egyptian Mave. in. the eo wovh rei to ommunications workin Jeru-ptanes was announced in an offi=! Mays in the eight €) tinder Bowes Seal Fast Special. Nalon's qualifying round al-|

The consulate guard is/cial British communique. t 8 Thomas Gannon, who was wound-. Earlier, the British announced| of May 14. that severe measures would be| ; : H most assured him the $1000 prize| “Mr. Walker was seriously taken with anyone who attempted ; ho ifor the fastest qualifying speed wounded by machine gun fire this to interfere with the British evac:| |during the six trial dates. The] morning near the consulate gen- uation of Palestine, scheduled to| {only other possible threat, it was eral. at a: Joseph Fret (be completed by Aug. 1. , | believéd, would come from Chet} A consulate guard, Joseph ¥ret-| { Miller in the Don Lee Mercedes. try, risked his life to carry Mr. Advance at Bethlehem | Ri ¥?.. _ ; Cole Also Qualifies Walker back to the consulatel Egyptian troops were reported ¥ | Hal Cole of South Gate, Call under heavy fire, the State De- by their government today to FS y {was the second driver to pass| partment was informed. {have agvanced to the 'pusiness [the speed test today. Cole driv-| Mr. Walker also was taken to district of the modern city of ling the City of Tacoma Special | {he Hadassah Hospital. where his Jerusalem after linking up with that he built himself toured the

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grave.” | “Dispatches trom King Abdi r- Taxt Saturday -he--completed two laps at 120 mph average and

Photo by Lloyd B. Walton, Times. Staff Photographer, was forced to. quit when his

pelatédly “the wdunding of Mr. - : —_— , a v " So Sh | Gannon. He was shot in the Davk{lenaers. WARD eo SPEEDWAY GARAGE LIFE ISN'T THIS EASY — Moke, who was supposed to be a huskie but turned out | apm ission jumped out of high

Bh ed mont sia [the ruins of Hurva synagogue, to be just plain dog, is a long way from home but he seems to enjoy it. He is 4 years old and the property of |® Following Hal Cole's trial the| The information on Mr. Was- east of Zion gate, Conrad Weidel, young, Los ‘Angeles race car owner. You would think Moke was a watchdog but he didn't flex track was closed while AAA off. i meri A GARB ADIS PROS northea

lam C. Burdett, his assistant Who| J egion troops are — this =o a gciewh —- the vs—bulbfle : £ . [curve near the point here Ralph } * . ) y hy ay. had taken charge of the cOn- ast. pocket of resistance with thing: |Our Fair City— , | : |Repburn way Jillled tag! eaten oe rv of State Geon . C mortars and howitzers from assen fal ing 'n ' # . . * tino ’ ll e [to the point to repair the surface nal Be dott, heights: overlooking the old city. : | Hot Car Ring Convictions , | where a small portion of asphalt, had come loose. i

omg, he Dragets of Mr. Was.|, OUHer Arab troops are driving, 0 Voli | — | [PEWS Su. Ot elt NS P ats a 0 of the veteran drivers) ms tens Comin or ro nae ec 1) Oregon Voting Spur Renewed FBI Probes [Fin Reds Strike or... sue ee The State Department said Mr, And caverns of the ancient walled , . flict i ’ : ; {tion of the track where-the artv-| Dewey's Lead Perils | Conflict in Courts’ Rulings on Gambling Cabinet Session

Wasson had a high record for TURIier lers can get their peak speed. Rival's Victory String | Brings Motions to Switch Judges Called in Crisis

» Was Dakar| Jews are defending the old city While the track was being re-| Be Hi ott: Ae A rdeterminedly and still control paired, drivers were permitted to RTLAND, Ore., May 22 (UP){ RECENT CONVICTI El men _ warm up but were told by ror? D, One a Cony ON OF EIGHT in connection] HELSINKI May 22 (UP) |officials to hold their cars at|

fire when the Americans landed Practically all of new Jerusalem. 1 3 “3 "” { also are shelling the grounds of — Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New with an extensive, $36,000 “hot car” ring is not the end of President Juho K. Paasikivi to-/ caution speeds.

there in the last war. rab guns north of Jérusalem | Born n Montana {Hadassah hospital and Hebrew, YOrk was leading in a close- the FBI's investigations into used-car transactions in Indi-/day removed Communist Interior. Jt looked for a time that Nalon will Mr. Wasson is 52 vears old. He University on Mount Scopus. fought contest today against| oo it was learned today ’ {Minister Yrjoe Leino from office’ might better the existing qualify-| was born at Great Falls, Mont.| pepgrts from Tel Aviv, said the Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota. . nT Tens land Communsit-led harbor work-/ing speed record of 133.944 miles and is a veteran foreign service yop on colves believe that thelror Oregon's 12 delegates to the Disclosures during the “hot car” trials in Federal Court ers immediately began a strike. |per hour established in 1946 by officer. He is unmarried. He be-,04 00 ynnapifants® of Jerusalem Republican National Convention. |that there have been numerous “loose business practices’| The cabinet was called into ex- the late Ralph Hepburn. Nalon

gan his foreign service career asi, ; traordinary session to deal with/got off to a record breaking start) a clerk in the American consulate ">7® NO chance to escape the The trend of mounting returns amohg some dealers spurred renewed FBI checkups around used-|, "0 "= = 0, by Mr. Leino's.on the first lap at 133.274 mph.

at Melbourne in 1924. (Holy City because Arabs domi-|from Friday's primary election car lots. {removal from office. His second 1dp—134.008 mph con"

He b i .onsul in Mel-| hate all of thq surrounding coun- pointed to a possible Dewey vic-| Testimony at the trials disclosed some ingenuity by gang mem- lar lap! bonne te following. year and tryside. |tory which would snap the string, bers not observed by FBI agents for many years. The cars involved |, MF » P I appointed Rinse his fastest of the four-lap, HAL COLE then saw service in many’ foreign - of Stassen primary triumphs in|were not stolen in the usual way—they were “acquired” through the (iD ore a n inter oo uca- From then on Nalon fell. be-. . s— . Ed | ’ ’ ; . . Ss, Including 2c Rail Union Heads il Nebraska and, Penn-|use of bogus Sashise 4 Shere; many of them through regular trade “".* . == = ot workers delega- low the speeds of ‘the opening| Today s Qualifiers , Naples an aris. : - ntin on Page 2-—Col. 6) tion vainly tried to see Paasikivi 'aps. i ‘ a My served in the AEF in the, fete ens el © = 8 om s x = to demand that a Communist be wh noted Slow Dow | IL (Novi Sresved Pitted Sp.) orld war. 8 aome 18 » 3 , ‘| : : named to succeed Mr. Leino, who hen he pulled into the pits Lap me listed as Newark, N. J. Await U S Action [Gov oD 44,308, Mr. stassen Washington Calling— , las Interior Minister controlled Nalon explained: he 134 n : veessaseees 1:07.73 ee ee 39, . i /the Finnish police. ! en saw e 1: mph. | sesssssnnese 1:07.18 "we A record number of voters was WwW t d D D Hy L f i . ! Y Mibs Pla ers Co i: t ballots their! a ere own ra aw Urge Demonstrations written on the pit hoard after, 8. eeeiiaiian, 1:08.56 Yy WASHINGTON, May 22 (UP believed to have cas allots, eir my second lap I said to myself: | 4 1:10.30 . = + » May < "F') interest raised to a fever pitch by : ® | Communists called for mass ‘Brother, brother I'd better slow | Totals... 4 v In Tourney Finals .,—Officiale of. the three railroad the A each. n- ay, on | i... iefs- Say «motrin i the. streets-of this thing down, ~~ I . tals wep 38.55 ions, whose threatened strike candidate waged. ®t : ; | Helsin 0 protes r. Leino’s’ The No, 54 Novi which carried : The best marbles players in 11" | { are . | 1 , * : { HAL COLE es play was prevented by court order,| 540,000 Ballots Cast ~ | . House Leaders Drop Opposition, Set to Push removal. (Nalon go top honors today i8| (City of Tacomas § districts of the city were playing | Election officials estimated that! It was not known immediately the car which qualified last year y a Special) off the final round of The Times F214 - today: any further -settle- sedect on officials estimated that Oleo Tax Repeal If Senate Amends It | whether Communists would find at 120.733 mph. It as driven| }7 Time. Marbles. Tournament today -at/Mment attempt must cathe from. po mocratic ‘and - Republican pri-| : _ By Scripps-Heward Newspapers. {MF Kilpi's appointment .accept-iin the race by HerB® Ardinger} q °° °%%tteee 12a. Wilerd Pare. “=. the White House. maries. The previous record was| ~~ WASHINGTON, May 22—Draft law? Yes. That's" Mr. Kiipi until recently was a Bergere. reiet driver ni Col 8 vovvvereees L274 The one best of the 44 particl- D. B. Robertson, president of 490,711 ballots cast in the 1944 inqide word from Republican leaders. May be watered down Social Democrat. He is believed wheel. Se ’ a 4 iiieseeene 1212.28 pants—four from each district— the Brotherhood of firemen and general election. od . . , ’ |now to be a member of the Com- Earlier this morni } Totals <.... 4:40.41 ¥il become the Indianapolis Enginemen, and spokesman for| Apparently anticipating: that some, may be late in session, but it's on the schedule. {munist camp, although he is not was traveling bringin While Ne Ee ——— amplon. The Champlon will go the three unione, said “the next the Lote would be Close. neither Outlook's good for margarine-tax repeal, if its friends a member of the Communist in a practice run Nalon. put his Ord and oo was believed the 00d, N. J., next month t0 move is up to the government.” Mr. Stassen nor (rov. Dewey had|.. qe House leaders : : : |Party or the Communist-con- foot on the brake ins "| "“noisies ing on the trac wmpete in the National Marbles, Somebody. .has.got. 10. negoti- issued any predictions. of Nictory., P. : lers have dropped their earlier opPOSi:.ronad-Peoptes-DemoeTR te FIOUPCTTEAN ST the Re en would: attempt. to" quATfy toUaY: The extraardinary cabinet ses- to shift gears. } | Other drivers who may at-

trip will be p V The Times. he said. “If private negotiations night to Minneapolis. He said he of sending it to conference. iy and “tomorrow inc gain this year the tOUrNAMENt fa flewand --they ~ have then thei would make no statements-on thei But-repesi-bilt's-Semate friends ure “Seutherriers. ahd {Hey're dldcussed Was ‘not made known middle of the.track and skidded apy and ESP, Jo oe Al ce nip he rack apron. It did not] Ren Engine Boocic] George er [hit anything. * x ‘ % . in the eight-cylinder Bennett .| _ After a check of the car by nr . ; YB pec A mein Mio, Solo Bas Spy oie Brows jon the track. After two warmup DeVore i 1 y J | De n Pat Clanc J rlaps-Nalon-opened up to 127 mph. yhoejer, Harry MeQuinn az

Ten other cars were known to prank 'Brigko's Maserati, Russ

Reo ration of the City Park and He indicated that he and the Ing. bills, they're not likely to break habit. | SWPPP ation Department. |other two union heads—Alvanley| Gov. Dewey spent the evening Filibuster's - already on, indirectly, some Republicans think. A Fit HR Ta. |Johnston of the engineers and A. at Seattle, thanking Washington Southerners are talking at great length: on any measure that's S th Firm to Close |J. Glover of the switchmen-—may voters for giving him 16 of the] (Continued on Page 2—Col. 3). ! ' Phil Harris Radio Show confer today with Presidential state's 19 GOP delegates. He willj—— = : =

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VY Labor Adviser John R. Steel- leave today for Sacramento, Cal, 2 | ’ Hit Wa S WB ao INES. Ia. May 2 man. to visit with California's Gov. Railways Invoke Hoffman Tells | ge nag have placed qualifying tires on|g,owherger in the Federal Engi0g be your Lon AWIE et @ “fhe latest in a seriés of union- Earl Warren, himself a. favorite . ’ (their cars in anticipation. of mak neering Special, Ken Fowler in Will be heard on a national hook: management’ bargaining sessions son presidential candidate. . . oria She Needn f DETROIT, May 22 (UP) Ing their bid for one of the 33 tne Don Lee _Alfa-Romeo, Emil W or the last time tomorrow DFOKE Up yesterday after industry Oregon Republicans cast ballots Arbitration Law . gg Negotiations between General Starting positions. 'Andres in the Tuffy Offy, Louis Ry : o representatives turned d o w n directly for Gov. Dewey or Mr. Give Up Her Dolls Motors Corp. and United Auto| The some 5000 fans who sat In|purant fn Milt Marion's AlfaThe F. W. Fitch Co. sald today Union “compromise” proposals. Stassen, the = only candidates i» F Workers (CIO) stalled today but the Srandstand and lined the In-|Romen, and Sam Hanks in Bob ising cost of talent caused.it to THEY had been offered to settle entered in the preferential pri- Governor Gates will appoint a SOUTH BEND, May 22 (UP) Poth sides said they would con-| ‘BC CHCEs G00 o soward a duel Flavell's unnamed six-cylinder #0) sponsoring radio network the dispute which nearly set off mary, in addition to eleeting dele- three-man arbitration panel to ECA administrator Paul Hofr- [nue efforts to reach agreement = “0 0 to and ne Mer entry. programs, The firm sponsors the & nationwide tfain strike 11 days gates to the convention. consider the issues in a wage dis- man told little Gloria Si before a scheduled strike of 225. ; 0" "pp 0 op peed ane Qualifications will get under Il Harris-Alice Faye show. ago. " 6 Gloria Simmons 000 GM workers next Wednes- ,_° 0¢8Y way again tomorrow at noon and ———T15-A lee ye sh Bo pute between the Indianapolis today that Uncle Sam didn't day. : earns $500 as a qualifying prize.'y.o more dates, next Wednesday . Detective Spots |Rallways, Inc, and union ‘em- want her dolls for European A four-hour meeting last night $1500 in Prizes and next Saturday will wind up On the Inside Ticket Cache tployees, if no settlement is ging ended in no_wage agreement tira of 3500 will ors pre-race tests for the -33 starting — "| reached by June 20. . n sight. The time for further ay’s qualifica- positions, — | «Hi IG. Te oe public utility com- Mr. Hoffman. to whom Gloria talks was not set. Union officials tons. | The AAA has not announced izht killed in Indiana traffic accidents . . . with s Door Slams pulsory mien, Taw wan and a score of her classmates in said the company has not made, , Lou Moore, owner of the Blue any additional trial dates and ant —— aii Sa Poked by the company yesterday. the first grade of Colfax school any reply to the UAW demand| grown Spark Plug Specials that there will not be any alternate AN EMPLOYEE in the lobby , Governor Gates appointed “Tote Personal letters recently, {OF Wage increases of 15 cents iC, HEL 0G Ancond last Tach bis thie year. In other at 308 Indiana Ave. tried to slam Charles W. Kern, state labor replied to each youngster in an 2" hour plus 15 cents in other fom" tne qualifyin rn da tails to sta to race day no Al. 'a cabinet door shut when he saw commissioner, as conciliator in'individual note. benefits. Mack Hellings, the Barive q | ternate will be. Fase day no al detective Jacque Durham enter the dispute. | “We are not giving dolls to the Meanwhile, a wildcat strike by pleted his drivers’ test "shortly ‘ » moved /the place today. He wasn't fast. About 1500 workers involved little girls in Europe” Mr. Hofr- 2700 workers at the Briggs before moon. All first year ari y > enough. . ! |are members of. Local 1070, man told Gloria. “But we hope Manufacturing Co. plant idled erg at the track must pass a te “Ideal Weather The detective said he saw base- Amalgamated Association of that by sending food and fuel 3500 other Briggs workers and Hasn't Opened i Oth * = a ) . } ball pool tickets in the drawer Street, Electric Railway and Mo- and machinery we can help their 3500 employees of the Packard Much intereat w heotte Due For Week-End er regular Saturday features . . . church news and called the information Into tor Coach Employees of Amer- fathers work so they can buy Motor Co. for the third successive (po possibilities of the 8 .wheel! Ideal weather conditions will this Pages 4-5 . . . Herman (Mr. Andy) Ante... Oe rw “Fhe company petition said the olla for their little girls” duction scheduen. The strike of Pat Clancy special driven by Billy prevail- for the Speedway trials 13 week's Hoosier Profile . . . Page 6... Speed- “IF YOU saw a law. violation, Company and union had reached) ,. yo Ne ~ , ~ |73,000 Chrysler workers entered Hod 4d had. an’ opportuni he to! the We as aeons Yay Roundup and other sports . . . Page 7. . . arrest everyone in the place and tap mpase nd a In father a TO. To its 1th day. oo lY00 at full throttle yet, was.iope., The week-end. weather. vill. als , B reviews and 3 Tull ak =F theatrical and tatid-in- ite furniture; -the office: thelr Regotiat aw-prov on wrote: Pp 1ful of making his time run before lease picnicke¥¥, fishermen and Movie ing | of os & strike. Bn {| “Please tell your daddy to keep GOP Governor Hopefuls the close of trials at 6 p. m. [nature lovers in general, H nfo . , . with photos . . . conducted by | Bgt.- Chester Timmerman and — on doing his good work through | The fair and-warmer week-end| Fair weather, is predicted for + denry Butier ebivestrans . a Pages 8-9| Squad SE ehort)y . after the Hoosier Burns fo Death |preaching. He can do muon &" File Assessments | Weather forecast promised idea) today through tomorrow with : "os om ' x 0m : : a; i : : help ‘this program succeed.” | Three.of Indiana's four Repub-|"4C¢!ng conditions. {moderate temperatures today beRingan workers return to job as tie-up ends... Full - | Queen. 44, Eh lsu virin Ohis > Truck Crash UP |g Janice Waite had promised My. lican aspirants for Governor no, Alogether 1 ion mai Ly Todays high meroury Ia / , vrs Eath : os HAMILTON, O., May 22 (UP) Hoffman she woul {only have their ha | bek-end w would leave, Today's . : ? erations scheduled Monday o..sssivieioeq Page 11{284 Matty Bdelen, a. of 2132|— Donald Sands df Cambridge food. He wrote ing am as but also their Ea an the Ying y 11 positions for the re. | was expected to. be from 74 to 7 A Ke "mo en» [ine “oversized” cab ou scated City, Ind. burned: to death near! “You are very right in not, Walter E. Helmke, Ft. Wayne, MAININg 20 cars not .ready for degrees, while tonight's minimum Key to Other Fea! I id Pages ; {the N ‘net. here early today when a-truck wasting food: because as you Was the first to fille his $1000, time trials. > reading will be from 52 to 56.. AMUsement x ealures on Inside rages -1 .| Both men were -charged with he was driving broke through a know the children in Europe need assessment’ yesferday. Boon! Chet Miller ‘buzzed the oval Ey —— a Rigo ;"* 8] Classified 11-43 In Indpls. .. 11(Radio .....s 8lkeeping a room for pool selling, bridge and caught fire. it very badly. afterward, Sen. William E. Jenner Yesterday dt 130 miles per hour, LOCAL TEMPERATURES iM... 7 Comics ...., 14/ Inside Indpls. 6| Society ..... 3land an additional charges of ad-| The truck, owned by the Rine-| Michael Fritz was told that his/and State Auditor A. V. guner | aghting a strong headwind on the| § 48 10 a.m... 58 2e Di Srossword, 14 Mrs. Manners 1 Sports ease A YArIsIng a lottery and gift en- Hart Transfer Co, of Portamotth, vegetable gardening plan was “a|followed suit. A _.- |backstretch... The .performance| 7 - his 11 : ee : I ii ‘ee JO MaviE waington . Hi Brprl was gored against Ede-|0., was carrying 20 on of sheet Splandid idea and 1 hope you will rman cand is Hobart of the V-12 engine. pleased - Ba m..51 12 (x ) os Li ; “Si Forum .v.y.4 4 Pog. erie MW Map e i; £5 | accident, let me know what food it grows.” ton of W. A ler and Master Mechanic fam..54 1pal. 08

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