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Ransburg and Adams Quit Welfare Board: Condemn State Policy

Defend Former Director, Charge ‘High-Handed Operations’ by Indiana Welfare Officials

The resignations of Harper J. Ransburg and Robert A Adams as members of the County Welfare Board were announced today. The resignations came within 24 hours after Welfare Director Arthur E. Wooden stepped out as the result of an ouster movement ordered by the State ‘Welfare Board. A lengthy statement condemning the State Board and upholding Mr. Wooden

was sent along with the resignations to Circuit Court Judge Lloyd D. Claycombe. Current upheaval in the tor-/ rid welfare division's internal affairs was brought on by the case of abandoned twin babies and charges that Mr. Wooden could not find an emergency home for them. The factual account of the situation, which developed that Mr. Wooden had found an emergency home for the babies within 30 minutes after he had been apprised of the facts, was published exclusively yesterday in The Indianapolis Times. Charges ‘High-Handedness’ Bitterly charging the state board—which precipitated the situation by its oust-Wooden order —with high-handed operations, the Ransburg-Adams joint statement said: “We have no knowledge whatsoever from any source of the basis of action of the state board, what investigation was made f| any, or what provisions of the| law had been violated either Ly the county board or Mr, Wooden as a result of which Mr, Wooed-|: en's removal ‘was ordered, . “We do not believe that it w. athe acca al to

the intent og Te action of such serious. import the persons concerned and the public“interests should be taken. without at least giving an opportunity for the board and the di-| rector accused of violation of the| law to be heard whatever might! be the charge. = ‘No Part of It’

“This is not in accord with basic. fundamental principles of American justice, We will have no part of it.” ; The statement declared that Mr. Wooden was legally appointed to his position, qualified for his office by thorough knowledge of welfare problems and honest In his administration.

HARPER J. RANSBURG— The civic leader resigned today as a member of the County Welfare Board.

ROBERT A. ADAMS—''We believe in American principles,” said Mr. Adams as he joined

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B29 Falls | In Persia Gulf: Six Yanks Lost

Superfort Crashes = | Off Coast of Aden |

ADEN, July 28 (UP)—An|

American Superfortress on a

‘round-the-world flight plunged! into the sea after taking off from Aden on the Persian Gulf for Ceylon last night. . ’ 8ix men aboard were lost. | (In Washington the Strategic Air Command said it received: word from a State Department] consul at Aden that 19 of 20 officers and men aboard the Superfort were missing). Full ‘military honors were ordered for the six victims of the B-29, one of three flying leisurely around the world to accustom the airmen to long-range technique and global conditions. Sgt. Gustafson survived the crash. (The U. 8. Air Force at the start of the flight issued a list of the airmen aboard the three Superforts. One listed was M. Sgt. Sigyr R. Gustafson of Norwood, Mass.) Sgt. Gustafson, who was brought to an Aden hospital, said he was thrown clear when the

0 the surface, he said, he could see none of his comrades. British rescue vessels were sent to the scene, and divers went down to check wreckage. The other two superforts returned at once to Aden, on the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula, after the third plunged into the Gulf of Aden just offshore.

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Los Angeles, undertakes to correct this fatal tendency. : The golfer first takes a correct stance. Then a band is slipped around his head, and a cord led from this to a box of electrical

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county board are on the whole, so, unjustified as to require the| severest condemnation py all right thinking citizens. They are inspired by those who found they could not control the appointment of the Marion County director or Mr. Wooden after his

‘Mr. Wooden is devoted to the conviction that public office is a public trust and that the use of Public funds must be made alWays with due regard to the fact that the money comes from the taxpayer and must not be imPrudently expended,” the state-

Hest to Judge Claycombe pointed

‘It is doubtful if that convieI is shared by some of his most

appointment in the interest of “professionalism” in welfare administration.”

Violent critics.” Called ‘Unjustified’

“If their kind are allowed to prevail the Marion County Tax| I might say further that of burden and consequent delin-| my own knowledge the propa-/quency of parents ‘and indolence anda and criticisms aimed at|of others will increase tremen- | Mr. Wooden and members. of the dously.”

Text of Ransburg-Adams Statement on Welfare

“Money comes from the taxpayer and must not be imprudent: by expended,” declared r J. Ransburg and Robert A. Adams ha statement that accompanied their resignations as members of the County Welfare Board today. SNe Tt is doubtful if that conviction is shared by some of Mr. Ooden's most violent eritics.” (Arthur E. Wooden resigned as| a welfare director yester-

; giving an opportunity for the ae complete Ransburg-Adams|board and the director accused tement . follows: of violation. of the law to be

Judge Claycombe: IN VIEW of the resignation of heard, Whatever : might. be- the

ur E. Wooden as director of . the | The members of the county

Marion County Welfare Board 4d particularly by reason of the board serve without compensation

stances under which the] ’ = Msignation was brought about, IPO the director's livelihood » Se tach hereby tender our resig- Pendent upon his employment an Batons as a member of the his honor is impugned by secret ion County Welfare Board to! attacks. The summary dismissal t effect immediately. {of a public servant for reasons Prior to receipt of a copy of either important or inconsequenthe resolution of the State Wel- tial without a hearing or the right ! Board our only knowledge of appeal or even the privilege to % the matter came from repre- answer any charges presented by “Matives of the press. We were persons unknown to him or to all timeg available to furnish|explain any acts of which public toy information which the state/information may be incomplete, boarg might have desired. We incorrect and in some instances hav No knowledge whatsoever untrue is a serious matter, not to go any source of the basis of be accepted lightly. We consider action of the state board,|it contrary to the intent of the "iat investigation was made if{Indiana law and not in accord ty, with basic, fundamental principles

Or what provisions of law or or a stor had been|of American justice. We will have no part of it.

Cote either by the Marion by ¥ toa elfare Board or by Mr. WE REALIZE the utter futiles & Tesult of which Mr. ity of any opposition, either by T'S removal was ordered. the board or Mr. Wooden to the obvious . purpose of the state board. A refusal to accede suppinely to their demands would mean only that the office of the director would be declared va-

8 ” ~ bn LTHOU GH the resolution was a 8 terminology of the Inditha She, we do not believe 1 4) the intention of the

gadgets before him on the ground. . » ” WHEN he makes his practice swing, flashing lights of three different colos — red, green and white — will tell in which direction his head moved. Buzzers are also rigged, to give mechanized bronx cheers in three different tones, according to what he does wrong. If he does two wrong things at once, like raising his head and moving it to the right, he gets it double.

Marshall Reports Unity on Berlin

BULLETIN LONDON, July 28 (UP) — Authoritative British sources disclosed today that the three Western emissaries in Moscow will suggest a four-power dis-

cussion of European problems as a whole when they see Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov later this week.

WASHINGTON, July 28 (UP) —Secretary of State Marshall confirmed today that the three western powers have reached an agreement on their next move over the Berlin blockade. But Mr. Marshall would not reveal at a news conference whether the western strategy calls for the American, British and French ambassadors to Moscow to take up the issue with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov.

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13 Dead Always Knew Gas Threat Was Around

Two Princeton Blast Victims Were fo Retire— But ‘Mining Gets in Your Ble

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18 N you , 3 re A Thirteen men who had thet smelting in their blood were dead today, victims of a gas expldSion they always knew was more than just a possibility. = Elgie Malone, 61, was a typical example. He was old enough to retire. He had King’s Station mine, exploded finally yielded to the urging | more than 400 feet below ground of his family to get out of |!ate yesterday,

“I don't know what it is,” said the pits and had promised faith- ’ fully that this would be his last|l-0uls Austin, head of the Disweek.

trict 11 United Mine Workers, “but I know it’s there. “Mines in this area have a lot of gas, but the men go down on the assumption that they are as safe as they can be made. When something happens, everybody is a little nervous for a few days, but it soon wears off.” Mr. Malone was Mr. Austin’s brother-in-law. He was the sixth member of Mr. Austin's immediate family to die in mine disasters, Joe Miller, 49, another victim

He was one of the 13 who died when the blast, believed to have been caused by an accumulation of gas in a sealed off section of

Freedom Train Due Tomorrow

Museum on Wheels

Here for 2 Days By ART WRIGHT Indianapolis greets the Freedom

of yesterday's blast, also was to have retired at the end of this month. He had planned to take

Train tomorrow morning on the Nickel Plate tracks at the ex-|California. treme east end of the State Fair-| Now they will have to go withgrounds, , ‘out him, because like s0 many With the arrival of the seven-/in his hazardous trade, he didn’t car “museum on Wheels” about/quit soon enough. 7 a. m. Dedication Week pro-| Here in thig southern Indiana claimed by Mayor Al Feeney mining. sectivq, non-miners have reaches its peak. a deep respect for the men who Throughout the next two 80 into the pits. i days—from 10 a. m. until 10| "Somebody has to dig coal, p. m.—citizens will pass through they say, “but I'm glad I don't the three exhibit cars free of charge and witness the Declaration of Independence, the manu-

his wife and three daughters to

script. of President Lincoln's Gettysburg address, and other priceless documents . . . even

papers and relics of World War IL

Roscoe C. Clark, chairman of the local committee on arrangements, gave this assurance of free admission today:

charges of any kind to the State] Fairgrounds to see the Freedom Train or to board the train. While donations are acceptable, there are no obligations to contribute.” The “opening bomb” in the first | day's ceremonies tomorrow will] be the roar of eight pow®a Pui) parked cars. Mustang Fighter planes that willl Head Hits Pavement

fly in formation over Indianapolis| “John slammed on his brakes and the Fairgrounds shortly afteriy, es the child,” Dr. Emhardt Leading members of the 113th (52d. “His bike skidded around,

{was riding his bicycle in the street near his home at 2957 S.

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Methodist Hospital immediately. He failed to rally after an emergency operation, however. Baseball Fan Dr. Emhardt said his son was a “great baseball fan.” He played first base on the Emmanuel Evangelical ani Reformed Church team. An ardent supporter of the Indianapolis Indians, John seldom missed a home game. He knew the names of nearly all of the players in both the major and minor leagues. Services for the boy, who attended School 2, will be at 1:30 p. m. Friday in the G. H. Herrmann funeral home. Burial will be in Crown Hill Ceme

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(Continued on Page 3—Col.’ 5) was the enyironment.” Times Carrier Boy Killed In Effort to Save Child

Falls Off Bicycle as He Swerves In Street to Avoid Accident

| An 11-year-old newspaper carrier for The Times was dead to“There positively will be n0|gay as a result of his efforts to save another child from injury. John Ernest Emhardt, son of a local doctor, died yesterday in Methodist Hospital from a skull fracture received in a spill from |the his bicycle, caused when he swerved it to miss the other child. His parents, Dr. and Mrs. John T. Emhardt, said the youngster can happen there. We have been, I might compare it to the ar-

WAITING—Friends and fellow workers of the 13 mine-blast victims wait at the tipple, speculating on the cause of the blast, while rescue workers battle fumes to bring out the bodies. Accumulated gas, possibly set off by a spark from mine ma-

‘Talking Car’ Pleads Safety

Effective for Kids Playing at Parks

anapolis has 4 pheno own today. It's a car, just an ordinary police car, which veteran officers solemnly swear “just started talking.” And what it talks about is safety, especially as applied to the younger generations. Ei enough, the “talking car” came just at a time the city was planning a summertime safety campaign around the city parks and other spots where the youngsters congregate. Officers took the car around to the parks today, parked it, and walked away. Prétty soon the car began talking on good safety rules. ‘Hey, Redhead’ Just as the spiel begins to sound enough like a recorded safety lecture to bore the kids, it interrupts itself with remarks like: “Hey, redhead, why don't you have a light on your bicycle?” It was a hit with the kids who searched in vain for wires, mikes or recording devices. There were a few skeptics who suspected trickery like a walkie-talkie but the nearest officers, about 100 feet away, kept mum. “It was like this,” Capt. Robert Batts, head of the police radio division, told all the kids who asked. “They assigned this car to our radio station—we get a new car once in a while—and after it was around the radio equipment so long a time it just] started talking itself. Guess it|

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7 Explosions Wreck Farben Factory, Says U. S. Army Report

Ignited Gas Leak Sets Off Explosion; Hospitals at Mannheim Jammed

FRANKFURT, July 28 (UP)—Seven great explosions shattered the Farben chemical plant in Ludwigshafen today, killing or injuring hundreds of persons. The U. S, Army late today released an estimate from unofficial quarters that ‘several thousand” persons may have been killed and a comparable number injured. But the Army emphasized that the estimate was unofficial and subject to downward revision, The Army reported that the sprawling plant, consisting of 18 buildings, was 80 per cent destroyed.

N Fire Rages Through Plant

The site of the devastated chemical plant is on the \west bank of the Rhine, 45 miles southwest of Frankfurt. |The twin cities of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim, across the river from each other, were hit hard and often by ‘Allied bombers during the war. Army headquarters in Heidelberg said fire broke out after three explosions, which were attributed to escaping gas. ' As the fire raged through the plant, other blasts occurred. An Army statement said the shattering blasts began in the lacquer manufaoturing unit of the plant, operated by the Farben combine before and during the war, and since carried on under the direction of occupation forces. Dena News Agency reported that gas from a leak ignited suddenly, smashing the building and neighboring structures. : Hospitals in Mannheim, across the Rhine, were reported jammed with casualties. Store windows in Mannheim were broken by the explosion. ~ had to in ges:

The flames spread ediately to the methyl violet|yp. iting mote thea san section of the plant, accord-| Frankfurt telephone operators

i reported that all communication ing to the Army statement, with the Farben plant at LudThe plant employed about 22,- ?

wigshafen had been cut. 000 persons, military quarters es-| The Army announced that U, 8. timated.

Military policemen, engineers and Preliminary estimates Indicated wedieal to A ncluding Hoc. that the blast was the greatest|peidelberg, already were on the in German history. In 1924 an-|scene.

What Hoosiers Want Congress to Do— : Fix Foreign Policy, Says Danville Prexy

Regrets Europe Was Spared A-Bomb; Worker Complains of Price Squeeze (Story on Congress, Page 8) By RICHARD LEWIS

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tion.

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encompass all the world problems we face. “I don’t think Gen. Clay should be able to formulate our foreign

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JOHN ERNEST EMHARDT

Survivors besides his mother and father include a sister, Joan Marie. and two grandmothers, Mrs. Emma Brinkman and Mrs. Anna Emhardt. 3

policy in Berlin. He should be

{an instrument.of a policy made , and operated by the State De-

partment. “We may have one policy in Berlin. We appear to have none

Repeating Gross Blunder

“I REGRET they didn’t drop second atomic bomb in {Europe as‘a monument to what

(repeating the gross blunders of {the past. Men have been playing {games of pride and prestige . “I think we must stand firm in Berlin. It is the biggest advance post we have. Too bad the Russians didn't pick Korea insteagl. Bet you a dollar they'll

{try next there.” The college president said he

didn’t view the Marshall Plan as a foreign policy. “It's only the arm of a foreign

Truman Rights Policy Is Tops

“TRUMAN'S POLICY on civil rights is tops. The soone! ihe South comes into the union and forgets states’ rights, ‘he sooner we’ll have internal peace. “The civil rights stand is the one good thing Truman has done. He's had a tough going, a poor Joe in a bum spnt. He's been like a pinboy in a bowling alley suddenly becoming manager, and now knowing where to turn. He's not bad. He's not really anything.” The college president said he believed the housing situation was a “scandal.” He sald he Tavergt

foreign policy,” he said. ‘“We| gn p y {in China.

It should be so designed tol

COLLEGE PRESIDENTS are people in the cross secSome of them have definite opinions. One in Danville did, and to him the special session of Congress, the crisis in Berlin and the distant fires of conflict over the globe were not purely academic matters,

better formulate an over-all

MacArthur formulates ‘our policy in Japan. This nation is no longer in its infancy. There is certainly a great deal of confusion about what we are doing, what we are going to do.” The college president was a young man. He spoke rapidly and with a good deal of decision. He felt the United States was groping through a world crisis as though trying to find an exit by sense of touch.

s' |policy. It buys us power and,

we hope, security. The United Nations is a step,

ticles of confederation which led to the establishment of our own

. ./federal union, I think the United

Nations is the same kind of an historical process, leading tb a United States of the World.” The president had definite ideas on inflation. “We are going to get nowhere jon inflation as long as the National Association of Manufacturers determines the economics of this nation,” he said.

any bill which would help build homes. He opposed federal aid to education as an extension of government control into a field he said was already becoming too regi. mented. He said he deplored the tendency of big, state universities

grants, to lose sight of academic’ freedom, “It's like subsidizing water and air,” he said. ‘The tendency of federal intervention is to smother the individual, to make him a /

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