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French Troops Take 3 Pits in St. Etienne

Police: Round Up Total Of 626 Strikers

PARIS, Oct. 29 (UP) French troops opened a dawn attack on striking miners barricaded in the big Couriot pit in St. Etienne today and took possession after minor resistance, Between 6000 and 7000 troops and police’ moved in on the Couriot pit. Operating commando style, ‘small groups of security guards moved stealthily to encircle the pit just as its warning siren sounded for reinforcements. Some of the 3000 strikers apparently had abandoned the pit during the two weeks siege by troops. The 1000 strikers still inside quit within 15 minutes. Twn Other Pits, Seized "Two other pits near St. Etienne fell at” the same time. Maintenance crews immediately were requisitioned by the army and set

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begin pumping.’ The Wack-to-work movement was almost complete in the Torcoal

workers showed up today. Ministry officials said the northern basin operations now are from 12 to 24 hours ahead of schedule. An. earlier announcement said police up to last night arrested 626 strikers in various mining districts, Strike Cracking Up The comparative ease with which troops took over the Courint pit indicated that the Commu-nist-led strike against France's economy is cracking badly before the determined government drive. The 3000 miners barricaded themselves in the pit two weeks ago behind high barriers of rocks and timbers topped by tubs of gasoline. They threatened to ignite the gasoline if attacked and douse troops with’ it. + Other motorized troops and police continued their sweep through the northern coal fields, seizing mine after mine from Communistled strikers.

Hoffman - Says Strike

‘Moscow Directed’

WASHINGTON, Oct. 290 (UP) «Foreign Aid Chief Paul G. Hoffman said today the French coal strike is “Moscow directed” and possibly Russia's last determined effort to halt European. recovery. “The trend of communism has been reversed ‘in Europe,” Mr. Hoffman told a news conference. He returned vesterday from Furopean trip in behalf of the récovery agency. “The French coal strike is a Moscow directed strike, and if it fails they mav give up their efforte for the time being as they did in other European countries.”

Fund Drive Hits 23.8% of Goal ~

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Second reports of the Indianapolis Community Fund drive have boosted the percentage to 238 of the goal of $1,504,772. Funds pledged total $358,390.01. Fleet Adm. commended the nation’s community chests at the luncheon meeting of the organization yes-

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Division reports placed team captain Martin Woehler of the downtown division in top position with 100.4. per cent of his individua! quota filled. Section reports were as follows: Residential, $13,166.07; special gifts. $158,895.90; downtown, $11 - 017.00; township. $3019.97; public, $4541.35; industrial. $32,174.66; mercantile, $34,359.75; commercial, $26,379.75, and utility, $71,935.56.

Fall Tax Payment Deadline Monday

Final deadline for payment of fall Installments of real estate and personal property taxes is Monday. . Louis W. Fletcher, Marion County treasurer, said statements must be obtained in person at.the Court House. No mere mail requests are being honored. He asked taxpayers who mail in their payments to include a self-addressed and stamped envelope if they desire receipts.

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f + . x Plivwo by Lleyd B, Wallon, Times Staff Photographer, DEATH MESSAGE—This picture was snapped at the instant that a General Hospital attache phoned to tell Mrs. Gertrude Reynolds that her husband, Richard, was dead, Mrs. Reynolds hung up the telephone. "He's dead," she said. . ro

Housewife Silent Rainy Election At Murder Hearing Day Seen Here

Mild Temperatures Probable Tuesday

Hoosiers may have to go to the polls next Tuesday -in the rain, Weatherman Paul Miller said today. Charts indicate rain by late .‘Monday, continuing on Tuesday, the forecaster said. Mild temper jatures are probable.. Indianapolis’ and vicinity will have fair skies through tonight becoming partly cloudy tomorrow, with continuation. of the mild In dian summer weather, the Weather Bureau predicted. The mercury was expected to climb to 75 today and 72 tomorrow, Tonight's low will be 42, The Weather

Mrs. Reynolds Bound to Jury

Petite, amber-haired Gertrude Reynolds stood in stunned silence today as she heard herself bound to the grand jury on a charge of first degree murder. Only once did she speak as the legal machinery was set in motion to bring her to trial in the slaying of her husband, Richard Reynolds, 45, last night. In answer to Judge Alex Clark's |question whether or not she {wished to waive preliminary hearings on the charge, Mrs, Reyn . olds uttered a low-voiced, “Yes” 80 argun 2 2° . In the brief proceedings during ard Keyno

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3h fo of ds. which a vagrancy charge was dis ». forecas{ for Indiana indicates missed and she was charged with Marshall in London that temperatures will average murder, she stood with her head 5-9 degrees above normal. Norbowed mal maximum in the southern She. was wearing the same : portion is 62, minimum. 40 house dress she wore yesterdav On Persona I Indiana can expect quite w arm when the fatal shot struck her weather on Saturday and Sun | husband. LONDON. Oct. 20 (UP) - Sec. 3aY. With A Eenera) hm Mrs. Reynolds displaved no r.iary or State George C. Mar- Monday. ednesda, emotion when Judge Clark or- shall flew here today from Paris to be warm again.

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can embassy said would be de- 62 None of her relatives attended voted to “purely personal affairs.” ; A. mm “ i" . - 66 the hearing. Mr. Marshall arrived at Nort- Be me. 2 5 In ~ She told 1 las i 8a m... 5 12 (Noon). 72 She told police last night she , Airport at 9:45 a. m. (Indian 9am 54 1p. m...32 shot her husband with a 38- apolis time). He left Paris with- « Maes canper revolver after he beat her . v ro i out.advancesword. The U. S. dele . « id and dragged her by the hair gation to the United Nations was Times Civic Pri © through their home at 229 8 authorized to disclose his trip d Dearborn St., at the climax of an only after he had been gone an Contest Nears En argument. As he lay dving in a ho

You have until midnight Sundav to get vour entries in to The Times for the Civic Pride Slogan Conest The best 15-word slogan which stimulates pride in Ingianapolis witli win $50. second $35 and third |$15. Your slogan may be on any subject as long as it will prompl your’ neighbors to realize the need of pride in Indianapolis The contest is sponsored by The Times, the Indianapolis Civic Pride committee and other In dianapolis newspapers

Jenner Assails Schricker For 1944 Wallace Support

Senator Speaking at GOP ‘Veterans Rally,’ Accuses Democrats of Taking U. S. Into War The Times Straw Vote, Page 5

By DAN KIDNEY, Times Staff Writer Appearing in his shirtsleeves before a wildly cheering crowd which packed the Riley Room and overflowed on all sides of the mezzanine at the Claypool Hotel last night, Sen. William E. Jenner lashed out at former Gov. Henry F. Schricker for voting for Henry A. Wallace for Vice President at the Democratic Convention in 1944, “If Henry Schricker had his way, Bubblehead Wallace would be President of the United States ;...,... (, réturn here from Wash today,” Sen. Jenner shouted. ington for the final week of the Such a man should not be campaign. elected Governor in these danger- ye dinner meeting W

chair, she called police. Mr. Reynolds, an upholsierer died 20 minutes after the ambu!lance rushed him to General Hospital. The slug had smashed through his right chest and buried itself in the kitchen wall. Told a group of fellow workers at RCA Victor reportedly were A Dewey Democrat “uy ‘| getting up a fund for her defense NORTH HOLLY WOOD, Cal, and were coming to see her, she Oct. 20 (UP). Thomas E. Dewey said: is a registered Democrat here. No “That's nice of them but I don't Felation to New York's governor want to see them. I don't want Ne said today he doesn’t know to see anyone.” vet how he'll vote Tuesday Circumstances which led up to the fatal shooting began when her - husband picked her up at work at the plant yesterday, according to the wife's state|ment., 8he said her husband: who [operated an upholstering shop at [1732 E. 10th St., wanted her to give him some money. As they

he embassy here said the Secretary, accompanied by Mrs. Marshall, wéuid be guest of Ambassador and Mrs. Lewis Douglas. He will return to Paris Monday the embassy reported.

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Six Running for Governor's Job

| If you have been under theImpression that there are only ‘two or three candidates for Governor on the election ballot,

you're only partly right, as called

There are six. Count ‘em ous days." a “Republican Veterans Rally.” Hobart Creighton, Repubii- He then urged the election of yy nad been arranged for weeks

can: Henry F. Schricker, Demo-

the Republican nominee, Hobart py Giate Tressurer Frank Millia crat, Clinton W. Speicher, Pro- f

|Creighton, who had called the zf.. Mabel Fraser. vice chairman hibition; = Charles Ginsburg, imeeting a tribute to Sen. Jenner. of the Republican state chmmit-Socialist-Labor; Walter Frisbie, (The Schridker criticism was not tee, told Mr. Millis that more than Progressive, and William Rabe |in the prepared text of the Jenneri1200 tickets had been sold at 8r., Socialist. {speech It is reportedly the first go xg per plate. Both are “Jenner

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i ‘Reported “rioting” at Fire Staition 12 resolved itself today into la of differences between {firemen and their lofficers. | Fire Chief Roscoe A. McKinney said this his personal investigation of the case disclosed no instance of an immoral act'at {the station. Yesterday, the chief suspended four firemen and two officers at the station pending the outcome of their hearing before the Fire Department Trial Board Chief McKinney sald the two officers, Capt. Marcus Sexton and 'L.t. Albert Aldrich will answer icharges of neglect of duty... The chief sald he Bbolds the {wo officers largely responsible: for the difference because “they did not

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{between the men and officers jcame to a head Oct, 20 when! Capt. Sexton came to his office

(and asked the company be broken up because Le (Sexton) could no longer control insubordination Later that day, Chief McKin-! ney sald. the captain returned to the station after a tour of dutv at Tomlinson Hall and an argument The

arose men had received word the captain had asked that the men be transferred.

The chief said that at the time of the argument, Firemen Jefferson and Ratz had been drinking whisky and Firemen Cruse. Branson and Cobb had been drinking However, the chief said there was no instance of drunk-! .enness, One Can of Beer Fireman Cruse, according to the chief, had had one can of beer and was in bed when Capt. Sexton returned to the station at about 11 p. m. | But while: charges of insubor-| dination were being placed) against the men, reports were! leaking out differences had arisen because the men had failed to contribute toward a gift for Chief IMcKinney on his 35th anniversary in the department. One of the suspended firemen said today he did not contribute toward the gift, a diamond ring, and that he was sure the two offi were the only ones at the station to make contributions. That the trouble at the station has had little repercussions on the neighborhood surrounding the fire house at 339 N. Sherman Dr.., was apparent today following an investigation of the area by The Times.

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No Bad Reports | Not one neighbor adjoining the station could report of ever hearing obscene language from the men. They could report no late hour disturbances One woman said she actually felt’ safe with the station located near her house because she was sure if any trouble occurred in the neighborhood she could call on the firemen for help. The neighbors agreed the only women they had ever seen around the fire house were the wives of the firemen . Chief McKinney said reports that. women had been invited into the station is causing “strained” relations between at least fireman and his wife. One woman who lives near the station sald she felt there® has been some drinking by members of the company. She said on one night during the past summer a number of dishes were broken in the station kitchen One of the suspended firemen said today the breakage had been an ‘accident and that the man who broke the dishes replaced them the next day. Trial Set Monday

Chief McKinney sald trial of the six firemen would begin Monday. Commenting on the men, he declared, “There is one thing I can say about the firemen at the station--they did their work.” Mayor Feeney's the incident were i ‘I don't condone any violation! of regulations and will always insist they be handled promptly by those entrusted with authority but to call the incident at the station a riot and to imply the) firemen are addicted to immorality and other forms of {mproper conduct ig unfair. “I think not only the: firemen ‘and their families but all citizens of Indianapolis should resent such insinuations which cannot help, but lower the morale of the department.”

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2 Chain Store Firms Cut Milk Price a Cent

CINCINNATI, 0., Oct. 20 ‘UP) Two chain store companies today cut the price of milk by one! cent a quart. | Kroger and Albers Super Mar-| kets new milk prices will go into effect Monday. Krogers will

your Bunday Times . . . 5 They will all be on your bal- {he has made since Mr. Creighton, men” in the" factional fighting Charge 19 cents for two quarts of] eents | ,., everywhere, lot when you go to. the polls ‘who defeated him for the gover- rs milk and Albers will ask 19 "| ‘owanywhere in Indiana Tuesday. norship norhination, invited Sen. (Continued on Page 3—Col. 4) cents straight. i /

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THE ABSENT GUEST—The chair beside Gov, Gates was reserved for the start of a show scheduled in his office this morning. But the star, ex-prison guard Virgil Barkley, who was to have told how he delivered a $150 "bribe ta a state official to get a parole for a convict, didn't show up. The chair was still vacant when the party broke up.

Ex-Guard Fails to ‘Sing’ His Parole Bribe Charge

Witness Chair in Governor's Office Stays Vacant as Barkley Disoppears Le aia

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The stage was set, the audience was present —but the soloist received

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cotiversaaton ‘which Preceded : (the shooting of Harvey Brog-

RI | Mrs, Jeannette Oder | Clifford Aldridge, 1023 Central (Ave. the witness, was called to ithe stand as the defense fought {to save Mrs. Oder from the elecitric chair. | No sooner did he start to ‘testify, however, than the state [objected that his testimony was “Irrelevant.” The jury was dis. imissed pending argument on the ‘motion. : Attorneys Object { Defense: attorneys for Mrs, {Oder, charged with the first de« gree murder of her former husband, hotly contested. the motion. {One muttered that the state was Caring to suppress evidence—as ual.”

The contention was emphasized by a passag vit by Mr. Ald in which he sald police officers knew of his {knowledge of events preceding {the shooting but that he had never heen asked to sign ‘a statement, « In an ly to Mrs. Oder’s defense attor|neys, Mr, Aldridge said that the teieptione call whieh Oder

shortly .before she shot her husband was made in his

Ex-prison guard Virgil Barkley promised Gov, Gates to “sing” hearing, from the Airliner at 10th

the whole inside story of how a state taken a parole bribe. The time, 10 a. m. today.

official. is. alleged to have St. and Jefferson Ave, (Mrs. Oder

{has contended that she shot her

State police were on hand. A convict who his told a confiscat-| husband in self-defense after he

ing story of the “bribe money" .

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waited outside the statehouse in addition to the attorney fee, he and came despite her warning to

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contends was paid out as a bribe. Investigation started, says

comfortable vacant chair at his over to him inside the prison. side from which Mr. Barkley Police deduced could do his singing.

straightened out today. Off to Parts Unknown To Make Further Check But the little man wasn't there, In view of the developments, And nobody expected him to be however, Ma). O'Neal said deafter The Times disclosed yester- tectives would check Todd's story day that he had left his home near further by checking a Terre Chesterton for parts unknown, Haute store where Todd claims to If anybody breathed any easier PRY pent ihe money. because of Mr. Barkley's failure of oo ron raed that, putt to come around to put the finger commented, “we'll have a tough It wasn’t time’ proving it was the sam# apparent in the governor's office. money. So many prisonérs up “Rejected ‘Deal’ Offer” there seem to have money floatthe reporters Ing around inside the prison.” disappointed Governor Talks Politics Gov. Gates, who is letting Maj O'Neal do most of the sweating over the investigation, jokingly turned the. conversation to politics when Mr. Barkley didn't appear. He commented he had “complete confidence” in Republican victory at the polls next Tues-

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“pure guess Y care take ‘ a Ruess 0 g on Srae Barkley Fired Oct. 1

Mr. Barklev and another prison guard, Willtam Storey, were fired Oct. 1 Thev were charged with

PARIS, Oct. 20 (UP) Respon sible diplomatic sources said last-

trafficking with prisoners and Minute intervention oy President specifically with toting attorney Truman blocked United Nations fees to Indianapolis for Carl R.

action today on a proposal to put Todd. the convict who was walit- ) prof Pp

ing outside in the car at today's Pressure on the new Jewish state flo™ show of Israel.

’ " y y Ray Mr. Barkley's story 1s that .In The United Nations Security

Council put off until Tuesday at

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Palestine truce violations in (he Negev. Tuesday is election day You Can Place Your Want Ad in The . ..

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The American delegation to the If vou need “Help of any

rl . hi § The Governor was ready, with a Barkley turned the missing’ $150 that one of

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delivered $150 to the statehouse,‘stay away.) He was to have confronted Mr. Official in question. Todd, who, Barkley with his version of what Won parole only to be slapped happened to $150 the ex-guard back in the clink again when the

Saw Harvey Broglin “On the night of Feb. 3 (the eve of the shooting) I was workng shortly after midnight and Harvey Broglin came in to the restaurant . . . He had a bottle {of whisky in his pocket. Harvey Broglin was drunk. He was talk|ing to some other fellows . . . and was popping off and making wise {eracks. | “Harvey said: ‘Don’t any womjen ever come in here?’ and I said | ‘Harvey, you know this place as well as I do—you're in here every night.’ “Then he went over to the ‘Airliner phone, It was. not a dial phone at that time and it was not inclosed in a booth. I heard him give the telephone operator a number. He waited for a few minutes, then slammed the phone on the heok. Recalls Conversation “A little while later he went over to thy telephone: again and sald to the operator: ‘Now--oper-ator, I'm going to give you this number and you keep ringing it because I know - - well she's there.’ A connection was Appar« ently. made—then he said: “*What the hell do you mean leaving me standing here holding ithe telephone all night when I

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Old-Type Phones Convert to Dial

Beimont and Cherry exchange telephone users in Indianapolis haven't long to wait for dial serve ice, the Indiana Bell Telephone Co. apnounced today. .

Equipment for the ‘conversion

of the last 28,000 old-type telephones to dial operation j& being installed in the two exchanges, L. W. Schumaker, company divi"sion manager, said. While 100 installers at the two offices put equipment in place and prepare tossolder ends of 15 mil. lion feet of wire, 32 construction crews are putting cable under several streets connecting the new offices to other units.

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