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TRUE AND FALSE—Indianapolis school children got a pre-taste of Halloween yesterday as most schools celebrated the ancient holiday. Thirty pupils at the Theodore Potter School, 1601 E. 10th St., entertained with a skit. Among the goblin chasers were (left to right) William Daft, Nancy ‘Méore, Marianne Wright and Wayne James,

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NEWBURY, Vt. Oct. 30 (UP) «Four railroad men were killed, five injured and 250 sleeping passengers shaken early taday when two fast trains collided head-on in a dense fog. | The trains were the Redwings, one southbound from Montreal, the other northbound from Boston, of .the Boston & Maine Railroad. TT 4

The engineers and firemen of both trains were killed. Five mail clerks on the two trains were in-

A. | Dewey Aids Grow More Confident

By JOSEPH NOLAN United Press Staff Correspondent President Truman said today {the Republicans are out to ‘‘de-

{progress made under 16 years of | Democratic rule. | The President made the charge |in a message to the young Demo{cratic Clubs’ of America as he {and Republican nominee Thomas |E, Dewey prepared to wind up {their formal campaigns with [speeches tonight. Mr. Truman {speaks at a rally in St. Louis, |Gov. Dewey in New York City. Both candidates will make brief (radio appeals on election eve. In his message to the young © |Democrats, Mr. Truman predicted {he would have the support of a {majority of young.voters in his {bid for four more years in the | White. House.

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Both engines and five cars were derailed. The dead were identified as: Martin L. Gove, Wentworth, N. H., engineer eof {the southbound train; Victor Tromba, St. Johnsbury, Vt, fireman; John Blajr, Newport, Vt. engineer of the northbound train and Red Ford, Newport, Vt, fireman. | Cause Undétermined The cause of the accident could

oR v : oH not be established immediately. . . Railroad officials said it was-cus- AND | SAID—David Hart lends an attentive ear

tomary for trains to travel slow-| but a wary eye to the conversation of "Bugs Bunny." ly slong. the section of track’ The novel pumpkin was his entry in a contest at School Whete {lie ‘crash oceurred: | 44, at 2033 Sugar Grove Ave. Pupils submitted more

Doctors and nurses were mobi- i lized in a half dozen nearby Ver- than 180 pumpkins for the event.

mont and New Hampshire com- s 8 = » munities.

me sean mons on » Crackdown Against False Fire Alarms Planned Here

matic signals. The bodies were removed from, . . . Juvenile Aid Officers Threaten $50 Fine

Bodies Removed the wreckage and taken to the For Any Youth Found Guilty of ‘Prank’

hospital at nearby Woodsville, N.| H. The injured were taken to hos- ! pitals at Woodsville and Hanover, Police Juvenile Aid officers today announced a new policy deN.H.. signed to discourage Halloweeners who consider false fire alarms Among passengers aboard the 2 Prank. Senate 8gt. Forrest Higgs, of the Juvenile Ald Division, said a $50 5 House investigator accused fine will be levied against any youth found guilty of turning in a {ye Democrats of carrying on

southbound train were members ot. the Mentrea] Royals hockey false alarm. Seyeral cases already are pending, he said. a campaign of “fear and propaoT - ’ ” “False alarms can't be con-

team, en route to Boston for a : oy game. None was said to be hurt. | » ganda” in New Mexico to elect They removed their equipment Fall of Mukden |strued as just pranks,” he added. Clinton P. Anderson to the |

: |the President told a Democratic rally in Brooklyn that 61 million persons will go to the polls next Tuesday. ; r Cut in Plurality Seen However, Gov. Dewey's aides were more confident than ever at {the end of their 15,000-mile campaign trail. Though they conceded privately that Gov. Dewey's plurality wouldn't be so large as was forecast two months ago, they said the GOP nominee is so sure of victory he already is giving some thought to the selection of a cabinet. The Governor arrived in New {York City late yesterday after stumping Massachusetts, © Rhode Island and Connecticut. Elsewhere in politics:

from a derailed baggage car, |“It's a serious offense. Every run Senate.

made by a fire engine costs the c Engineer Badly Hurt city money and endangers the aonairman fora A. Harnets

. . : ) the House sub- . . firemen. In the past there have In Ohio Train Wreck Believed Imminent been cases where firemen cand COT i (tee on publicity and propa- , ganda named Interior Secretary COLUMBUS, 0., Oct. 30 (UP) } other citizens were seriously in- ; , Krug as one of the leaders —An engineer was seriously in-| NANKING, Oct. 30 (UP)—The jured in accidents which occurred . yo campaign.

jured today when the Chesapeake fall of the great Manchurian city 8% 2 fire engine was rushing to

| y ! ” {to come over because her former on narcotics charges. They were. ROCHESTER, Minn. Oct. 30 and ran to the window. The fires & Ohio Railroad's Sportsman col- of Mukden to Chinese Communist 2PSWeT ah alarm." tice Labor 'husband, ‘whom she feared, had ordered to appear in Superior (UP)—A. J. Robertson, athletic men heard me scream and care lided with a Pennsylvania Rail-iforces generally was believed Im- He said his office also will AFL President William Green Phoned to say he was coming Court Thursday. Police said they director of Bradley University at/ried me down a

road yard engine in the yards here, - Roy E. Miller, 54, of Madison-

minet tonight, but the govern- impose severe penalties on any Said his organization is against ment denied that it already had other eases of destructive pranks Setting up an independent labor fall : or vandalism under the guise of Party. He said the results of ville, O., engineer of the yard !allen. Halloween fun. Tuesday's election “will show our engine, suffered fractures of both| An official spokesman said au-| pg)jce today are investigating position is sound.” legs, a possible skull fracture and thorities still were in touch witha threatening phone call which numerous cuts and bruises. the Mukden garrison by radio they said looked like a prank. South Both engines were derailed in| The American, British and lee Mashino, 1314 English Ave. Democratic National Chairman the wreck. None of the passen- French embassies said their con-18aid a woman told him to leave J. Howard McGrath recognized gers on the Sportsman was in-|gulates jured, railroad officials said:

Learns All About Indiana Arrests

Florin Denny, 40, of Dayton, O., left Municipal Court 4 today a Youth Pleads Innocent

little sadder, a little wiser. To M He appeared before Judge Clark anslaughter Charge

(open in Mukden. Their continued Would be burned. the official Democratic Party in |functioning during any Commu- Several other householders re- South Carolina. nist occupation would be for the Ported vandalism last night. Gov. J. Strom Thurmond, [protection of foreign interests,! Mary Moran, 1502 E. Tabor, states’ rights candidate for with no question of recognition of Said cans hurled at the porch President, retorted that {a Red regime involved. (broke a glass jar. Leslie

someone pushed down his" white anybody else.” picket fence. : Co Both Barbara Davis, 38th St. Texas south of Warman Ave. and North The FBI is investigating vote

on the charges of having inter-| Herbert Charles Bobb, 19, 627 Stewart, 522 N. Somerset Ave. fraud charges made by both can-and left. Mr. Evans, a native Hoosier, Music will be furnished by the fered with an officer who was Cottage Ave, today pleaded inno- FéPorted storm doors broken by didates in the Democratic Sena. | = has been identified with Indian-- Pearson Music Co., and games questioning another man in the cent to charges of manslaughter, gh cans. " torial primary in Texas. That apolis advertising for many for all will be provided by the Bus Terminal. reckless driving and leaving the llam Groves, custodian at'was the race in which Rep. Only Woman Can years. He served in various ca- Park Board Recreation Depart § Bg 5 3510 N. Pennsylvania St. Pe- Lyndon B. Johnson defeated pacities . on the News, Star and ment There will be a popularity

When asked by the judge why scene of an accident, when ar-|ported broken garage windows. former Gov. Coke Stevenson by how you make an arrest here in Mr, Bobb was arrested Oct. 2/ipn his parked car at Alabama and iy . . ‘Weather Smiles me.” /dent in 2500 8. California St. edge, Judge Clark sald, “Case dis- 8, sald 10 a. m... 66

he had interfered, Denny said, raigned before Judge Saul Rabb| Frances G - rue “I was- just interested in seeing in Criminal Court 2. |Ave.. said Rs axes Dexter 87 votes. . Indiana.” As an-afterthought he after the car he was driving Washingto n Sts. added, “They were very nice to struck a motorcycle operated by Ag agtor oa householder re Motorcycle Policeman Robert J. ported a rank which "| Satisfied that Denny had been Baker. Officer Baker died almost into grandfathers day a back On Football Fans successful in his quest for knowl- gg turned $0 -jal LOCAL TEMPERATURES F. was returned 1o°jall hoys pushed over his outside! © a m... 53 missed.” today. {toflet. de Sy am..5 11am... 10 ne

Strong Military Junta seizes rule in Peru.......... Page 2 ler Ave, an employee of the given special consideration by ] T hit ak i Machinery & Equipment Corp., | The Times Straw Vote . . . Truman hits peak in. died yesterday while operating a "cAtherman Paul Miller as he VOLES uvvvesssnossssssnsssssssssnsssassess Page 2/loading crane at 2008 E, New Predicted a continuation of comIf

Ghosts 'n’ Goblins . . . a Halloween featuYe.........Page 8 York-st. |fortable mild weather tonight

: Mr. Shewmon lost conscious-|and tomorrow. Other Features on Inside Pages

nses after a minor accident. Skies will be partly cloudy to{Police efforts to revive him with nighf and tomorrow, with a high Amusements. 5 Comics ..... 14 Inside Indpls 5 Bociety ..... Books ...... 8 Crossword .. 11|/Jim Lucas... 10 Sports ..... 6-7|

3 an inhalator were unsuccessful. _smperature of 74 tomorrow. Hob- | Deputy Coroner Cox sald Mr. goblins were advised to dress in M. Childs ... 10 Editorials... 10/Mrs. Manners 11 Washington. 10 Shewmon apparently died of a|keeping with an Classified .11-13| Forum ....., 10/Radio ...... 8/Weather Map 11/heart attack, -

expected low temperature tonight of near 45.

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Partly cloudy, continued mild through tomorrow. Low tonight, 45; high tomorrow, 74.

Oder Lawyers Charge State ‘Half Truths’

Say Police Failed

Defense attorneys for Mrs.

degree murder, today charged the

[fury indictment against Mrs. Oder! =

|by presenting only “half truths.” | Their charge grew out of the

\discovery yesterday of a witness . h : Mili ity Chi $ : Be a Ce Jewis itary ers

diately before the shooting. Mrs,

. . om nominee Agree to Refer Edict

former husband. The surprise witness, who was stilled in court by prosecution ob-

jections, is Clifford Aldridge, >To Israeli Govern ment

Central Ave. who was night man-|

ager of the Airliner Restaurant, Big Scale Warfare in North Palestine

10th St. and Jefferson Ave. the| eve of the slaying. Until |ward voluntarily, |been disclosed there was a witness to Broglin’'s half of the phon conversation.

*" Took No Statement

Truman Hits Foes mies

‘Mr. Aldridge told Mrs. Oder’s de- + Ini

|fense tounsel that police knew of = knowledge but had .made no

hte ws, a5 MATA REET SPR BAAD, ment substantiates Mrs. Oder’s| story her former husband was| abusive over the phone,” Mary Miller, one of the defense| counsels, said today. ‘“However,| {we are not allowed to present, this {to the jury who will decide the|

|stroy” the social and 'economic/Woman's fate because the state United Nations

{feels it is irrelevant.” | “Neither was this presented to {the grand jury which originally |indicted Mrs. Oder, for them to {consider with other evidence. | | “So far,” she continued, “the! {state has introduced witnesses, {who told what Broglin and Mrs. {Oder did the day of the slaying, {what Mrs, Oder did the afternoon | {of the slaying and about a party {she attended the eve of the slay-. ing. ‘ ! Information “Lost” “If this is relevant, then cer-| tainly what the dead man did and |said minutes before he was slain is pertinent.” : | The defense lawyers said they icould find no indication unidenti-

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Before heading west last night. fied police officers to whom Mr. Hamilton Fisher, United Na- to heavier weights on this glieats. ‘They declined to move, he:

Aldridge told his story had re-

flayed that information to detec-'fighting was heaviest near the up a little Jonger than normally. “It's just.plain- miraculous that [tives assigned to the case. | Mediterranean south of the Leb-| The seasonal decline: in meat mors weren't a alion | Both Sgts. Michael Smiley and anese frontief, a former battle- , plus for corn fire ‘chief said. Mattson

Myron Partlowe said they had!ground of the Crusaders.

never heard of Mr. Aldridge until he came forward in court. They

{said Broglin had been traced back of the Arab bulge, which consti- mid-month price survey showed. apolis Time). It took 90 minutes

{to 10th St. and Jefferson Ave before the slaying but it had never been ascertained from where he made the telephone’ call {Edward Rouls said he would in-| {vestigate but that he felt it was {an unintentional omission. . |

} | Not Allowed to Testify {the new outbreak of fighting and

| Mr. Aldridge, who may be re{called to the stand later, was not ‘allowed to testify concerning {what Broglin said to Mrs. Oder. {Judge William D. Bain sustained |state ‘motions the testimony was not admissable. ’ However, in a signed affidavit which he made to defense lawyers, Mr. Aldridge said Broglin was drinking and was abusive over the phone. The trial is recessed until Monday when Mrs. Oder is expected to take the stand in her own defense. Her only other witness yesterday was her brother, Windsor Weaver, who testified he had received calls from her immediately before the shooting, asking him

lover, {caught the

But Her Time Is still Her Own, Bandits Say

| YONKERS,N. Y., Oct. 30 (UP) |—While the city's 270-man- police force

of Mrs. Shirley Schneider, tied her up and robbed her of $6500 in jewels. They

refurned $8 from her

South Pocketbook when she told them in Indianapolis business circles,

Devo, Carolina Democrats will not “take She had a bill to pay. Then they has ! — (4014 Washington Blvd., reported dictation from Mr. McGrath or told her to keep quiet for half an Times Advertising Department,

hour. | “But how will I know when the time is up?” she said. *They gave her back a watch

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To Check Statement | ® » Ei Jeannette Oder, on trial for first! ! 1 ! ; y Iprosecution obtained the grand ’ : ;

| Mr. Aldridge came for-| it had never

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Arabs Accept Truce By UN

iDicasFire Hits 2 Chicago Tenements

Subsides in New Hope for Peace Report Occupants By ROBERT J. MANNING, United Press Staff Correspondent Refused to Move PARIS, Oct. 30—United Nations headquarters reported) CHICAGO, Oct. 30 (UP)—Four /tonight that Arab forces in north Palestine had accepted | persons were killed early today a United Nations order to cease fire, and that the big scale when fire swept through a South fighting there had stopped, at least temporarily. + |Side apartment building. Eight eee Jowish-military -representatives had not accepted the NOUS later the residents of an-

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ted Nations i i i other Bouth Side apartment bufldions order, truce officials notified the United Na- Ing were driven to the 5 vi

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tions here, but agreed to refer!

er Ave. killed four persons’ : injured eight, : The dead included Hyman Ratinowsky; owner of the building; a woman tentatively as a Mrs. Sammons; an

IS Meanwhile, they said, the heavy in Palestine during the night had subsided, Fell Earlier, Heavier, The official reports to thei Department R said the truce | PY eports a. m. (Indianapolis time). -| The price of pork chops is about time) a fire broke out high ‘a 3 A Haifa dispatch sald earlier, as low now as it will be for sole J the fighting still was going on.! It quoted truce headquarters Department. In its monthly report on the was superseded by the official re- meat situation, the department port of the truce. {sald hog prices normally decline Haifa said the Lebanese govern- ber to October because of the fall ment agreed provisionally to upswing in marketings. . troops did likewise. this year than usual, the reporti4s, who came here recently from Informants added that the Is-/said. Probably most of the sea- pn... 4 that he had had referred the matter to his place. |lenants two months ago that 4 government, and no further word But it added the customary Harper Ave. building had g, had been received from him, | January price boosts may not oc-{condemned health

»* fighting which broke out along] the entire northern front | ‘Quotes Truce Quarters took effect after the dealine of 6 WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UP)—| Apoyt 10:15 am ( ’ t that the deadline had passed and time, according to the Agriculture INE at 77th and Green Sts, four nt m| Harper officials in Haifa, and apparently] United Nations headquarters in about eight percent from Septem-|,, 0. fire. heed the cease fire order if Israeli| Prices fell earlier and faster Central Hospital, Mr. Ratinowsky, raeli chief of staff replied that he sonal decline has already taken Heaviest Near Sea ~~ |cur so early in 1940. Feeding hogs and that tenants would

tions press officer in Haifa, said the huge corn crop may keep

{and butterfat, the farm- anyone got out a 7 - Mr. Fisher said the Israell ob- ers’ purchasing power down to the| The four-story stone building jective appeared to be elimination lowest point in six years, the caught fire about 3 a. m. (Indian

tutes a threat to Jewish Positions > f Arab, tly 1 hed attacks . trol. from this salient that won tem, Youth Hides Under +} 9 "'Benefactor’s Bed

Diplomatic Slowdown

The new United Nations cease The old tear-jerker ballad “May | py fire order was lasued even A%r Sieep in Your Barn Tonight, window. He landed on a concréte a diplomatic slowdown here on Mister?” had ta paral = ad og oA the eve of the American elections Marion County Sheriff's ecom- Police were the 1p to also. threatened to wipe out the last Plaint division today. the cause of the fire. Jets; vestige of United Nations control! Russ Reading, 72, R. RD Dax there. was a > sal : over the Holy Land. 552, told deputies he oe was set by an arsonist who has The United Nations Security or Tene hiding under a/Dten working ‘in the ares lor Council recelved an ~Anglo-i, i'"oith a pistol in his pocket/MaY have resulted from

Chinese resolution looking toward

which had been taken from a Holloween prank.

eventual penalties against Israel _..0" ~~ 2 was estimated at $25,000, if the Jews clung to their refusal “y' poaqing said the youth “The first I know of it was to evacuate the newly conquered .,no to his home Thursday night when I woke {

hollering fire hg the Corson: and told a tale of hitch-hiking : oe [from Tennessee. He gave the Sia Francis Slade, who lived on ‘Dead Ender’ Freed youth supper and allowed him to Ee [sleep in his barn. Last nignt the

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 30 (UP)—| roid “ Re “ boy slept in jail, pending Juvenile Former “Dead End Kid” Huntz Aid Division action.

territory.

Hall and his agent, Ben Melzer, | a Peaple ran down “Then 34, were free on habeas corpus : 2 grabbed and writs today after being arrested Athletic Head Dies the cage with my two canaries

28-year-old actor Peoria, Ill, died at St. Mary's| “Somewhere I lost the birds’ « | |digging up cans of marijuana in Hospital here today of a liver cage and my purse, The purse tro his hack yard Thursday night. ailment. ’ had all my life savings in war RT A " bonds inside.” a At least three persons saved their lives by jumping into yo spread by firemen. :

Albert O. Evans Joins

Congress Street | Carnival Tonight '

A Halloween Street Carnival, sponsored “by the Indianapolis « Civic League and the Teen Can

joined The Indianapolis in charge of advertising sales promation and copy production, Louis. D.* Young, Times advertis-

ing director, announced today.

The street will be blocked off for dancing and roller skating. Ths

Times, and at one time was busi~ ness manager of The Indianapolis Commercial. During World War I he served as a commissioned officer in the Field Artillery, and is a charter member of Indianapolis Post No. 4, American Legion, Durihg World War II, Mr, Evans was in charge of the In-

JOINS TIMES—Albert O, value or real estate

dianapolis office of the War Pro- Rah Q . Sanya Board, and subsequently Rags us. joied. The Sodio: investment? was in charge of the Civilian pro- ) duction Administration. ment. He will be in Sir of ro ars Suns He is a past president of the advertising sales promotion and will find rr Advertising Club of Indianapolis, copy production. hundreds from : Indianapolis News Newsboys’ . A ‘which cata, Band Alumni Association, Men's|ing and promotion committee Josalizgs t prices await

Bible Class of the Central Ave- the Indianapolis Community {Fund and has in tary-treasurer of the Executives many other civie ns such Club of Indianapolis, Lions Club as president of the th Rite| : ’ of Indianapolis, former member Symphony Orchestra three Cig y board of directors of the Better years, to read the Real Business Mureau, and for three| Mr. and Mrs. Evans (the for Estate Ads in The

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