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ORPHANED — Unaware that their daddy and dead, 5-year-old Bonita Counts (left) and her baby b

Edward, were recovering in General Hospital today from monoxide poisoning. The deadly gas seeping from a space heater asphyxiated

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early Sunday. The father, He died “early this

Mrs. ‘Miriam Counts, nts, gasped for life five days.

morning. Grandparents will take care of the children. They will be kept in the hospital until after their father's funeral.

Baby, Girl, 5, Orphaned as (der Witnesses Police Head for Kentucky,

Daddy Dies of Gas Fumes

29-Year-Old War Veteran Loses Fight for Recovery After Carbon Monoxide Takes Wife

A tiny baby and a 5-year-old girl were left without parents today when their father, who had been overcome by fumes from a coal stove, died in General Hospital at 5 a. m.

The death of Edward F. Counts, 29-year-old war veteran, Oder's murder trial today turned

followed by only six days that of his attractive 26-year-old wife, Miriam, in their East Side home, 440 S. Audubon Rd.

The children, Bonnie, 5, and 2-

Call Broglin ‘Mean’

Testimony Hits at | Victim's Reputation | Defense tactics

to attempts to attack the reputa-

‘tion of her former husband, whom slaying was the result of a feud.

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2 {month-old James Edward, are in lISSid eo B [the hospital recovering from The car¥on monoxide fumes, escaping from a coal stove.in the bedFrom Czechoslovakia | which they had lived only a . short time. PARIS, Nov. 5 (UP)—The American intelligence service has First reports were that the gas well-founded reports indicating . that Russia has been supplying| |" Era 0%. Later, Lowered, =n arms and airplanes to the Israeli} gation y : y : from Czechoslovakia to Palestine, [that this was not the case. it was learned today. Police Deny Negligence Sworn statements have been Police have denied negligence can intelligence agents here, de-|SéVen hours after they were iling operations of the aerialcalled to the Counts home. Chief ply route to Palestine, the/Edward D. Rouls said in defense The deserters also have given/Was that the call should have the same information in sworn been repeated if the police didn’t statements to Dr. Ralph Bunche, come. nation of Count Folke Bernadotte double, said they called of Sweden. There can be little doubt, it was 8. *'m. Sunday. They said they

{monoxide fumes. Neither knows Arming Israel {room, filled the Counts’ side of |was sulphur dioxide from a leaky |Storms, county coroner, disclosed filed by several deserters from!in the gas suffocation. Neighbors UnKed Press learned in reliable/0f Rjs department his only anacting Palestine mediator for the] Mr. and Mrs. Leacle Finley, said, that arms and airplanes!talked to an officer who told them

she shot last Feb. 4.

| This move was decided today 1 As the trial entered the 12th by Police Inspector Jack O'Neal ear- ne ain

day, three persons living in the of the Indianapolis police and his |

tragedy occurred when mer husband,

bad. One of the witnesses, Robert R. Stelhorn, 1214 N. Tacoma. Ave. a plumber, said he had known Broglin for 14 months and that he thought him “mean and disagreéable.” The other two, Don{ald Williams, 928 Tecumseh PI. jand Lester Harvey, 2602 E. 10th |St., gave substantially the same testimony. Policemen on Stand First to take the stand this

LaDuke, who tes May 16, 1943, he was sent to Mrs Oder’s residence to investigate a family fight. He said that he found Mrs. Oder with a bloody nose, cut lip and black eyes and that Broglin admitted beating her. Another Indianapolis police|man, Edward Myers, corroborated ! [Officer LaDuke’s testimony and! added that Mrs. Oder refused

head-|/medical treatment at the time. At because |quarters between 2:30 and 2:457Yesterday’s hearing Police Sgt. matches which the boys admitted

William (Bert) Ennis testified similarly about the fight. | Mrs. Oder's attorneys said they

fied that on|They theorized the fatal

Tennessee in Murder Probe

Hope to Find Clues, Motive by Visiting Area in Which Shooting Victim Had Lived

Search for a motive in the ambush slaying of James Kelly | Brooks turned’to the hills of Kentucky and Tennessee where the

in Jeannette family of the slain man was gathering for a funeral tomorrow.|

Indianapolis Detective Sgt. Harold Goodman and Detective Sgt. Jack Hester of Indiana State Police were sent to Scottsville, Ky., scene of the funeral, to question relatives on the possibility the

{same neighborhood with the for- son, Maj. Robert O'Neal of the

Harvey Samuel State Police. J | Broglin, testified that his reputa- Baffling Case

[tion for “peace and quietude” was

The father-son team of Hoosier police executives were determined to break the case, one of the most baffling in the recent history of Indianapolis crime. Mr. Brooks, 27-year-old pack-

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inghouse worker, was shot] 6a m... 60 10a m... 62 through the heart a few blocks| 7 a. m.., 58 11 a. m.., 61 from his home Wednesday night] 8 a'm... 60. 12 (Noon). 60 as he walked to work on the night| 9 a. m... 63 1p. m.., 60

shift at Kingan & Co. Police a the murder weapon Nearly a full inch of rain fell was a 38-caliber special revolver, in six hours this morning, over-

from the copper-nosed bullet they |10ading the city's sewer system

shot | /dential neighborhoods. h the heart g ay bushes at| Rain will continue intermittentSpann Ave. and Olive Sts. ly throughout the day. Police continued to question Pected high temperature is 68, three boys, who were lccated by according to the Indianapolis a train of discarded matches, in Weather Bureau. connection with a car looting near | Considerable cloudiness tonight the slaying scene. {will be .accompanied by cooler Inspector Jack O'Neal theorized temperatures, extending. through the car which the boys admitted TRON Sante x il looting might be a salesman’s car, | » axim of the quantity of Of 56 is expected tomorrow. Five-Day Forecast taking from it. He said a sales-| Temperatures in the five-day man was a person likely to carry period ending Wednesday will a gun in his car and suggested average two to five degrees above

the parents are gone. Bare Supply Route GC0™ ian’ trame double in received a number of apparently, o..ocor in an old model reforces by way of an air route the Israeli air force with Ameri- Said officers did not respond until sourdes {swer to the neighbors’ charges United Nations since the assassi- who occupy the other side of the supplied by the route aided the Police

Israeli in their recent successes against the Arab forces in the Negev and in Balilee.

BULLETINS

A 45-year-old clerk dropped dead; apparently of a heart attack, after he reported a daring daylight robbery of Brosman’s Liquor Store, 144 N. Alabama St., this afternoon.

City Hall paychecks was looted of an undetermined amount. . Police pursued a suspect through the crowded City Market, and barricaded the eastern half of downtown. The clerk was identified as Sam Mishelow of 908 Union St. by his employer, Hyman Brosman, who

A cigar- | box containing money to cash. |

police would be right out. {did not arrive until Mr. Finley called again at 9:13 a. m. The couple said they first suspected that something was wrong lat the Counts when they heard low moans coming through the thin wall dividing their living quarters. . Mrs. Finley said sie heard the family dog giving what she de{scribed as a “death howl” and the |baby crying. Her husband went {next door to attempt to arouse someone before" calling police. In Army Four Years Mr. Counts served four years

expect to finish presentation of the gun might have been part of| their witnesses late today or early the loot. Monday. There are approximate-| He urged anyone whose car had ly 10 more witnesses to be exam- been looted in the area to come ined. § forward and especially anyone The 46-year-old brunet house-iwho had a quantity of “Old wife, who admitted firing three|Glory” matches in his auto, shots into her ex-husband the After the Shooting night of Feb. 3 as he came up the| Police said the boys maintain steps of her home, is being tried|they stole the matches sometime in Criminal Court. lafter the time of the shooting. Mrs. Oder’s attorneys are fight-| The youngsters were located ing to keep her from being sent|when police found more than 20 [to the electric chair by attempt-'matchboxes strewn over almost {ing to prove she shot Broglin, 35, two blocks and several cartons from whom she had been divorced hidden in a shed in the 400 block

normal, according to the Weather Bureau. Normal maximum temperatures for this period in Indiana range from 52 in the north to 61 in the southern portions; minimum from 33 ip northern Indiana to 38 in the southern areas. Rainfall will average about one-fourth inch in the northwest portion of the state to one-tenth inch in southern Indiana. Occasional light rain tomorrow will possibly continue through Sunday /in the northwestern areas.

Brings Decline In Stock List

New Post-Election

Lows Recorded * NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (UP)— Selling drove down stock market prices. to new pqst-election lows today. Tickers ran several minutes behind the market,

The break ranged to six points in Santa Fe. The break, at its height at noon, forced prices down $2 to $6 a share, wiped out all of yesterday's gains and left the market [below Wednesday's close.

Analysts attributed the drop to fears of an excess profits tax, a higher personal income tax, and an administration drive to force corporations to reduce prices of their goods. All Sections Lower All sections of the market pariticipated in the decline with |steels, rails and chemicals hardlest hit. | Meager support developed the early afternoon dealings and| the leaders came back part way from their lows. Sales in the second hour totaled 420,000 shares, bringing the!

morning total to 890,000 shares,

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day. The Dow-Jones industrial average fell $4.50 to a new low since

a new low since Aug. 13.

Bikini Natives Relocated by Navy

PEARL HARBOR, Nov, 3 (UP) 1 —The Navy announced today his appeal for more American morning was Patrolman Charles/recovered from the victim's body.| 4 making small lakes in resi-|completion of the transfer of 181 help in a message congratulating ‘|disposed ‘ Bikini atoll natives to President Truman on his election. mate, Mr. Barkley.

Kili Islands in the Southern Mar-

The ex- Shalls, one of the most productive gtates under Mr. Truman's lead-

of the island group. The Bikinians, who were driven out of their native island when the Navy condemned it for the atom bomb tests, recently resided at Kwajalein after barren Ron-

low will 8erick proved inadequate.

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State C. of C. directors tackle tax problems Page 2

o 70 Americans feared dead or missing in 5 global air crashes .........Page 12

14 ex-Nazis hanged for U. S. airmen’s deaths Page 12

Cathedral, * Broad Ripple clash tonight. ....Page 36

Indiana residents can expect

with the First Armored Division Dearly three years, in self-defense.|S. Pine St.

lin the African and Italian in- « Jury Will Deliberate vasions. Since his return to, In{dianapolis he-had been employed {as a butcher at Uhl's Market, 27 |S. Illinois St. Survivors include his parents, (Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Counts;

{two brothers, Paul and Charles

tions by Judge William D. Bai to the jury of seven women an five men. Then the jurors wi deliberate on thegverdict.

Remaining after the defense william. Graves, completes its case are rebuttal,| Ave. confirmed the story of one closing arguments and instruc- of Mr. Brooks’ fellow workers at/normal.

was out of the store when the {Counts, and two sisters, Nellie bandit entered. {and Barbara Jean Counts, all of i. !Indianapolis.. Coach Ed Diederfch of Broad i Ripple announced today the Cathedral-Broad Ripple game scheduled for tonight has been postponed because of heavy rains. The tilt will be played

Monday at 8 p. m. at Broad Snow Maroons Ripple. . The Manual-Shortridge and H . -

the Howe-Washington tilts also ~7 By United Press

were postponed this afternoon and will be played Monday aftA driving snow, riding freezing northwest winds, stranded a

ernoon. Denies He Seeks pumber of deer hunters in the Black Hills of South Dakota to-

Senate Majority Job WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UP) —=Sen. Millard E. Tydings (D: Mad.), said yesterday he is “not a candidate” for the post of major Authorities believed the deer

hunters would be s i Ry leader in the new Democratic|ipeir cabins and BE ate. ne 1

Sen. dings’ made his state: most of them had provisions for ment oe as Md., home|S¢Veral days. No deaths have after his name had been proposed been Teporied so_ far. for the post by his Maryland col-| 1esidents of Lead and Deadleague, Sen. Herbert O’Conor (D.|W00d, S. D., reported an 18-inch Md). i : blanket of snow covering their Sen. Tydings is in line for the|tOWns. Schools rewained open shairmanship of the Senate Armed in’ Deadwood but attendance was Services Committee. reduced to a mere handful. .

—— The Chicago weather burea Picard Diving Bell

reported that snow’ covered an Breaks Down in Trial

area extending from the Canadian border above the Dakotas PARIS, Nov. 5 (UP)—The ap-|t0 Goodland, in northwestern paratus for. raising Prof. August Kansas. The ‘heavy snow came Picard’s bathysgphere has failed|38 a surprise, the weather buto function with the empty sphere|réau said. A light fall of about 4500 feet below the surface of the Atlantic off the Cape Verde

one inch was expected. At Sidney, Neb., the weather Islands, dispatches from - Dakar said today,

| charge of Moore Mortuaries Peace | Chapel, but arrangements have {not been completed.

feet deep across wooded trails.

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day as it piled into drifts five

which has attracted huge crowds of spectators daily since it opened

next week. Principal defense witnesses to take the stand before the recess late yesterday were Ennis and Dr. R. N. Harger, Indiana University Medical School toxicologist. Policeman Testifies Sgt. Ennis testified he was sent to Mrs. Oder’s home, 2538 Brookside Pkwy., on May 16, 1943, on the report of a family quarrel. He said he saw Mrs. Oder in a semi-conscious .condition lying on her davenport. Her nose was bleeding, her lip cut and her’ face bruised, he told the court. And he quoted Mr. Broglin as saying: “I did it.” Dr. Harger said a test of Mr. Broglin’s blood revealed he was under the influence of alcohol when he died. 3

Round Up Youthful Gang in Mail Box Thefts

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (P)—Detectives searched today for 15 youthful members of a gang who filched $50,000 in government checks from mailboxes in the last two years. :

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{seized and questioned yesterday. They said a 15-year-old taught the older boys what days checks for income tax refunds, service men’s allotments, and unemployment insurance were due. He showed them also how to “break into the mail boxes with a can

bureau reported winds of % opener and forge the indorse-

‘ments.

It is unlikely that" the trial]

Five others of the gang were]

somewhat warmer temperatures Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. Night temperatures throughout the period will remain above

| The dead man’s brother-in-law, 1155 Fletcher

n|Kingan & Co. that the victim] - d|pelieved someone was tollowing O'Dwyer Vacations Uihim. Had Been Followed

{them he bad been followed for | post-election vacation at

Cal. | He was taking ‘his nightly route to work when someone shot {him once, in alley-like Olive St.| ~ just off Spann Ave. at about 9 p. m. His body was discovered by passersby later. There was no sign of a struggle. He still gripped the bag containing his lunch and his wallet and watch were untouched. His 18-year-old wife, Louise, still stunned by the tragedy, could give police no further details. She left yesterday with her 14-month-old son, Gary, for their former home in Scottsville, Ky. where funeral services for her husband will be held.

a Report Cotton Loans

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UP) —The Agriculture Department reported yesterday that farmers had received government Ioans on 1,654,604 bales of this year's cotton crop on Oct. 28, The government’s loan rate is 30.74 cents a| Eg pound. If the farmers cannot sell the guaranteed: cotton at a higher price, the department will {take it over.

WHOLESALE PRICES -DIP WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UP) —The Labor Department re-| ported yesterday average whole-! sale prices dropped nine-tenths| of 1 per cent last week. The Department said lower prices for fresh mesa.s, dairy products and livestock were hen responsible” for the decline average, .. . i | wholesale prices. rains continued this aft

OUR "WET CITY—Indianapolis'

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Amusements. 20 F. £. Othman 23 Beauty .....28 Radio ......11 Bridge .....28/Ruark ......23 Business ... 18 Scherrer ....24 Classified. 39-42 Side Glances 24 Crossword .. 25 Society .....26

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (UP) —! Editorials ..24 Sports ...36-38 commander of the U. 8. West Pa-| {Mayor William O'Dwyer leaves Forum .....24 Summersby . 19 cific/fleet, said his warships would | Both men said Mr. Brooks told py plane today for a fortnight's Hollywood ..20/Teen Prob. . 30/remain in the northeast Shantung| his' Inside Indpls. 23! Weather Map. 3/port of Tsingtao, 225 miles north-| 4 [the past two weeks as he walked prother's ranch near El Centro,|Mrs. Manners 8 Earl Wilson . 25/east of Hsuchow and 310 miles: Funeral services will be in Oct. 18, will end before the middle to work each night. ; :

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Truman Asks Voters’ Aid on ‘Great Issues’ Heavy Selling

Throng of 800,000

In Washington Roars Welcome to President

Sidewalks Jammed on Parade to White House; | Chief Executive May Quit After New Term By LYLE C. WILSON, United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov. 5—President Truman returned in triumph td the capital today and humbly called for the co-operation of all Americans in facing “the great issues” in the next four years. Speaking from the White House steps after a tris umphant victory ride from the railroad station witnessed by perhaps as many as 800,000 persons, the President said he hoped to bring those issues to “a successful conclusion.” Thousands of persons jammed the White House grounds, clambered on the iron fence surrounding the ground and spilled into Lafayette Park across from the |executive mansion to hear the President say modestly: . “I appreciate this warm Chinese Ask U S greeting, this overwhelming ’ * W* lgreeting. It makes a man wonder when he can be worthy of the responsibility

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against 700,000 to noon yester- man for more American aid to-

Reds Massing for Standing beside him as he spoke was his comrade-in-victory,

Drive on Nanking Vice President Elect Alben W, NANKING, Nov. 5 (UP)— Barkley who had shared in the China appealed to President Tru- President's triumphant “welcome {home” today. The President turned to Mr, day as Communist armies massed Barkley and said he expected he north and south of Nanking for a(would have an easier task in the

Oct. 1; rail average, off $2.40 to|pincers offensive against this/COMINg year because of the Demo-

a new low sinee Apr. 21, and|natlonalist capital. utility average, off 55 cents to

Mr, Barkley's ability. U. 8. authorities already have| ppg 4umyjtyous welcome he ree ordered ‘the evacuation of 900|,sived rivaled that given! to the American military dependents| .+inn's war heroes. from the Shanghai-Nanking area re ee | The President's “Victory Spee and advised 4000 other Americans cial chugged into Union Station

to get out as possible. A: Work. % at 10 a. m., Indianapolis Time, dat Weahio sent First to board the train to meet

the President was his running.

he hoped the United] Mr. Truman threw his arms Yong 24d In y around the 70-year-old Kentucky

ership would understand thor- Senator as he clambered aboard oughly ' the grave effect of the the observation platform, Chinese situation on world peace] Their faces were huge smiles, and send further assistance, Sound Victory Whistles Threat to, World Peace Mr. Truman was standing

“At this moment,” Wong said, alone, except for secret service

v | the Communist rebels have fur-| Ten, as the train backed into the

on. ther expanded their militaryl 4 'j505motives in the yards strength. This means a greater), ot forth in a cacophony of

pret to world peace as 3 victo Sop in 8 saophony of North of Nanking, 200,000 2Tved:

Thousands were jammed into

Communist troops were converging on Hsuchow and the railway linking that north Kiangsu city with. Nanking, 240 miles to the south. The major Red offensive against the Hsuchow-Nanking corridor was expected to begin within two weeks. Geheralissimo Chiang Kai-shek is concentrating the best units of {18 armies totaling 500,000 men |along the Hsuchow-Nanking corjridor, which forms the north arm {of his politico-military nerve cenIter. | Although it generally was doubted that the Communists

the station. Police estimated tens of thousands more were gathered on the station's rim to wateh the home coming of “the ¢hamp.” Virtually all the members of his cabinet were there, too, to {greet President Truman. | And it probably will be the last {time that he ever will enjoy such a triumphant homecoming. He has indicated to intimates that he has no desire to run for ane other term, He will be 68 in 1952, Bands in the station struck up: “I'm just wild about Harry.” And the President beamed. His stanchest supporters in

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would have any quick success in their attempts to drive Chiang {from Nanking, the threat against this nationalist capital is greater than ever before. | Despite the growing danger, {Rear Adm. Oscar E. Badger,

ithe election campaign—the elec tion which he won and had been given virtually no chance at all iby the pollsters and experts — were among the first to greet the President. They included Sens. W, {Lucas (D. IIL), Joseph C.

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McKellar (D. Tenn.). Then to the strains of “The [Missouri Waltz,” the President {and his party moved to the stae ition entrance for the victory pae rade to the White House. Along the route to the White {House were gathered hundreds of {thonsands of persons. | The President's hand was being shaken almost continuously by the well-wishers and the Presie

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11 Killed, 16 Injured

In Miss. Tornado

RIPLEY, Miss, Nov. 5 (UP)— One person was killed and at least 16 were injured today by a tornado that slashed through the outskirts of Ripley. The Red Cross reported diffi culty in making a survey of case ualties and damage because of mud-bogged roads., The entire area was deluged ‘by a heavy rainstorm before and during the twister which was timed at 6 a. m,

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