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FORECAST: Increasing cloudiness tonight with a low of 35. Occasional light rain and rather raw Sunday. High, 46 degrees.
“Clothe-A-Child— 5 Times Asks Your Help In Clothing Needy Children This Winter
Donations Are Now Being Solicited
To Bring Real Christmas to Youngsters By ART WRIGHT The shy little woman—hardly more than a girl—was “bewildered ‘when she walked into Times Clothe-A-Child headquarters on its opening day yesterday. She was out of her world. Her every gesture told you e wasn’t accustomed to asking for help. But there she was, faced with a Christmas that would be empty for her
regions Sy — Picket Line Clash Brings 26 Arrests
and got the idea that whatever had happened wasn’t her fault. 25 Deputies Called To Plant in Ohio
And when you talked with her, COLUMBUS, 0., Nov. 27 (UP)
you found out it couldn't have been. Her husband had been ill —Sheriff’'s deputies arrested 24
for some time, a victim of an injury. There was a first husband, too, but he has been ill since their separation. And he
doesn’t; contribute to his children which this mother still cares for
pickets and two union organizers today following a brief skirmish
. + « because a sick man can’'t{in front of .the strike-bound pay alimony—and this wife does| American Zinc Oxide Co. plant not insist on it. in. which the automobile of a S80 her alternative now 1s worker was overturned.
‘Smallpox Spread
Clothe-A-Child. Not for her . . but for the children which are her remnants of a happy home. For Her Children She say's she'll .be grateful for whatever Clothe-A-Child can provide to keep her children warm so they can stay in school. Somehow, in her eyes, you see that she’s having a difficult job asking for help this first time. This mother’s humble search for the “littie” things for her children is a tribute to every Indianapolis resident. For somewhere there has been brought to her attention the kindness of the
men and women she walks with M
on Indianapolis streets. This mother is only one of many who have sought—and will seek—aid from Clothe-A-Child this Christmas. Many will be hap-| py as a result . ., others will be disappointed. You Can Help Because The Times Clothe-A-Child depends on the amount of money contributed by more fo:-| tunate folk to extend Christmas cheer. There are three ways in which YOU can help keep the needy children warm through Clothe-A-Chfld this winter: ONE: By sending a cash contribution NOW to Clothe-A-Child, Indianapolis Times, 214 W. Maryland St. TWO: By telephoning RI. 5551 and volunteering to serve as a donor. Donors are individua's or organizations that take one or more childreit to the stores and spend their own money to outfit the children with the clothing they need. : THREE: By laying one or more dimes on the Times Mile-O-Dimes on W. Washington St. when it| opens next Friday morning. Times Clothe-A-Child headquarters is now open at 33 W.| Washington St.
Ft. Worth Fears
FT. WORTH, Tex. Nov. 27| (UP)—City health officials today warned all of Ft. Worth’s 283,000 residents to be vaccinated immediately to ward off a possible epidemic of smallpox. City Health Director Dudley A.|
The outbreak was the first in the four-month-old strike that began when the company refused to bargain with the International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers (CIO), because its international - officers failed to sign anti-Communist affidavits under the Taft-Hartley law. Sheriff Ralph J. Paul said the skirmish occurred when Carl Buckenberger, maintenance man, drove up to the gate and prepared to enter the plant. Tells of ‘Warning’ “Nobody is going through this line,” one of the pickets warned r. Buckenberger. The picket, Mr. Buckenberger said, then shouted to the other strikers: “Let's turn his car over.” The sheriff's office dispatched 25 deputies to the scene and the demonstration was brought under control within a half hour. Organizers arrested were Ralph Locke, of Cleveland, and Bob Hollawo, of St. Louis, Affects 160 Workers The strike, atfecting 160 em-| ployees at the local plant, hegan last Aug. 14 when the company refused to bargain with the union because of the anti-Communist affidavit issue. The union, in turn. has charged the company with attempting to break up the union by refusing to bargain on a company-wide basis for all of its four plants. Union and company officials agreed during a recent conference with Sheriff Paul to limit pickets after the company asked the Common Pleas Court for an injunction limiting the number of pickets. The court held the order in abeyance following the agreement.
. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1948 Couple Held in Death of Child
Mme. Chiang’s Visit Viewed
With Misgiving
U. S. Policy-Makers See By-Pass Move
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UP) —American policy-makers were reported cool today to Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s pfan to visit this country. The forthcoming trip was viewed in some official quarters as a move by China fo by-pass the policy-makers and appeal directly to Congress and the American people for more military and economic help. Though it was generally understood that no official invitation was extended to Mme. Chiang, the State Department refused to say so. was prompted by fear that such a statement might constitute a “loss of face” for China's already
ment. As though in China’s frantic for more “help, Secretary of State George C. Marshall told newsmen Wednesday that the administration is well aware of the critical stiuation in the Far East. Marshall Explains Problem Jie added that this government is seeking the proper means of helping the regime of Generalissimo Chiang. But Mr. Marshall made it plain that the administration (1) considers the problem complicated and is proceeding cautiously; (2) is trying to determine just how deeply this country can, or should, get involved in the Chinese war, and (3) will have to balance China aid against available supplies and “cold war” commitments elsewhere. Meanwhile, bad weather forced Mme. Chiang to cancel her scheduled takeoff for the United States today from Shanghai. Mme. Chiang’s departure was rescheduled tentatively for tomorrow. She will make the trip aboard a chartered China National Aviation C-54 by way of Guam and Honolulu,
Red Forces Swing South of Suchow
NANKING, Nov. 27 (UP)— Communist forces were reported today to have swung south of Suchow and to be engaging government troops in the -akea of
response to entreaties
miles north of Nanking.
Government sources said a
along a 35-mile front from| Chingpaling to Tingyuan, 70 miles) northwest of Nanking. . Another engagement {is being fought along a 45-mile front be-| tween Suhsien and Linpi in the area some 45 miles south of Suchow.
Truman to Watch |
Simmons Co. Gets Kresge Contract
The contract for the new sixstory Kresge building at 23 W. Washington St. has been awarded to the J. L. Simmons Co. of Indianapolis, it was announced today. The’ store is to be the largest
Reekie issued the warning after and most modern Kresge buildhe received a report that the ill-|ing in the United States, store ness of Jarel Sparks, 27-year-old Officials said. Three floors will assembly worker at the Consoli-|De used for sales and the remain-ddted-Vultee Aircraft Corp., had|Ing floors for offices, food prepabeen diagnosed as smallpox. |ration and storage. The facade
’ Army, Navy Clash PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 27 (UP) —President Truman and his family arrived by special train today to attend the Army-Navy game. The train pulled up at a| siding alongside Municipal Sta-!| dium, Mr, Truman, who predicted his election, told reporters he had “no predictions” on the outcome of today’s gridiron classic. The presidential party included Mrs. Truman, daughter Margaret and about 175 friends, government officials and members of the White House staff. Mr. Truman was to return to Washington the game.
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North indiana Crossing Crash Takes 3 Lives
| Jury to Probe | Fatal Beating |. 0f Infant
Hoosier Stepfather Faces Murder Charge
Times State Service
| (UP)—A grand jury will be
MARTINSVILLE, Nov. 27
called Dec. 14 to investigate the fatal beating of ‘a 23-month-old (i: Morgan County child, Prosecutor
Chingpaling, a rail town only 35!
Communist force of 20,000 men| were fighting Nationalist troops!
Mrs. Florence Brummett Edwards =, . held as material witness in the fatal beating of her son.
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James Edwards . . . in Morgan County jail on first-degree. murder charge after death of his stepson.
3 Balkan Nations Jak Taleriy, Indicted By UN Cancer
Dies of Cancer PARIS, Nov. 27 (UP)—
ATONAH, N. Y.,, Nov. 27 The United Nations General As-| EATO
sembly tonight indicted Albania, (UP)—Jack Delaney, former
Bulgaria and Yugoslavia for aid-{world light heavyweight boxing, ing the Greek guerrillas, and champion, died of cancer at his
urged them to co-operate With home here today after a two-year Greece to settle the civil war. illness ‘ ,
| Edwards,
| {might have hit his head on the
' |pital with the Edwardses and
Th bly indictment o e assembly indic | Delaney, 48, had been given
immediately - after
It was the first case of small-| Will be of Indiana limestone.
pox reported in Tarrant County in 10 years, officials said.
Killed by Own Car As Brakes Fail to Hold
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 27 (UP) Louis Greene, 49, died of injuries| received when his own car rolled over on him, police said today. Mr. Greene backed the car out of his garage and was hit when
the brakes slipped after he had|of orchestra leader Claude Thorn-|director and actor, was found!
walked behind it to close the garage doors.
Friends of Anton Hulman Jr.
good at just about everything, have suggested that he bid for the lease on the Indianapolis Coliseum, it was reported today. [1 Associates of the youthful magnate, however, said reports that/scheduled to visit Israel today, Whether other shows on NBC's “sock sequence” of Sunday night he was considering getting into new fields of sports promotion were Was reported stranded in Athens. programs might follow suit.
|attack.
Bid on Coliseum Rumors,
Hulman Associates Say
Friends Suggested Idea to Speedway Owner, Now on Hunting Trip
The razing of the three buildings which occupy the site will begin in January. The new building is to be completed by May, 1950. Local contractors and building
ap ———— LLL employees will be used in -the Marshall Neilan, Film
project, store officials said. . | — Director, Injured Dies of Heart Attack BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, Nov. TERRE HAUTE, Nov. 27 (UP) (27 (UP) — Marshall (Mickey) —Chester C. Thornhill, 65, father Neilan, 56-year-old pioneer movie
inter-sérvice contest he has witnecced since entering the White House in 1945, Today, Mr. Truman sits on the Navy side of the field.
hill, died yesterday after a heart unconscious and injured on a |sidewalk early today. Hospitalized with a broken arm and badly cut eye, Mr. Neilan said that a hit-run car had struck him. However, police said some nearby cab drivers had not seen the accident, and they believed lhe might have tripped in stepping {onto the curb.
FDR Jr. Stranded
, Terre Haute Hoosier who makes,
D. Roosevelt Jr. who was
80 far “just rumors.” Mr. Hulman, whose business interests include'A French commercial plane in
food, utilities, hotels and other assorted enterprises, already runs
, the state’s top sporting show—
- |which he was traveling came The Coliseum now is under within two hours’ flying time of
lease, to ‘the Coliseum Corpora-| Haifa but was forced back by a
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. tion, headed by Arthur M: Wirtz Mediterranean gale. ,
Howard T. Batman; Mr. Hulman’s attorney in Terre Haute, said ‘the reports of his interest in the Coliseum at the Fairgrounds here boiled down largely to the fact that friends had proposed the idea to him during the summer. “So far as I know,” Mr. Batman said, “Mr. Hulman hasn't given the matter a great deal of serious consideration up to now.” Not Top Priority ‘Mr. Hulman, on a hunting trip,
_ could not be reached for comment
but Joseph Quinn, one of Mr. Hulman's closest business associates, confirmed Mr. Batman's statement that, while the matter remained within the realm of possibility, it was not No. 1 in the
immediate Hulman plans.
of Chicago. It is owned by the State Fair Board and under terms! Read Tomorrow's of the lease, may be canceled] after May 31, 1949, provided the! SUNDAY TIMES board purchases $50,000 worth of ice rink equipment installed by Want Ads
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lease would continue to run| another five years when it would! ® A good selection of expire unconditionally. singles, doubles, duplexes, Should Mr. Hulman or any income properties, buildother promoter succeed in getting ing .lots awaits your ina lease on the Coliseum next year, spection. You'll find all it was presumed organized hockey sizes and locations repreand the Sonja Henie show, major| sented. And you'll find items in the Coliseum’s annual new lower prices, too. sports and entertainment pro-| The Want Ad pages will be found in the Sport Section.
grams, would be lost to Indianapolis. ;
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Greece's northern neighbors was ; by a vot-~ of 47 to 6. [the baptismal name “Ovila ChapJohn Foster Dulles told the delaine,” but when he turned proassembly near the end of the de- fessional in 1919, he took the ring bate that the basic fact was that/name Jack Delaney. He was a
| Greece was subject to an attempt French-Canadian. the Athens government and seize DELANEY won the light control of the country. { ht ttl . Poul “There is no denying these heavyweig e from aul basic elements,” Mr. Dulles said. Berlenbach at Brooklyn, July. 16, “They fit into Communist ide- 1926. He outpointed “Oom Paul.”
Hugh M. Couch said today. The baby's stepfather, James 19-year-old farm laborer, meanwhile, was being held without bond in Morgan County Jail on a charge of first degree murder. Edwards signed a confession this morning, Prosecutor Couch said, in which he stated, “I took the child by one arm and shook him violently and in doing so,
floor.” The confession followed a lie detector test at State Police Headquarters yesterday. He told officers that he sometimes beat and shook the child in an attempt to correct his habits, Prosecutor Couch said. Held as Witness The child's mother, Mrs. Florence Brummett Edwards, 26, married to Edwards only three months, is being held on a technical charge of vagrancy as a material witness. Mrs. Edwards shielded her husband through hours of questioning while both stuck to a story that Victor fell off a step of their cabin home. But later she said that Edwards had punished the child over her protests. She told the questioning offi~ cers that Edwards: pushed her aside when she triéd to stop him from beating the child. Victor died of a broken neck and cerebral hemorrhage Monday night in Morgan County Memorial Hospital, The baby's death came to the attention of authorities last Monday night, when a motorist sped to Morgan County Memorial Hos-
the baby, The motorist, Charles Neutzman, 35, Martinsville, said the couple were hitch-hiking toward
unconscious form of their
Funeral Monday
Almus G. Ruddell, charitable and civic organization leader, died today in Methodist Hospital.
Noted Civic Leader Dies Here at 75
Almus G. Ruddell Headed Supply Co.
Almus G. Ruddell, president of the Central Rubber & Supply Co. 50 years, past president of numerous civic and fraternal organizations and member of the Community Fund Board from 1982 to 1938, died today Methodist Hospital following a short illness. He was 75. A resident of Indianapolis most of his life, his friends rems him as the “tall man wi
wrinkles around the corners of his|
ayes from much smiling.” He
lived in RR 14, Box 617, President of Central Rubber & Supply Co. since 1897, he was also chairman of the board of directors there, Organizes War Chest
Widely known for his charitable work, Mr. Ruddell was instrumental in organizing the first War Chest in 1916. A member of the Community Fund Board from 1932 to 1938 he was also active in setting up of the second War Chest in 1942,
the hospital when he picked them up near their home in the little] hurricane community, eight miles from here. The baby died two hours after | it was admitted” to the hospital. Doubts Parents’ Story Mr. and Mrs. Edwards told Mr. Neutzman and Coroner E. F. Harvey that the child fell off a step at his home. But Mr. Harvey doubted the story because the child’s neck was broken and there were evidences of cerebral hemorrhage. The body was covered with cuts and bruises, Mr. Harvey said. After the funeral Wednesday, the Edwardses were arrested and questioned. Mr. Couch filed the murder affidavit Thanksgiving Day but kept it secret until the couple were given lie detector tests at Indiana State Police headquarters in Indianapolis yesterday.
ology and the pattern now going Unable to make the 175on all over the world.”
of all foreign troops from Greece the heavyweight ranks in 1927. jand the dissolution of the special] He retired in late ’28. Since {committee on the Balkans. then he engaged in various busi-' The United States, Great Brit- nesses and employments—includ-|
ain, France and China sponsored ing refereeing. |Crashes in Rainstorm
the resolution indicting Greece's northern neighbors.
Benny-CBS Deal May Start
Exodus From Rival's Lineup
Rumor Other Sunday Night ‘Sock’ Shows May Follow Precedent and Quit NBC
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 27 (UP)—Comedian Jack Benny's switch to the CBS radio network touched 'off speculation today on
He is survived by his widow, | |Cornelia, and his son, John, 10
The deal whereby the violin-playing comic would move over to CBS for his Sunday evening show beginning Jan. 2 was announced yesterday. Mr. Benny has heen with NBC for 17 years and hig action for some $4 million. is the key show in NBC’s Sunday| Mr. Benny had no comment on night line-up. je transaction. There were rumors that the| BY Selling the show as a cap{Phil Harris show, starring the ital gains transaetion, Mr. Benny |bandleader and his wife, Alice |Faye, and ‘Edgar Bergen might income taxes, The $4 million ‘follow suit. Mr. Harris and Mr, Purchase price ordinarily would {Bergen follow the Benny show at Pe subject to 77 per cent income half hour intervals. tex, Mr. Harris wasn't talking about| Amos ’'n’ Andy recently sold any shift and it was reported he their show to CBS for reported
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fee ’ ” The assembly also rejected by Pound limit without weakening] I some desies suctessiyl.
a vote of 47 to 6 a Russian reso- himself, Mr. Delaney gave up the! lution calling for the withdrawal light heavy crown and entered,
| SIKESTON, Mo., Nov. 27 (UP) — |—Police reported today that four because of his fathers’ health,
could save some 52 per cent Ini Kidnaped, - robbed by “twe
Mr. Couch said the tests were He said Edwards admitted beating and shaking the baby after he was confronted with results of {the lie tests.
4 Killed as Plane
|dianapolis and the fund he was
In 1934, he was president of the Community Fund and in recognition of his services to In-
made an honored member of the Community Fund in 1940. A charter member of the Rotary’ Club and the Indianapolis Athletic Club, he was a member of the board of. managers of Crown Hill Cemetery. An eldef in the First Presbyterian Church, he was also a member of the Chamber of Commerce and one of the original members of Meridian Hills Country. Club. Active Scouter
Active in Boy Scout work, Mr. Ruddell was the holder of the Silver Beaver for 25 ‘years of service in the Central Indiana Scout Council. A 32d degree Mason, he was a member of Mystic Tie, F, & A. M., Scottish Rite, and the Shrine. He waf on the board of trustees of Long and Hanover Colleges. Past president of the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary
Five Injured In Collision - At Westville
Victims Residents Of Michigan City WESTVILLE, Ind., Nov. 2% (UP) — Three persons were killed today and five others were injured when a Balti. more & Ohio passenger train and an automobile collided at a crossing. : The dead, all of Michigan City, were: is Thomas Matthews, 33. Matthews, 17,
Harry Noakes, 33. There was an unconfirmed re port that the automobile r into the 13th coach of the teain after the locomotive and 12 other, cars cleared the crossing. a All the dead and injured were listed as residents of Michigan City. Neighbors said oes Barty was en route to Point, Mo. «ia
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Patricia, who ‘was: being hed in her mother’s arms, had s ls
wreckag to get help. i
Light Rains Due: : Here Tomorrow LOCAL TEMPERATURES’ ; 6a m... 85 10a. m... 48 _ 7a m... 38 11 a.m... [7 Sed
8 a.m... 36 12 (Noom) 47~ 9am... 40 1pm...4:
Blue skies and lots of sunshing today will be followed by occas sional light rains throughout the state tomorrow, the Indianapolis Weather Bureau said today. ~~ Temperaturés wil} probably: to 50 today and fall to 35 tonight. Skies will’ become in
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Faces Trial Monday In Ax Slaying
NOBLESVILLE, Nov, 27 (UB), ~—Paul Sanderson of Indianap-
time in Hamilton Circuit t Monday in the ax slaying of- Jos eph Crouch at the Indiana Fairgrounds. i Mr. Crouch was slain in
Club, Mr. Ruddell was a member of board of directors of Fletcher Trust Co. and the Indianapolis| Life Insurance Co. { Born in Indianapolis, Mr. Rud-|
persons from the Chicago area {were killed when a twin-engined
|airplane crashed and burned dur-|
ing a blinding rainstorm. Mr. and Mrs. Myron T. Monsen Jr, Chicago, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Munfield, Hillside, Ill, were killed when an Army surplus training plane crashed on the southeast edge of Sikeston near the Municipal Airport yesterday.
On Inside
Berlin crisis must end now or not at all, high U. 8S. source says . . . Around the World ........Page 2
soldiers, local man tells -~ police ............Page 2 Notre Dame's Bill Fischer named to NEA’s All-
would stay with NBC but also| $3,500,000 under a capital gains would participate in the Benny! transaction. show on CBS. He is Mr. Benny’s|- CBS was reported to have purbandleader. {chased outright the There also Was some specu- amusement | enterprises
Benny’s boyish
to CBS.
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which! Books latioh that Dennis Day, Mr. produces movies and television. Childs ......10 tenor, might] Mr. Benny's agent said the Crossword .. 8 Society switch his Wednesday night show|same writers, production staff|Ediforials ...10{Sports ...... 7 : {and cast. would appear on the/Forum ......10|Summersby.. 5 Mr. Benny reportedly sold his CBS show with the same spon-|In Indpls. ... 2| Weather Map 11 show as a capital gains trans-|sor, the American Tobacco Co. |Inside Indpls. 6 World Aff. J.10
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Greek Premier, Near Death,
dell and his family moved to a| farm when he was 6 years old’ When he was 12 years old, his| father died and his mother took the family to San Jose, Cal, where they lived for nine years. Then he went to Stanford University and in 1895 he was gradu-| ated with an A. B. degree in thal same class with former President
Sanderson was charged with degree murder in Marion and the case was sent here on & change of venue. A agreed the first time was tried.
Together Again
ABBEVILLE, 8. C. ‘Nov.. (UP)—Last week Jack Perrin and his wife celebrated their 61st weds ding anniversary. Yesterday Mr, Perrin died of ‘natural causes at
Mrs. Perrin died. She had been hospitalized for several weeks witht a broken hip. :
Rallies for Lig Last Rites of Church
from a near coma to take a light
Dr. Constantin Samaras, one of eight attending Premier Sofoulis, gave him stimulants - and jections. demanded a second glass of beer.
essnse 5! Movies “es
Long noted for his physical
Benny| Amusements. 6 Mrs. Manners 5 vigor and sense of humgr, Premier on y ..6-9 'Sofoulis also gave orders for the/Or perhaps for a full day, Radio «...vs 8 War Ministry to step up the cam-|tors said. : 5 sees 3 paign against Greek guerrillas.
He directed that the
tions in the Peloponnesus
Hope Abandoned for Liberal Leader, 88;
ATHENS, Nov. 27 (UP)—Premier Themistocles Sofoulis fought hard today against the threat of death at any moment, Doctors abandoned hope for the 88-year-old Liberal -
who had been in critical condition since Wednesday night." last rites of the Greek Orthodox Church were administered. .
He roused, ate a meal} ~ 1%
Wir! into emergency ses
ht Meal, Beer Administered
meal and two glasses of beer.
as possible—he must get: in action within two weeks.
ernment since ' September, may live for only a few bh
The cabinet wi