Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1949 — Page 2

TEL AVIV, Jan. 4 (UP)—

ts in retaliation.

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. eo Egyptian commander in the Negev: This report said the Egyptian commander sald the Jews used ‘tear gas and choking gas against © an Egyptian brigade, estimated at me in Faluja for. © several weeks,

The Jewish spokesman denied the Egyptian charges. He said they probably were prompted by Egyptian plans to use gas to extricate their troops from a desperate military situation. Or, he said, it was an attempt to carry on a smear campaign against the Jews, = A two-hour battle in which two * Jews and “several” Iraqis were killed broke out last night on the central front northwest of Na-| tanya, the Jewish spokesman said. The battle was said to have started when the Jews - took .. “punitive action” against what | they described as cattle thieves operating in the area. Reports from Cairo, meanwhile, sald that the Egyptian »._. Bovernment has cabled the United : Nations Security Council that it will ‘abide by the council's Dec. 29 order calling for a cease-fire in Palestine.

RUSSIA admitted today she still was holding a humber of German war prisoners in violation of a four-power agreement but said that all would be released this

year, The Russian statement, carried

The United States gradually i§ withdrawing its Army and air advisers from China as the Nationalist government presses the Communists for peace. Six U. 8. Army transport planes were scheduled to take

in Tsingtao, base of the Western Pacific Fleet, and is increasing) its activities and personnel in

Shanghal. The Navy's increased activity may be due to evacuation preparations,

“In Nanking, Chinese govern-| ment sources sald they are still waiting for a Communist rea Sear I TATE will reject Chiang's offer.

Moscow

THE OFFICIAL Moscow Pravds said today

agreements. = . It was the first published reference in Russia to Mr. Truman’s recent off-the-cuff speech at Kansas, City, in which he that the Soviet Union had of carried out international agreements, but added that “certain leaders” of Russia hoped for an understanding with the United States.

Frankfurt

MORE THAN 400 veterans of the Berlin airlift will be sent back to the United States this month, Alr Forces headquarters announced today. The veterans made up 134 of the crews who have been flying food and fuel into Berlin, They have been replaced by flight teams newly arrived from the U. 8.

Shanghai

THE PUBLIC Benevolence Soclety reported today that at least 4.211 versons have starved to « death in the city's streets since Nov. 1. A total of 180 frozen bodies—all but seven of them “chjldren’s—were found yesterday, making a total of 513 since Christmas,

Czechoslovakia”

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is still maintaining its operations!’

RETAL PRICES on non-neces-ai wilt skyrocket throughout

Accusation;

sources have charged Israeli

using gas in the Negev fighting, it was reported today, high command has threatened gas attacks against

said the Egyptian complaint was

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Gen. William Riley, chief United Nations observer in th

Closed Shop Ban,

AFL to Campaign , For State Repeals Ww. A (UP) Organized labor today stepped up its campaign to wipe out by legislation the state anti-closed shop laws which were upheld yesterday by the Supreme Court. Union spokesmen in virtually all states banning the closed shop announced they will renew immediately their demands for repeal by the state legislatures.

challenge of the state laws if Congress modifies or repeals the Taft-Hartley Act as now seems likely. ied]

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that individual states may outlaw the closed shop and other

states. t The decision specifically affects only in Arizona, Nebraska and

courts

Two men indicted in South Bend for automobile theft will be returned to Indiana for prosecu-

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\ ay Reprisal Hint Accompanies “Jews Issuc Denial, See Attempt fo ‘Smear’ -

rold Shirley Elder, 723 N. Delaware St., receives

to make her visits to a dentist less frequent; Dr. Paul R. Oldham (left) dabs on the solution, aided by Miss Lillian Elder. They are of a fluorine demonstration team that visited School 2, Ft. Wayne Ave. and Delaware St., yesterday. J ;

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Michigan Democrat WASHIN

“There is no sense trying to a House we will pass an entirely cognizance of ypments since the Wagner Act became law in

of the Wagner Act and probably a few features of Taft-Hartley,” Until the House bill is passed,

he is a businessman and employer in his Detroit area district, Mr. Lesinski has been a consistent supporter of organized labor during his 18 years in the House. He was backed by union forces in the November election. In the procedure of getting a new labor law, however, he departs

House Spokesman Sees ‘Entirely New’

. Old Wagner Act to Be Restored :

By W. PERKINS, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer N, Jan. 4—-Organized labor today suffered its first rebuff in its fight to repeal the Taft-Hartley law and restore the old Wagner Act—perhaps with amendments. - “That method won't do,” Rep. John Lesinski (D. Mich.) said.

-iwere taken on a tour of the

Labor Law Scotches Report

mend. the Wagner Act. In the new labor law that will take

IU Medical Center Outlines Needs

Legislators Attend Club Luncheon

Members of the Marion County delegation to the General Assembly were told about the budget needs of the Indiana University Medical Center yesterday in a luncheon meeting with the Indiana University Club of Indianapolis in the Riley Hospital.

Following the luncheon they

schools and hospitals comprising the Medical Center. Fenwick P, Reed, assistant to

wrapped up in agreements on a new law before the Taft-Hartley act is repealed. : | Mr. Lesinski sald his committee would draft its idea of a new law before public hearings were held—"give the witnesses something to shoot at.” The Taft-

Miami, Fla., and at March Field, Cal, FBI agents said today. Albert Boyd Chambers, 18, who was serving as an Army private in-California; and Walter George Rueske, in Florida, held up a truck driver néar Freemont, O., and forced him to drive them to South Bend, agents #aid. The truck A Cecil was towing another, and had stopped to check the tow cable when the -occurred; scsi —

Near South Bend, Mr. Burdick sticcepded In"escaping with one of

ditch. He completed his escape by swimming the St. Joseph River.

Attacked With Beer

“{Bottle; “Jaw Broken

Joe Burway, 37, of 317 Fulton 8t., was nursing a broken jaw in General Hospital today after he was slugged with a beer bottle by a companion. . After having a few drinks with a man whom he met in .the 400 block of W. Washington 8t., Mr. Burway told police the man attacked him. He did not know his assailant's name.

than usual. : Out in Hamilton, Wash.;, a

| Poor planning, said statisticlans of the Travelers Indemnity Co. of Hartford today as they thumbed through the screwball crimes of 1948. | The year produced some whizzers, such as: ’ The thief who tiled to climb through: the transom of a Los’ Angeles doctor's office, fell, cut himself and had to phone the doctor to patch him up. .The bobbiles took over from there.

tion following their arrest in!

the trucks but crashed it into a|,,

{Hartley law was written in closed ‘committee sessions after hearings that covered scores of phases of labor-management relations. { “I hope,” he siid, “for a law that will stand the test of time, and that will not be subject to “in future |years. We must recognize the irights of employers and the pubHe, as well as of labor.” Would Cover Fascists . He sald the naw law would contain an amplified version of| the non-Communist requirements of Taft-Hartley; would cover employers as well as union officers,

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d- Fascists and other .totalitarian followers as well as Communist®. He favors also a method of protecting the country from nation-wide “emergency” strikes aff the public interest, and also a prohibition of “wildcat” strikes due. to unruly elements !defying the policies of their union |ofMcers, J whether he favored setting up “unfair labor ° practices” . for

{the Taft-Hartley manner. | “That is one subject on which

views,” he said.

Screwball Crimes of '48— .

Prunes Smack Yegg in

Tap on Shoulder Hits Jackpot;

3-Year Supply of Sermons Stolen

HARTFORD, Conn. Jan, 4 (UP)—If crime didn't pay last year, it was because the boys were a little more butter-fingered

couple of eager beaver en

tunheled for days to get into the vault of the State Bank only to find that it had been out of business for four years.

him in the face with a bowl of prunes she was eating and, he fled into the street, and the arms of the law,

» » » AT Moultrie, Ga., they like to tell the story about the policeman who hit the jack-pot. He tapped a suspect on the shoulder arfd he spewed out

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Herman B Wells, university Sent. told the legislators that considerably under those received state universities states. - Specific data on the needs of the Medical Center were given by Dr. John D. VanNuys, dean of the School of Medicine,-and Dr. Maynard K. Hine, dean of the Schoo] of Duntistiy, 3 ier speakers on the program included Noble 2 abo

dent of the Indiana University|

Club of Indianapolis, and Claude Rich, university alumni secretary, —————————

Draft Deferments Cover Butler ROTC

Sufficient draft: deferment

Steamroller Blocks Rankin |

Rebels Lose First Test|

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In 81st Congress ‘By CHARLES T. LUCEY

Rankin stood ouse of Representtives that he and his fellow n

That's the story today on how things stand at the opening of! John Rankin—was a wort of symbol.- He has been shouting and flailing his arms in the House these many years and always it has been hard for the leadership

or an v2" oi

It did yesterday. And where for years the House rebels from the South led by Mr. Rankin,

Smith (D. Va.) have been abie to rally a hundred or -so votes to

was on a change of House rules. Back Together : The Southerners will be back together fore this Congress is over, of DO They'll show strength when a civil rights issue comes along. i And there will be days when they muster a much

block administration measures. There were two salient factors in the Initial performance of

mum party fire for issues on which party leaders believe either

make a good case before the country. Second, the favorable vote on the move curbing the power of the Rules Committee demonstrated that there-is a sizable GOP group which is ready to be independent of party leadership dictates on occasion. - But in both House and Senate Republican leaders demonstrated!

Gene Cox (D, Ga.) and Howard]

rally a third of that. The test]

larger group to. join with the Republicans tof

that they can win or at least)]

that most of their followers will be with them as loyal and vig-! orqus opposition. - Fail to Oust Taft A band of younger Senate Republicans made a bold but futile, bid to dislodge Sen. Robert A.| aft as leader. He was re-elected} nate GOP policy committee] chairman over Sen. Henry Cabot] Lodge (Mass.) by a 28-14 vote. | By the same margin Sen. Kén-| neth Wherry (Neb.), so-called old - guard candidate, defeated Sen. William F. Knowland (Cal.) for the minority leader's job. | Thus the group including, be-| sides Messrs. Lodge and Know-!| land, such GOP Senators as Ray-

Alken (Vt.) and Ralph (Vt.), Charles Tobey (N. H.) and ‘Wayne Morse Ore.);, was warmly spanked by its party elders. Parties Face Split

Mr. Taft had contended he was as liberal as they were, anyway, and when it was over he said the publicans wished to foiter a progressive program but-—unlike

without infringing on personal liberties. : The first tests of the ne Congress promised splits in both parties on spme issues. in coming! months. The determined stand by| the so-called Senate GOP pro-! essive wing, altho 1ts memrs knew defeat by thé Tait group .was almost certain, pre-

quotas to cover the entire Butler Air ROTC unit have been allotted by the Tenth Air -Force, Butler officials said today.Lt. Col. Jerome Tarter, profes« sor of military science and tactics “will continue to be deferred from induction for service and training ut their college careers. : Monetary allowance for ROTC students has heen increased from 79 cents per day to 90 cents per

of the current school year,

Baby Swallows Nails

| One-year-old Austin Wathen,

Mr. Lesinski declined to say|son of Mrs. Roberta Wathen, 2849

{Kendall St, was treated by

General Hospital physician late . ; unions as well as employers, in Yesterday after he swallowed + State Society half-inch nail. Today the youngster was undergoing the usual} {I want to get the President's mashed potatoes. and cotton

| treatment.

to help them shift the load he found a stolen-safe.

r » . LACK of a dime was the undoing of a Portland, Me., car thief who got as far as a Hart ford toll bridge and lacked the fare to continue his flight. A Ft. Worth, Tex. robber didn’t have the nerve to frisk a delivery service assistant manager he recognized as an old school chum. He fled, embarrassed and empty-handed. =k

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“Jap Women Commit |

Mr. Taff.

& + | Scotland Yard Roundup Of Criminals Hinted | LONDON, Jan. 4 (UP)—S8cot-| land Yard.was expected today to, order one of its rare roundups of in af effort to halt aj series of crimes including four, jmurders. in: three weeks;

were a number of savage attacks with robbery as the motive. The latest murder victim was Frederick Edwards, 69, a watchman,

day with a wrench for less*than $20. Two other murder vietims| were bludgeoned and one was strangled.

Hershey Heads |

Times Washin, Bureau WASHINGT N, Jan. 4-—Maj.| |Gen. Lewis ‘B. Hershey, national |draft director, today is, the new [president - of the Indiana State {Society of Washington. He suc[ceeds Sen. Homer E. Capehart| [(R. Ind.). : | Mr. Hershey was chosen at a meeting of the executive commit- | [tee of the society held last night |at theh home of Mr. and Mrs. | {Douglas Whitlock. Other officers | |are Frank McCarthy, vice presi(dent; Mrs. Esther Costa, secre- | tary, and Charles Baird, treasurfer, The lafter two are continuing. Plans were formulated for an inaugural ball to be held by the, society at the Shoreham Hote” Jan. 18 and for a Hoosier Art Salon in April. Gov. Henry F. Schricker will be asked to be an honor guest at the ball and the Purdue University glee club will sing. The glee club is to be here at that time for the TrumanBarkley dinner, which is one of! the festivities PB the in-| auguration of Président Truman Jan. 20. :

Suicide T TOKYO, Jan. 4 lovelorn Japanese committed double suicide after they were rejected by the they loved.

Matsuko Komura, 26, and Eunukuo, 20, met for the first time in an inn; learned of their

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