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1 Midwest Faces New Blizzard; Drop Due Here
Through Tomorow - LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6am... 42 10 a. m... 48 Tam..48 11a m...5 | 8am... 44 12 (Noon). 58 Ba. mi. 45 1pm... 54
A new ‘blizzard in Canada and due to sweep southward over the Dakotas will bring colder temperatures here tomorrow night, the Weather Bureau
However, the mercury will not fall below freezing in this area unless the cold wave develops unexpected intensity, according to the present forecast. Rain is expected to fall through tonight and tomorrow here, accompanied by a light fog tonight, when a low of 46 degrees will be the minimum temperature. High of 55 Foreseen Tomorrow's high was expected to reach B5 degrees. Snow was predicted only for extreme northern. Indiana by the Weather Buréau. 4 Experts at the Chicago Weather Bureau sald the blizzard In North and South Dakota would be “localized and will nowhere near approach the proportions of
the granddaddy of all blizzards|
that hit Jan. 2”
However, the forecasters said :
‘the storm could be dangerous if ‘winds got high enough to cause the snow lying on the ground
from the big blizzard to begin|
drifting again. “In that case, the air would be full of both new and old snow,” they said. : : The forecasters said the colder weather would sweep over Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa beginning tonight and then move over the Great Lakes tomorrow. They said temperature would moderate before the cool air mass hit the Flood in Arizona Meanwhile, disaster units stood by to evacuate residents of Safford, Ariz, where a flood .crest of ‘the rain-swollen Gila River was expected to hit today. L. R.!
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The State Highway Commission said Indiana roads still closed because of high water included: Ind. 39 north of Little York; 64 west of Princeton; 65 northeast of Princeton; 235 east of Medora; 257 south of Washington, and 358 west of Plainfield.
Four Youths Held After Break-In
Police passing a grill at 501 West W. Morris St., last night picked up three 17-year-old boys and a youth, 20, after firing one shot to halt two of the quartet| seen leaving the dining place fol-| lowing a break-in. One of the 17-year-olds and his older companion were seized after patrolman Robert Plaskett
fired his.gun.-.In the -rear- police: - Desks and cabinets in the office
caught the other two boys.
grill, owned by Loren Teal, 3820 8. Sherman, had been broken. The boys were turned over to juvenile authorities and the older youth was held on a vagrancy charge.
2 GI's Sentenced
» In Movie Racket
& BREMERHAVEN, Jan. 15 (UP)~Two U, 8. soldiers from New York have been found guilty and sentenced by a courtmartial for collecting 50,000 used movie tickets and reselling them to their buddies, it was announced
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The soldiers are Sgt. Henry ol. Plaumbo, New York City, sentenced to three years, and Pfe. John C. Uhlein, Jamestown, N. Y., sentenced to two years.
were ordered dishonorably =i Design Can Be Had for $75
That's Bottom Price in Dior Collection;
charged.
Seeks Turk Cabinet ; ANKARA, Turkey, Jan. 15 } (UP) —= President Ismet Inonu| was expected to call on Foreign
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Rain, Fog to last | |
|__ex-convicts held by police. _
Burglary Tools and Guns Confiscated
convicts in connection with
gowns Hendricks County; M. J. Timme, defective from the state police headquarters post, and oy
Herbert Wiggs . one of two
Fail in Attempt To Crack Safe
more
Police look aver burglary ool and guns found: here last: night when he than 50 burglaries and safe jobs. Left to rig
Newgent, detective sergeant from. the state police Putnamville post.
Ex-Convicts Held In Burglary Series
Suspects. Found With Stolen Car
ities of two éx-convicts arrested last night in. connection with more than 50 burglaries and safe jobs in central Indiana and western Ohio. The suspects, Thomas C. Taylor, 65, who lived over a garage in the 1800 block of Talbot Ave. and Herbert Wiggs, 45, Attica, are being held at Danville, in {Hendricks County, Sgt. Robert (Shields, state police detective, |said.
State police today .continued their -investigation of the activ.’
od
arrested two ex- . are Leon Bayliss,
Thomas C. Taylor . . . admits
Loot in the robberies and bur[Blaries which the two are being |
{ night {broke into Hall's Market and {Cooper's Market in Stilesyille and {took $200 worth of groceries. Groceries stamped “Hall's Mar-
{ket” were found in a stolen car Thieves brought a wealth of tools to Shortridge High School Tabbed by police in the Talbot
early this morning in an attempt|Ave. to knock the combination off| ° the safe in the coach’s office, but/!0r's apartment.
The pair ‘was arrested at TayThe car police
wound up minus their tools and|found was reported stolen from
with only $1.40 in cash.
Apparently ing to find » ketball game] ‘|neld at the school last night, the pe that they have come across. burglars had armed themselves
receipts from a
with an S8inch ’steel punch, screwdriver, two dxes flashlight.
Fail to. Crack Safe
a and a
Knightstown and was loaded with what police said was one of the most elaborate sets of burglary
Police believe the men have {oeen operating together for at least six months. They are being questioned in the theft of $2200
{from the safe of the Pea] About two hours after mid- Fractional
Central school two months ago,!
Bill Proposes Donhline Pay
(Of Citv Clerks
Some Would Get More Than Mayors ‘.By (RVING LEIBOWITZ Sixty dollar-a-week city clerks in ten of Indiana's largest in. dustrjal centers may soon be getting more money than the mayors. Two state senators from opposite sides of the political tracks want to double the salaries of the clerks--and in a hurry. They labeled a bill introduced
.|in the General Assembly yester-
day as an “emergency” measure pud called for payments to start pr. 1, if it becomes law. Bulk Get $6000 The measure, ‘sponsored by Sens. Leonard Conrad, (D. Terre Haute) and Leslie Thompson (R. Evansville), would give clerks of second class cities $3000 more yearly than the $3000 basic salary and other compensations they now receive. . - . The majority of mayors in sec-
"ond class cities now receive about
$6000 yearly: Mayor Ralph E. Tucker of Terre Haute called the proposal “ridiculous” and said it “ms “wholly unjust.” He added, however, that he favored a boost for the city clerks but not one which would make a “travesty of city government.” Mayor Tucker said he received $6000 as “full-time mayor” of Terre Haute. He was a former city clerk at $3000 a year. Get Extra Pay “The job of mayor is full of headaches and responsibility,” the Terre Haute official said. “In comparison the city clerk has few responsibilities on a much lower scale.”
Mayor Tucker said that most
© {city clerks in second class cities
receive additional pay from pub-
{lic owned utilities, Any city whose
population is not less than 35,000) nor more than 250,000 is a second class city. Indiana's ten second class cities
are Anderson, East Chicago, Evansville, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Hammond, Muncie, Richmond,
South Bend and Terre Haute. State law stipulates that city
Confiscate Slots On S. East St.
Police mide five arrests and confiscated a quantity of gambling equipment in two raids last night. : The Do-Right Social Club, 1041 8. East St, was raided about midnight by Police Capt. Ralph Chambers and his squad. Two
slot machines were confiscated, police said. There were no arrests,
night, police arrested
unique position of earning almost as. much as the governor, whose regular salary is set at $8000 a year. :
Hoosiers Due For Top-Flight | Congress Posts |
ert I. Smith. in Tientsin re-
ported to the Shanghai consulate by radio that the Com|munjsts swarmed into the heart [of the gity this morning and that almost all firing had ceased, by 2 a. m. (Indianapolis Time). Communist commanders did not send a message to the Amerjean . consulate directly, Mr, Smith reported, but it was learned that a Communist official told an American resident that foreigners in Tientsin would be protected. = #2 Americans in Colony The foreign colony in Tientsin includes Americans, 130 British, about 800 Soviet Russians and. about 400 other foreigners of several nationalities. Among the foreigners are about 150 white Russians who have been unable to evacuate. The American consular radio operator in Tientsin told the Shanghai consulate that a large number of Communis
emergency session to consider the eight-point peace program offered by Communist strong man Mao Tze-Tung. Both government and diplo-
Basketball Player
Kills Self After | Team Wins Game
DYER, Ind, Jan. 15 (UP)— Police today sought a motive for the suicide of Bryce Keller, 17, ibasketball . player at Thornton
matic officials analyzed the program paragraph by paragraph in an effort to determine if any bargaining possibilities were indjcated.
are in Tientsin’s tallest building,
formerly the British concession. The consulate said all Americans were safe, as far as it could be ascertained. Some have
They dragged the safe to the ang in connection with burglaries James, 38, in a raid on his home, S¢!f after returning home from (heir homes.
too, failed. 2
on the floor.
lin, Avon, Stilesville and other! olaces, : { Tools Found
{were ransacked and papers. and|gcrew drivers. wire chatter: { Officers said a window of the various paraphernalia scattered. catters, an|
Police were called By ADdY and a single-shot’ 410-gauge shot-
Carroll, 54, 2256 N.
heard noises and pounding On| ership of the burglary tools had broken a glass in the door
to the coach’s office. without the tools.
Mae West in Hospital
BALTIMORE, Jan. 15 (UP) ~~ Mae West, screen and stage staf, | was taken to University Hospital| gan City for attempted robbery.
La Salle St. night watchman at the school at|
gun. / 5 i Wiggs has denied any connec-| on with the burglaries or Swae} Taylor’ was sentenced to state] prison for robbery of the Battle
They fled Ground State Bank in 1931. Loot|
|In’ the robbery was $1400. Hel {served a term in the Federal Pen-| | Mentiary at Terre Haute later for interstate car theft. Wiggs served 6 years at Michi-
here early today suffering from|/He was. convicted in 1933 in!
an “abdominal obstruction.”
| Gibson County.
Evening Dress of Parisian
Daytime Outfits Come as Low as $115-
By LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Woman's : NEW YORK, Jan. 15—A mere $750 will get you an evening report they made earlier that from his pocket.
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front -of the office and, failing and safe jobs in Greenfield, Kirk-|1552 Highland Place, and four ® Successful game. to knock the combination off, tried to rip the bottom out. That,
other men found there. was
Hollis charged with keeping a gambling house, the other four
In the car were drills, punches, with disorderly conduct, police against Lockport, Iii,
said.
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File to Quash Murder Charges
Defense attorneys for two 14-year-old: boys indicted in the slaying Nov. 3 of James Kelly Brooks, Kingan & Co. employee, today filed a motion in Criminal Court 2 to throw out the first degree murder charges. .
Judge Rabb set: Jan. 22%us the)
date for arguments on the motion.
At the scheduled arraignment
findings In regard to Wiley Senteney Jr, 1620 Spann Ave. one of the defendants, Confirms Report Their testimony substituted a
Minister Necomeddin Sadak to-|/dress designed by a Parisian. That's the retail starting price on |Senteney was sane and mentally
day to form a new Turkish gov-|the formal gowns in Christian Dior's New York collection. Some
ernment to replace the one that | resigned yesterday. |
January 15 Is | Vermont's ‘Fourth’
Although Vermont declared itself an independent state, known as New , on Jan. 15,
1777, It wasn't until Feb, 18, 1791, Those are day-
that Congress voted to admit it. But needn't vote on right to join the large numof Indianapolis folks who| use Times Want Ads. To buy,
find- sell, hire or rent independently, hort happily Aside from that, the general/the past 48 hours, In what Inoof! hited i113 8001. A a vatpnyalar 6 wel de ormed quarters believed to 8 4 Are COI Hon SOLD EVERYTHING = irom the Amer- Miss Fletcher |"DOUIders whether the costume js Outbreak Of gang war bat if! Bxif rug 85; | jcan_ shops : slim or full-skirted. All suit rival secret “revolutionary” or- . fine nya, all [which Bande 19 Hi ETRE Re Fu oh a top ER ‘ ‘Separate lections " ull # which brought Dior| One of those killed was a workThis ad Ruihath Lams od Mr. Dior's New York eollestion fame_ as creator of the “newler whose bullet-riddied body was tairs everything is separate from ," appears in dresses. found after he had keen kidnaped Jeartd 1 ave Times. 3 you are Parly. The Skirts, incidentally, are shorter|by two unidentified persons. Two Lo Want Ads ¥aluts NOP mos manufactured in —as high as_i4 inches above the others were wanted by: for ——— i ++ + tonigh New York after the designer shoe soles of the tall models w the Wednesday | ! ‘came pver last September to|display them. - |
are higher,
One with,a wholesale price tag of $550 presumably m
you back a thousand or more.
per cent.) Some of the Dior clothes seen here yesterday by out-of-town fashion writers
are avallable for as low as ! $115 retall
time costumes. In Dior's Fifth Ave: salon, which opened Nov. 8, they re
{ ight set (It would depend on the retailer's |
| mark-up, which may, in the case of top designers; run close to 100, the
launch. the American outpost of his business. { There's a difference between the French ‘and the Americanmade styles, The latter, a Dior| spokesman says, are very much simplified. The lines are softened
so tightly molded. Waistlines don’t fit so closely. There Is not| so much stiffening used in construction.
and loosened. Bodices are not'R
wrong. Senteney has delayed entering
a plea until action- is taken on/8unman had dark curly hair and|Churéh news . . latest defense motion. (wore a light topcoat and dark] with Senteney in the|trousers. 1 Mitchell Bryant, 1527
slaying Is English Ave. He also delayed ap-| peal pending ruling on the motion to quash the indictment. | 3 New Gang Slayings in Havana HAVANA, Jan. 15 ( UP) —Police reported three new killings today, bringing the total to five in
| Young Keller, captain-elect of] {the Thornton football team,| played half of last night's game high
school, which Thornton won 50-/{hs city's fall, the report said: electric drill, gloves, himmers and| - Six decks of cards, two pairs 49. It was his first appearance The cash was found other equipment. Also found were of dice and $4.75.in cash were With the a Z a pump-action 16gauge shotgun confiscated, police .added.
suffered an arm injury three weeks ago. ! es’ "= » =» z HIS FATHER told police the vouth was in a happy mood while recounting the game. Shortly| |afterward, he went to the baseiment and the father heard a |shot. { He found the youth dead with (a bullet wound in his héart and |a 22-caliber rifle lying nearby.
| —— Liquor Store |
Robbed of $150
A masked gunman last night {forced Earl Compton, 41, and his] |wife, Alice, 35, to lie on the floor |
{of the boys this morning, Dr. of their liquor store at 1411 N.|
{Lilian G. Moulten and Dr: E. Pennsylvania St., while he robbed! |Roger Smith testified on their the cash register of $150.
Mr. Compton, who lives in 808, Fletcher Ave. said the man asked’ ithe price of a half-pint of whisky when he entered the store and then pulled a .38-caliber pistol! Mr. Compton
told police the
capable of knowing right from bandit was about 25 years old, 5
{feet 10 Inches tall and weighed
about 165 pounds. He sald the!
Condition of Lana Reported Satisfactory
| NEW YORK, Jan. 15. (UP)— ; 'e actress wife of Golden Gloves results , , . with photos . . , other
Lana Turner, millionaire Henry J. (Bob) Topping Jr., was reported in “satisfactory condition” at Ddetors Hos-! pital today. ; | Attendants sald she would have!
in the hospital. a pre-| mature birth earlier this week she lost the baby she was expecting! in April, »
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MANKATO, - Minn, Jah. 15 (UP)=Two children died and their parents and another child were burned in a fire which destroyed their farm home 18
miles West of bere early today. /
| Consulate Damaged
The consulate itself suffered only minor damages to windows and doors during the heavy Communist shelling that preceded
An earlier message from Mr.
of the north station. Tientsin fell quickly after Communists line in ing with bayonets grenades. Sweeping in from the northwest, |
city, the former
French concessions and. the mod.
ern business district.
San Fo called his cabinet into
The American consulate offices in the downtown area which was
Reds Capture Tientsin In 10th Day of ‘Blitz, Mass at Peiping Gate |
All Americans Safe; Cabinet Discusses Peace;
Civic Group Act to Save Northern Bastion
By ARTHUR GOUL, United Press Staff Correspondent. SHANGHAI, Jan. 15—Chinese Communist troops to-!
day captured Tientsin, a city of 2 million population, in the 10th day of a blitzkrieg attack. : At the same time it was reported that large Communist forces were moving into position before the east gate of Peiping, last major nationalist location in the north. U. 8. Consul General Rob- — == =
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plerced the city’s defense| A spokesman at Troop savage hand to hand fight- headquarters at Troy ¥aid he be-| and hand|jeved that only four men were
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Race: Riot Rages
Bodies Jam Morgues;
Fires Raze Homes
CAPETOWN, Jan. 15 (UP)— Bands of African natives stormed Indian settlements today in race rioting at Durban that already
had taken more than 300 lives, laccording “to reports received
here. Police? and Army and Navy detachments were seeking to control the situation in ‘which native ‘mobs were reported running wild through Indian sections of Durban and its suburbs, killing Indians caught in the streets and setting fire to houses, :
Rules Group ~~
Madden Slated For Imnortant
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Jacobs to Take Place On Labor Committee Other news of Congress, Page 7. By DAN KIDNEY Times Staff Writer nay WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 | Hoosier Democrats. will be assigned to the highest ‘House committees on Mon-, day, according to reports J here today. Rep. Ray J. Madden (Gary), 3 the only hold-over Democrat in the House from Indians, is exe - - pected to be promoted to the stills powerful House Rules Commite tee.
Freshman Rep. Andrew Jacobs, Indianapolis, will take Mr. Madden’s place on the House BEdue' cation and Labor Committee. Other freshman assignments are
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a - [rate that estimates of the dead ™” a labor lawyer in Indianay
t troops/were being increased rapidly.
jammed mortuaries at such
Fire on Native Mob
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the worst in South African history, and doctors and nurses were said to be working to save the injured in scenes of almost indescribable savagery and violence. The riots began three days ago. They were touched off by reports that Indians had beaten a native to death.
Police Substation Wrecked by Blast
High School. Calumet sought shelter in the consulate] SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. Hollis City, who shot and killed him- buflding but others remained in!Jan. 15 (UP)-—An explosion and fire destroyed the state police sub-|
station here early today. Beven troopers were stationed in the wooden building on the
{state reservation here when an oil burner reportedly exploded.
Two cars and valuable radio
Thornton five since he|gn ith said squads of Communist | ®Juipment were destroyed In the/ouths and Dodges rolled off the
iblast and resulting fire, riflemen began racing through) . the business district of downtown “5° reported injured. Tientsin after smashing the Na-|
tionalist defense Mig in the area 0%
No one The substation was a complete! Damage was estimated at 00,000. Crawl to Safety {
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in the building at the time of the|
[the Communists overran the old explosion. British and|crawl to safety on their hands and knees. = v
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It. Kenneth E. Gray,
Mr. Smith's message described mander of the post, sald troopers
the fighting in the center of the|in
city.
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dent Truman's inaugural parade
the building at the time
iescaped with only their pajamas.
Final tryouts for Times Ice-O-Rama set tomorrow. .Page 2 Willkie balks at sponsoring race ban act . , . Little-
john still seeks collaborator Taft-Hartley Law flayed by Jacobs . |Jayecees of U. 8. honor Hasbrook . , . illustrated
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Harrison home . , . a pictorial story on the women's
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committee officials sald they felt these prices are “just and reasons Page 2 able” in view of the fact that the - snack bars will operate only one
day Other items on the price list:
g drinks, 10 cents; peanuts, 10 cents; |candy, 23 |cents; popcorn, 10 cents, and a Pige 4 box lunch, 65 cents. « n——————————
Keeps | Her Head
|==An estranged wife claimed to5 day that threatened decapitation. {is grounds for divorce, Mrs. Ger [trude P. Joyce claimed in her di- «+. . Page 6-7 vorce suit that her husband told {her “nothing would give me more pleasure than to decapitate you
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Selection of the youthful Mr, Come»
Assignment of Mr. Denton to the Judiciary Committee also was considered unusual recognition for a freshman. He is a lawyer with a long legislative record in the Indiana State fg,
Mr. Noland is a young World War II veteran who rose to the rank of captain.
drawn the best that can be had in the House. : Rep. John R. Walsh; Anderson, is expected to be named to the House Un-American Activities Committee. He is the only freshiman Democrat who requested {such assignment,
Chrysler Offers 1949 Models
~ DETROIT, Jan. 15 (UP) — A, surprise riew series of little Plyms =
assembly line today as Chrysler Corp. introduced its 1049 -Chryse ler: De Soto, Plymouth and Dodge
moda’ ps T maller models were design 10 meet the publié demand
for a small car in event of an economic—depression, and prices of the smaller cars presumably will be lower. i The new models will not be shown to the public until. late February or early March. Prices will be announced at that time.
Hot Dogs 20 Cents At Truman Parade
WASHINGTON, Jan. 156 (UP) -—A cup of coffee will cost 15
stands along the route of Presi. next Thursday.
In announcing the ceiling price list"for the concessions, inaugural
Hot chocolate, 20 cents; soft
10 cents;
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