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By DR. FRANK POLAK as Told to WILLIAM: H. NEWTON, |The rain will cease Scripps-Howard Staft Writer Si . Copyright, 1048, By BSeripps-Howard Newspapers into Indianapolis . UNITED STATES ZONE OF GERMANY, Jan. 24-1] The. smmarons earlier today
was a political prisoner of the
Most of the past eight years of my life have been spent a day yes ¥YAY andl thoughout in Soviet concentration camps. Tam a citi of C } 1 kia. I was uated from school five miles west 6f Seymour. the. University of Prague and engaged in the practice of had an
law in that city. I wrote anid published many books about labor legislation and sociology. I am 60 years old. . I belong to the Evangel Church.
fended anti-revolutionary
* Editorial, Page 12 ‘are sent to this second prison. Some of my cellmates were sent there. I saw them when they came back and they told me what
happened to them,
When a man is sent to this second prison, a record of everything he has said is sent with him| together with a list of things to which he must confess. By the time he comes back, he has confessed everything.
. » » THERE, the prisoner is told what he must say. Behind him stand two or three guards with clubs. If he refuses, he is beaten until he is unconscious and his clothes become soaked with blood. He is revived with cold water and a doctor examines him to see if she can survive further beatings. Agajn, the investigator asks the prisoner if he will confess. If not he signals to the guards, 'and
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Student Slays Wife, Self, on Busy Street
AKRON, O, Jan. 24 (UP) Coroner C. I Martin returned a verdict’ of murder and suicide today in the case of an Ohio]
State University junior who shot! and killed his estranged wife and then fatally wounded him-| self on a busy street corner. ! John Anderson, 26, killed his| 22-year-old wife, daughter of Dr. W. F. DeMoss, Boston, Mass, Saturday night because she refused to come back to him, according to Police Capt. John F. Struzenski. Capt. Struzenski said Mr. Anderson met his wife as she left the YWCA where she had been living. He begged hér to return to Columbus with him, When she refused he fired eight shots at her, then shot ‘himself in the head, Capt. Struzenski said.
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unseasonable mid-winter
Russians. rainstorms pelted across the state
High water closed the Cortland
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad cy crew standing . by in the Madora area and sandbagged points where the track
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Seymour was expected to have a crest of around 20 feet, about the same as it had earlier this month. At New Harmony, along the UNITED STATES ZONE OF |lower Wabash, a crest of 21 feet GERMANY, Jan. 24 — Dr, |Was expected, less than three feet Frank. Polak is a soft-spoken |below the 1037 crest and the highlittle man, only 5-feet, 6-inches est mark since 1943. tall. At Covington and above along He has a strong face, with [the Wabash, no rise was expected, prominent features — a high for rains there. were negligible. forehead and a firm, even stub- m——————
born, jaw. At first glance he appears to Cold Snap Due be a rather ordinary college professor—until a closer look Here Tomorrow reveals the lines in his face | LOCAL TEMPERATURES left there 'by the suffering he.| 6a. m... 40 10a. m... 48 has undergone. : (| Taam... 50 11a m... 49 He wears a conservative | 8a m... 50 12 (Noon). 50 tweed suit with a blue shirt and | 9 a. m... 49 1pm... 51 polka-dot tie. Two or three |
fountain pens and pencils gen- | Indiana, bypassed so far by erally are poking out of his [real winter weather, today was| coat pocket. He wears horn- |in for a cold snap. rimmed spectacles when he This morning's mild weather| reads {with occasional drizzling rain was|
Czech, Russian, French and skies and cold this afternoon and! Germap~-and is beginning to |tonight. learn English. : { The mercury will drop to a low] {of 22 early tomorrow with a high
$ to change to snow here and in Hospital Fire northern Indiana, but the drizzle Nurses beat firemen to .it early Will'continue to swell streams and today when an alarm was turned|
smoldering rags set afire in s/loses End of Finger
closet when an electric sterilizer, Harold White, 31. of 341 N. dried out and blew up in a medi-|Park Ave. today chopped off the cal room on the third floor. lend of his little finger as he There wasn’t any- loss, firemen, was chopping wood, police said. reported. Even the nurses’ uni- He was sent to General Hospital forms retained their ‘whiteness. for treatment.
Hoosier Names Add Glitter
To Broadway Show Shops
Promising Play and 2 Top Musical Hits Authored by Men With Indiana Backgrounds
Photos, Page 3 y LOUISE FLETCHER, Times Women's Editor NEW YORK, Jan. 24—Hooslers can wear an almost proprietary alr over the current. Broadway theatrical season. In addition to Joseph Hayes’ “Leaf and Bough” which opened Friday night, the two top musical hits here are principally the work of names well known | in Indiana. - Music and lyrics for “Kiss Me Kate,” the first-ranking musical comedy, are by Cole Porter who , was born in Peru, Ind., 54 years/work on a career was done in
ago. The sketches, lyrics and tunes| ur Gaynor is the last one to
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Clvic Theater to f audiences in In. portant now that Broadway pro4 Sianapelis. He is duction costs year-old As a matter Charles Gaynor mar” grew out of a revue he aid
flood farmlands in southern In-| in at General Hospital, 10th and| diana. | {Locke Sts. They stamped out)
This morning Indianapolis was Holland Chamber of Commerce
bespectacled and Java-born Dr. Hendrik Zwarensteyn from The!
of market research for Holland. | Mrs, Lillian Kreps, director of!
getting around town. They were trying to sell Dutch goods to| Americans -- tulips, chocolate, cheese, herring, seeds, silver, pottery and glass. They would like to load the of American women with | more Holland-cut diamonds, which
agnazing number do. Dr. Zwarensteyn about the Dutch-Indonesian headache, '- have been a free state by this
their hands off the government, | He is still hopeful that the In-|
remain loyal to and be an equal part of the liberated Dutch domain
hg to establish regional offices| for the sales promotion of Dutch goods and to encourage American | manufacturers to set up foreign n Dr.
he thought it was pretty. bood.
- Senators Single
Paul Goss Jr., 5, and new chief Gus Wulf. They are looking . over equipment in the Mars Hill station of the Wayne Township He speaks four languages— |scheduled to give way to cloudy| Volunteer Fire Department during the farewell dinner.
Dutch Business Boosters
Nurses Stamp Out 2m nmea. “Seek Indianapolis Market
Holland Offers Everything From Breakfast
" Chocolate to Morning-After Hangover
By HAROLD HARTLEY, Times Business Editor question If the Dutch haye their way about it, Hoosiers will be sinking ried, nay for not married. their teeth into more Holland chocolate and housewives will be but two, Sens. Leslie T. Thompson filling the corners of their lawns with “the finest tulips in the world.” (R. Evansville) and Greyble L.| CHICAGO, Jan. 24 (UP)—The Not only that, but the Holland Chamber of Commerce has been| McFarland Jr. (D. Indianapolis), peeking behind American cocktail bars and wondering why there have is no Schiedam Genever (Juniper berry gin).
host to the suave secretary of the ]1() Indicted in N.Y.
in the person of the 35-year-old, Divorce Mill Probe NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (UP)—
Hague. With him was Richard District Attorney Frank Hogan 224 Sts. today. (Dick) Koester, American chief announced today that 10 men and n—two attorneys and eight! signed to the spot to guide cars sald wit " tye be ih |north only on Pennsylvania and| Diesel locomotives operated by| Foreign Trade for the Indian-| P® ASSES ~~ en 10°! south on Talbott. Parking is pro- [the lines. apolis C. of C., was seeing that|dicted in connection with an al-nihited on the east side of Penn-| The only possible bar to the
the doctor and Mr. Koester were |) sylvania, strike, he said, would be a de-|
eged Manhattan divorce mill,
Plan to Withhold
39 of Present Force | !% Weekly Payroll Fired in Start A check-off system of payOf Major Shakeup (ing state gross income tax-— * By ROBERT BLOEM similar to the method of A move to make a full-fledged withholding the federal inpolice department out of the ogame tax at the source—was under way today as the Conser-|proposed this morning in the vation Department fired 39 mem-| House of Representatives.
Introduced by Reps. David the first ma~ Deets (D. Indianapolis) and DE epart James 8. Hunter (D. ast -Chicago), the bill would uire emwidespread alarm from Repub-|piovers to withhold one per cent
of the weekly payroll of em-
Melvin O. Scott of Churubusco, been proposed by particular
Proposal of a new law to sta. Payi bilize the game warden force will|D® be part of a drive by conserva-| "418 tionists over the state to put the
basis. The bill, being prepared
efforts would be made be-| e end of the legislature
Kenneth Kunkel, conservation ; director, said all today’s dismiss By LOUIS als were made after full study| An investigation of of the records of the men in- conditions” at Longcliff Mental
clubs over the state were studied tives. as well as the wardens’ own ac- The investigation was tivity reports. Department officials said re. ¢ placements would be - made -as KX . rapidly as qualified men can be
found.
‘Marital Roll Call Of May, Garsson
Shows Only Two
~The U. 8. Court of Appeals today upheld the war fraud bribery convictions of former Kentucky
STATE BENATORS' marital
_|status went on record today. |ConEressman Andrew J, May and
As the upper house convened Henry and Murray Garsson, in2 a week-end recess, Lt. Gov. /dustrialist brothers. John Watkins asked the group| The brothers, head of a $75 how many wefe married. . million wartime munitions com“Who wants to know this?” bine, were convicted in July, 1947, | demanded Sen. Edmund F. Ma-/of giving, and May with receivkowski (D. East Chicago). ing, bribes totaling $53,634. { “The Federa of Women's) In return for the bribes, May, Clubs,” an the Senate presi-|& Democrat, was supposed dent. * = - have used his influence as chair- . ®o» man of the House Military Af: “THAT'S a highly controversial fairs Committee to get the Gars- | question,” quipped Sen. Walter|sons lucrative war contracts. [Vermillion (D. Anderson). R if Enciinoere. But the 49 Senators voted the 4 voted teRaiil Engineers Set
anStrike for Jan. 31
neers has set Jan. 31, at 6 a. m, {as the date for a strike against
4 One-Way Traffic Starts 115 western railroads, a Brother-
On Penn and Talbot Sts. hood official announced today. One-way traffic regulations be-| J. P. Shields, assistant grand came effective’ on Pennsylvania chief engineer, said that the {and Talbot Sts. between 16th and Brotherhood - and the railroads have falled to reach an agreeMotorcycle officers were as-/ment on proposals to add a sec-
On the Inside
cision by President Truman to {declare an emergency. Such a de-| (cision would be followed by the; appointment of a fact-finding, board.
Bonus problem still faces legislators . , . House calls executive session ucation aid is forum topic , , . first of series planned tonight sresenavasnnirasinsinnessses Page R|avett @ crippling nation-wide rail talks carefully! Ice-O-Rama will mail out advance tickets tomorrow, Page 8 Speedy approval of changes in U, 8, agencies urged
« + » call for action on Truman program........Page3 \Willkie's Birthday Rally time if the Communists had kept| Everyone seems to be getting hot foot in Hollywood Servis:
. _ these days . . . Everybody's mad, Erskine John. : eesesesnssssnssssasesses Page d Norris, Rush County GOP chair- . ing as Reds close in , , . ; Around the WOrA saves iassisiasissrnsns «Page| 67OUP Will obssrve its Lincoln The Dutch economists are try- Yoshida Party defeats Reds in Japan elections. ....Page 7 Murder on the highways ... No. 7.......c0v0. Page ll
Other Features on Inside Pages Amusements, 4 Blau senvens 14 Mrs. b svdann Needlework ».
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more American women wouldn't Ed
idonesians will see the light and Arms blast jars Nank
Camel cigaret and or Society lighted n cigaret 15! Sports aaah Wouln's eredd1b convention.
Meanwhile, negotiators for 16
Page? non-operating Rallroad Brother“A000 40 Banden hood and rafl is wage talks today in attempt to
Rush County GOP Sets
Times State RUSHVILLE, Jan. 24-—-Walter man, announcéd today his party
Day celebration on Wendell Willkie's birthday, Feb, 18,
Alfred G. Watson of Ft. Wayne, i a John Washburn of Columbia City erty thought Kolrome
entire departmént on" a merit| .vers to allow for the annual by the legislative bureau, would|®. before withholding the tax. en refunds
Game Wardens Check. Of System _ Mav Be Given. To Pay Gross Income Pole Power T9X Urged in House
Upper Chamber OK's Farm Bill The Indiana Senate sought to outlaw Daylight Saving Time today by approving a
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UP) tia a by mas, {Dy Utah) ize GI home loans by sp : I oe Jona by Speing
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- WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UP) tion
provide for a balancé between bill also provides for y ar Ae : ay miteabiers of Us two major patties: to employees in case the employer “But interest rates would be Jus 8 done case of the| withholds too much tax. raised from 4 to 414 per cent “to te police departments. The bill carries no particular|yiiract investment money into Would Give Protection |endorsement of the present ad-\:ne GI home loan market” under
“German concentration camp Hospital near Logansport, a state volved. Reports by conservation|institution, was voted today by the Indiana House of Representa
concurrent resolution ine
proposed in a ¢ troduced by Rep. Roman Korpal (D. South Bend), who said he had
reports of “gross mise t and mistreatment
y {mentarian could clear up the" question, : Rules 49 Enough The parliamentarian ruled the
to 49 majority was sufficient and the
resolution was sent to the Senate for concurrence, Rep. Jess. Andrew (R. West Point) called the in A “needless.” ‘He told the other
| Representatives that conditions {in all state institutions were “not
of the best” but blamed it on the difficulty of obtaining sufficient | help.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-| Rep. Robert Hoover (R. Gosh~
en) asked that the hospital board
{be called in to report. He sald
the board was appointed on a
{non-partisan basis and contended the investigation was unneces-
sary,
ROADHOUSE FIRE KILLS 4 EXPORT, Pa., Jan. 24 (UP)
{Four persons burned to death toond engineer to certain types of}
day . when fire destroyed the House by the Side of the Road, a roadhouse at nearby Newlingsburg. Plenty of These in January Yes, you can always count on plenty of bills falling due in January, but here's the
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