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| TUESDAY, JANUARY 25,1940
Bill Proposes
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Anti-Red Oath For Teachers
24 4 Measure Covers State Universities |
Two Republican representatives) today designed to prevent Communist infiltration into the state's educational system
could get a license to teach. Rep. Glenn Slenker (R. Monticello) is co-author,
Mr. Heavilon said the bill was
morrow. Ultimately, the author indicated, ‘the measure will be aimed at state supported colleges and universities as well as elementary and high schools throughout the state, He said amendments to include college and university instructors] in the anti-Communist drive probably would wait until after
uncertainties of committee consideration, Wants Teeth in Bill Once out in the open before the whole House, Mr. Heavilon said, efforts would be made to put enough teeth into the bill to weed out any Communist influence in the educational structure. Other legislators, interested in the move to pit Indiana against communism by law, hinted that the Heavilon bill might also be used later as a vehicle to require non-Communist affidavits from all who would work on the public payroll. Some sentiment was expressed
Coliseum Corp. To Operate
5 More Years
Gates, Reese
“= Urged for Key
GOP Post
ti-Dewey Elements Seek
Scott Successor By LYLF C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent OMAHA, Ngb,, Jan. 25-Anti-Dewey elements of the Republi can Party today discussed Carroll Reese of Tennessee and former Gov. Ralph F. Gates of Indiana as possible successors to Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr, as national committee chairman. Mr, Scott is a Pennsylvanian, hand-picked for the committee chairmanship last June by Gov, Thomas E. Dewey. Mr. Scott welcomed the fight and said he would not quit. Either Mr. Gates or Mr, Reese,
, would be acceptable to Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, it was understood here. Not a Candidate The weakness of the anti-Scott movement is that it has not so far come up with anyone upon whom all could agree te succeed
chinery. Republican National ; Comm!
/{for broadening the measure to mained wel bors Aid ag aot he eat the upper reaches of the east fork.| | as well as teachers, to At Bedford the White River| : deny Communist affiliations or ia wxvected to vac 341 30 | “3” Mr. Reavilon sad, “we the drizzling rain. That crest have to lay the foundation, Indiana can become the first state would be 24 feet above flood to make & real fight the stage, just one foot below the Heh, Tol Dalit again! 1937 flood crest. More than four od ; become a threat to our ve Sunday and yesterday. First bale of hay “Operation Feediift" for Nevada range cattle is thown | oTai ig 5 i ** for starving range cattle is “This bill, T hope, will lay the Neary S000 Industral workers hug rom a C43 2 mo muha of Ee Ova he sock pose the shadow of the plane, one that it will. be oil and Orleans, with] of 16 Air Force craft to save $8 million worth of cattle from starving. up to the mbly as to plants closed because of the lift far more successful than they had expected. ; how far it wants to go. flood waters in the immediate vi- . » : cinity or because of blocked Escape From $i «..No. 2
roads. The Trav-ler Radio Corpo-
ration "plant in Orleans and the
Reliance plant in Mitchell were both closed.
Guthrie, north of Bedford, was
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Woman, 72, Accuses Steelworker, 25
Hayt Rated |
Air Force Aid Seen | Stopping Heavy Loss,
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By United Mess Stockmen hailed the Air Force's haylift as “100 per cent effective” today and appealed for more planes to expand the operation and prevent heavy losses
Times State Service KOKOMO, Jan. 25—Howard among the two million cattle and
County Prosecutor Dan Bretz sald today rape charges will be
filed against a local steelworker in an attack upon a 72-year-old Kokomo woman yesterday.
The steelworker, 25, was ar-
rested last night after a descrip-
tion of the attacker and his car
was given by the victim.
sheep starving in the deep” snow. | Using the precision bombing techniques perfected in World| War II, the huge C-82 flying box-' cars swooped low over the starv-
dropping baled hay and cotton-| seed cake in their midst. ! The biggest operation was
On Inside
being con out of Ely, Nev., but. other feedlifts were operating out of Lowry Field, Denver, with some flights being made
Four American soldiers Shot in club fracas in Japan . . . MP's cornered by enlisted men in
Methodists vote to send four ministers to Germany . .. State pastors open Protestant meet-
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Schedule tryouts for solo, partner acts in Times
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“|their first hope that any consid-
over Nebraska. To Extend Operations The haylift gave the ranchers
erable number of the snowbound stock could be saved. o | But they said operations must be extended rapidly to perform the “miracle” necessary to prevent tremendous losses. They appealed for more planes and more snowmoving equipment. Agricultural experts said the animals needed feed within three to four days or death was certain. Westerners prayed that clear weather would continue so the planes could continue ts over the ranges. Some snow, sleet, and freezing rain fell over northern Texas, Oklahoma, southern Kansas and southwestern Missouri today. The greatest danger to the Western stock lay in the extreme cold wave that hung over the area. Temperatures dipped to 30 below {zero in some sections.
22 More Join Warden Ousters
Stripp
: ed U. S. 100% Effective Shivers in Icy Soviet Cold
Professor
Little Man Forced to Work Until He Drops; Yenisei River Boat Is Death Ship for 200
This is the second of a series of exclusive articles giving an | eyewitness account of life .in the secret concentration camps in Siberia.
More than’ 20 million
Russians are confined In these
camps today, according to official estimates. Yesterday, the author told of his arrest by Soviet secret police, his experiences in a political prison in Moscow, his sentence to Siberia. In today’s
article he, describes the journey to lawyer, and a former official of the Czechoslovakian government.
n. The author Is a Ozech
By DR. FRANK POLAK as told to WILLIAM H. NEWTON (Copyright, 1949, by Scripps-Howard Newspapers)
UNITED STATES ZONE OF GERMANY, Jan. 25-—I transmitter penthouse.
was accused by the Russians
The Soviets kept me’in prison in Moscow nine months. {local fabricator who will require Then I was given a “trial” by the revolutionary People’s Tribunal. The trial took about 10 minutes. I was sentenced the tower and the 1260-square-
to eight years hard labor. | 1 was sent to Narylska, in Siberia. miles from the Kam Sea and is| east of the Yenisel River. It is| about 400 miles above the Arctic Circle, |
we were put on a boat and sent! up the Yenisel River. { When we got to Krasnoyarsk| guards took us to a big open space in a field. Then they ordered us to take off all clothes so they) could search and make sure no one was carrying any weapons. It was very cold. r ~ .
THERE WAS a skinny little man standing near me. He was shivering and shaking. I said to myself, ‘This is impossible, They cannot send a skinny little skeleton like this to Siberia. He will just blow away.’
and in the United States had been! a professor of history and a writer, He said he had been invited by the Soviet government to come and see all the improvements in Russia. .
He went to Moscow and for
by. being “hostile to commu-
ing herds. of cattle and .sheep, nism” in my home country, Czechoslavakia.
tsome good underwear and socks. (gin. . |While we were standing there This is about 100!the chief guard came over to him will be ready for tests by May 1. sald he would take care of Three or four weeks will be needed
and his luggage. He said the luggage might be los* on the long boat trip and
We were sent by train to a/that he would take it over and] . place named Krasnoyarsk. Then|give it back at the end of the| W |
trip. When we got to Narylska the chief guard gave him back the suitcases but they were empty. He made a big fuss. He requested to speak to the head of the prison. They told him he could not make any requests, Then he demanded to speak with the American consul. They said the American consul had no authority in concentration camps. They threw him out of the guard
room. After that I spoke to him every day for about a month, At the beginning they assigned him to
He sald he was an American oo. unued on Page 2—Col. 2)
Why Today Is Dear To Every Scot's Heart
Scotchmen the world over gather today to celebrate the
one month was shown all around.
The Conservation Department today announced the dismissal of 22 more game wardens, bringing {the grand total so far in a two day sweep to 61. :
Eddie Ash.. 14 Needlework. 13 captains were fired yesterday. 9
Bridge ..... 13 Othman .... “Business .... T.Polities «.... Classified. 16-18 Radio iveuee Clubs .....s 12|Records .... Comics .vovv 19/RUAYK o.ouuue Editorials .,. 10 Scherrer Food Sass 13{8ide Glances 1 Foreign
Afl,. 10|8oclety ..... 12|Richard
At the same time the depart-
10 men announced appointment of 11/seven new wardens, bringing the 8 total number of 9 balance the mass firings to only «ee 10{11.
New
Forum ..... 10/Sports ... 14-15/oMs, Clarence E. Boling of Green-
Meta Given. 13 Teen Prob... 12 .. Try It esssee 19 Adolphus Schosker 3 burg, and Raymohd Hirsch of Wilson. 11
Tose Tadpis 3 Weatint map Dr. Jordan.. 12/Eaf!
Mrs, Manners 4 Women's ... 13/0f
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{He saw all the new buildings land the subway, and everything. 'But one day he was. suddenly arrested and accused of being a spy. ” ‘ He sald he was not given a
6 Thirty-seven wardens and two trial. The NKVD, or secret po-
lice, simply sentenced him to 10 years hard labor.
birthday of their beloved Bobby Burns. Their undying devotion to the humbly born poet who wrote eloquently and simply one thing. Words needn't be fancy to be effective. But that’s proved every day by Times Want Adi. To order a result-ful Want Ad simply phone Rlley
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Need for Stronger |
commercial television in Indianapolis has been moved ahead to-
The delay in the local television inaugural! was encountered when it became necessary to strengthen the roof of the Mer-!
{massive television tower and]
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be here by the end of! It will then go to a
{10 days to put it together, | On Mar. 10 the construction of
foot transmitter building will beIt is expected that the station
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Holds Watts Fate
The fate of Robert Austin Watts today rested with the U. 8. Supreme Court, The State Supreme Court waived jurisdiction in Watts’ petition to have his case reviewed by the U. 8. Supreme Court. The state court ruled that the U, 8. court alone would have further jurisdiction. The ruling, sent to Watts by special delivery last night, gives
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a former national committee
Telephone Booth ‘Hot Air’ to Go (One Way, That Is)
the chatrman now.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (UP)—|
with it the threat of death.
Roof Causes Delay [Blindness stalked the family of|® traitor anaes loyal AmeriThe date for the arrival of Abe Goldstein today, carrying once” of a Nazi
influ. Mr. Houben said he joined the
Tomorrow, his daughter, Karen,|Nazi Party in |
will lose the eye, but doctors hopéd they could stop the spread of the disease. However, Mr. Goldstein had not;
operation for his 1l1-month-old|
son, Michael, although doctors
» ” r MICHAEL has cancer in both eyes and will be totally blind If the operation is performed and he survives, 1 “I know what the fear of blindness is,” Mr. Goldstein said. The 30-year-old veteran of 314 years in the Pacific lost one eye) in battle.
286 New Polio Cases Reported in Nation | NEW YORK, Jan, 25 (UP)-—A/ total of 286 new cases of polio were reported to the U. 8. Pub-|
lic Health Service during the first! two weeks of 1949, setting an all-| time
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tion for Infantile Paralysis announced . The foundation sald the average number of new cases reported during the first two weeks of the 1930-1948 decade was 75
cases. The previous J was reached in 1947 when 188 cases were reported. .
|-—Maj. Mr. Bitner said structural steel Say the boy will die without it. ial. Army
South June 1, Harry Bitner, president|2l4 years old, will be operated America, a. In reply to a and owner of WFBM, said today.on for cancer of the eye. She ard M. rN ederal
gestion of defense counsel — whether he believed in God, Mr. Houben said, “yes sir.”
arguments dei ntr. ‘Schuman
Fair Board 0K's Time Left in Pact
Passes Up. Right
much t on the wri A : light on the writing shelf. |with the Coliseum CorporaIT WILL have a rubber floor,/ tion will run another five years. too, and walls which won't show, Board President Homer Schue scratches, such as Tillie's tele- man of Columbia City sald the phone number (call after 4 p.m.) board had decided not to exercise or a couplet of naughty poetry. |its right to cancel the lease ef They are not here yet, but—hold| fective next May.. The board Your breath-—they are on the Way. would have been. required 0 pay - on the Sonia Henle Show and ice ges Ig hockey there, $50,000 for foemaking equipment installed by . the corporation. ; Given Axis For several months efforts have beep made, on grounds the board was not realising a large ° Ex-Nazi Aid Called [enough retuin from the present C operation, to get the lease canIn Treason Hearing |celed. Bitorts siso were made —A Wartime German radio om.|1e're Haute
chants National Bank to hold the made up his mind regarding an sgmy ‘BANKER’ TO QUIT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UP) Gen. William Henry, Chief of Finance, will retire Monday after 26 years of service.
Tickets Early
® The fourth session of The Times Legion-Golden Gloves + + « Which comes this Fri. day night to the N. Pennsylvania St. Armory . . . always is a whirlwi stanza. ¢ That's why you- should get your tickets in advance « « « for everybody will want choice seats. Get them at: ¢ Bush-Callahan’s, 136 E. Washington St. or at the Sportsman’s Store, 126 N. Pennsylvania St. ® Prices are: Ringside and first row balcony, $2; downstairs reserved, $1.50. Prices include tax. ® Read Sports Writer Jim Heyrock’'s story of the Golden Gloves on Page 14 of The Times today.
Eyes Directly,
Saw Hiroshima Right After Blast
By FRANK ADAMS One of the first of the det of physicians and scientists to enter Hiroshima afler the atomic bomb was an Indianapolis eye specialist, Dr, John Flick, 1443 N. Pennsylvania
He never sald much about it,
Ty A a a EE sa SE i a2 af mt aati) San Cf
Atom Flash Did Not Harm |:
Says Doctor
Buy Your Gloves
LONDON, Jan. 25 (UP)--Princes Elizabeth, now with her
|parents at the royal family's {Sandringham home,
Wholesale Butter Hits 61c in N. Y. Trade
la pound. The top 92 score sold
at 059%-60 cents.
THEY WANT DIVORCES
CHICAGO, Jan. 25 (UP)—A father and his son have
w allet ‘Wanders for