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u's" the thing. Stanley Elis and Jack Beaman, Southport students, demonstrated
The "cha sketball tournament new look for men at the Indianapolis Sectionals yesterday.
Lawrence, Southport, Tech, Lapel Is Dubbed Attucks Survive Sectionals Upsetter of Year
Rugged Bears Face Cardinals at 1 P. M.; | Tomahawks Anderson
"SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1949
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Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postofce Indianapolis, Ind. Issued Dally §
Fake Fair Employment Bill (An Editorial) HE so-called “fair employment” bill on which the * Indiana House of Representatives is voting today
is a fake and a fraud.
mission with a legal license
These powers include:
private schools;
constitutional guarantees,
Authority to delegate
the government of Indiana.
offering condolences” to Anderson's Senators, Walter Vermillion, Democrat, and Samuel Johnson, Re-
Typical Hoosier Upset
Conference champion and the
Big Green, Tigers Meet in Windup By. 45-t0-43. Count erhouses—Lawrence Central, Southport, Tech-and Crispus Attucks The fans (sportscribes included) Lawrence's rugged defensive Bears, boasting a 19 and 2 record] coming Cardinals, in the first Schog! Basketball crown dubbed game at 1 p. m. 4 ge £ases intained the Hoosier hardwood in a contest that promised to be asian ing down underd like so man in the final 30 seconds at the East hg ops y Of Illegal Arrest of the blue came little Lapel to all-county feud and “the -other|discharged by Judge Clark in tion began on Tuesday. cl 1 1 1 inhampionship game, slated to be-| The judge lectured police in but that two-point margin threw rants. open Today's Schedule | “It would seem that police arport. ‘ 2:15 P. M.—Crispus Attucks vs. Judge Clark said. supremacy in addition to de-|squads entered a house at 1721 titlists of last year. and 39 others, all on charges of following a brilliantly played squads went to the house on susi choice of United Press and many
By 4 ANGELOPOLOUS By KURT FREUDENTHAL —were poised to battle it out for the local sectional net crown in ! who picked Anderson's Indians to ~the best in the county, were paired off with the tournament's Lapel the “upsetter of the year” Tech and Crispus Attucks were] od : ’ Raid Vi tims tradition of unpredictability a repetition of the Tech-Attuck’s UR IC toy soldiers .until last night's secSide gym two weeks ago. The opposite bracket pairings| Sixty persons arrested in: two|preak the monotony and engineer bracket an all-city scrap with the Municipal Court 4 about 10 a. m. Sweepstakes Wide Open gin at 8:15 tonight, should settle volved in the two raids for foreAnderson's upset even nudged 1:00 P. M.—~Lawrence vs. South. rested everybody over the weekmade as follows: termining a successor to de- Calvin St. and arrested John Lawrence's well-balanced quin-|disorderly conduct. overtime thriller that found Ca-|picion of the 1935 Beverage Act {
BUTLER FIELDHOUSE, Feb. 26—A quartet of potential pow-|" United Press Sports Writer the semi-finals here this afternoon. 3 i High darkhorse, Southport's up-and- win the 39th annual Indiana Hig | today as the 1949 tournament set for the second afternoon clash Favorites marched along knock-54-t0-53 hair-raiser won by Tech| Freed on Grounds ond. round of games. Then out Bears Won Thriller have found one semi-final tilt an|eity police raids early today were tne biggest surprise since competit best te in town. Th f illegal t. wo 3 Sams in tSwh elon the grange of Hitgal 3rres The final score was 45 to 43, any doubts of city or county | ing entry ‘without -search- war: the hardwood sweepstakes wide lend by kicking in the door,” | About 12:30 a. m. three police throned Washington's sectional|Crenshaw, 59, of that address. tet gained the semi-final round | The police report said the thedral on the short end of a 50- being violated there. They were
to-49 score yesterday afternoon.|led by Lt. Albert Kelly, Sgt. WilIt was the Bears’ second consecu-|liam Lahrman and Sgt. Avery tive one-point victory over Ca-|Viles. i thedral in the sectionals. | An hour later, 25 persons were Southport’s Cardinals entered arrested by three other squads the select foursome after trim-|in a gambling raid on 436 W. 14th — |8t., police said. (Continued on Page 6—Col. 1)| Thomas Caruthers, 42, of 610]
Torbett St., ed and] Brothers Not Tara with Keeping a orm for, Involved in Fight
gaming. On James Rogers, 28, It was erroneously stated in
of 1707 Northwestern Ave. of-| |{ficers said they found five un- Over Week End yesterday's Times that Carl Shepherd, 17, was involved in a
{as the “king of the Hoosier mad-
diana tourney style. The Bulldogs were behind most of the way. It was 16-to-14 at
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opened half pints of whisky. He |was charged — with visiting; a LOCAL TFMPERATURES
1 bling house and violating the] 6 a.m... 28 10a. m... 31 fight with his brother, Donald, 21, 8*™ in their home at 662 River Ave., Beverage Act. 7a. m...28 11 a.m... 34 Wednesday night. ol Paul Pendergrass, 24, of 1320) 8 a. m... 28 12 {Noon)..36 cords show- that -Don-|N- Missouri St. was arrested on! 9a. m...20 1pm... 37
ald was arrested on charges of Charges of visiting a gambling drunkenness and disorderly con- house and vagrancy, and 22 Rain duct and that his mother, Mrs, Others were arrested and charged rising Myrtle Shepherd, 52, same ad-|With iting on Zunabling house, |, with Eh ed for Interfering A total of $24.66 in cash was |dianapolis Weather Bureau. Carl Shepherd, 29. who operates confiscated from a dice table and| Light showers starting posa machine shop in the rear of the/card table. Police also confis- sibly as late as noon tomorrow River Ave. address, is not listed cated seven policy books, a deck|in some parts of the state are on any police records of the in-|°f cards and a large table. expected to blanket the state by
vega on Municipal Court Stork Leaves No. 15
Judge Clark in 4 yesterday withheld judgment on| BOSTON, Feb. 26 (UP)-—Mrs, [free of ice. both charges against Donald but|John E. De Shiro, 35, of Dedham| The mercury was expected to ordered him to report to proba- was receiving congratulations to-/dip to 35 tonight and reach 45 tion officers for six months. Mrs./day on the birth of a 15th child. tomorrow. Shepherd was released. Re EWN aT Donald was arrested for creating a disturbance in his home, according to police.
tomorrow and slowly temperatures over
Fatally Stricken Preparing
To Drive Home New Car
Victor Cass, Lock Firm Official
Suffers Cerebral Hemorrhage ter of the American Chemical Victor Edgerton Cass, 1017 N. Linwood Ave. was very happy Society at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday in|yesterday when he accepted delivery on a new model automobile “Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall, at noon after a long wait. ‘He will be Introduced by Louis But as he was preparing to drive it home from work to show Bryant, president of the Butler his wife he was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage from Which _ society chapter. .~ {he died early today. tive of the Best Universal Lock TT em meee | Mr. Cass, sales manager of theo, until his leg began to trouble Good Reception Seen Best Universal Lock Co., Inc. him too much to stay on the road WASHINGTON, : Feb. 26 °—|turned to a companion and com- home office. - Week-end listeners to shortwave/plained of a severe headache and, radio broadcasts will be favored slumped over the wheel. He was| of the Toastmaster Club of Irvby good reception. No disturbance
is expected until next Tuesday and ' Wednesday, the National
Speaker for Chemists Dr. Keith Seymour, Butler University chemistry department head, will address the local chap-
Associated with the lock com- YMCA. He was a vice president
Bureau of Standards here Te-\pgny more than 25 years, Mr. and director of the Best Lock | ports. : Cass had served there for several! Corp." of Delaware, an affiliate 5 ta ears as sales manager. {of the lock company here. Times Index y Born in Wisconsin, he Wis a Services Monday usemen 1 ~—5 chef in his earlier days and at| Services at 2:30 p. m. Monday Books vas > ie An dpi. 5 one time was head chef in the in the Dorsey Funeral Home will Bridge *** 3'Mrs. Mann'rs 7 Claypool Hotel” Among other be conducted by the Rev. Ralph Churches ... 4|Movies ..... 5|positions, he served as chief chef (, Pearson, pastor of the IrvingCrees + A No itework.. 3/in the Julian Hotel, -Dubuque.|ton Methodist Church. Cremation -Comies ..... 14|Obituaries .. 11 Towa. will follow. : “8lPattern ..... 3 Later Mr. Cass purchased and| Survivors include his wife, .. 10/Radio ...... 8 operated a logging mill in the Myrtle E. (Sue); a daughter, Mrs. ign Aff. 10/Side Glances 10| West: He gave up logging after Bertha M. :Ates, Guthrie, Okla.; Forum ..... 1 Y ..... 3/losing a Jeg in ‘an accident and his mother, Mrs. L. Meta Given . 3 “© .... 8.7 the mill burned down. Hollywood . § Weather | od as a fleld represfata-| Van Trease, apo of Elgin.
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its way into the General Assem-| bly this morning when State Sen-|
ator Hoyt Moore Sr., Indianapo- | lis Republican, introduced a reso-| Hution
“sympathy and,
i publican. |
Anderson, the North Central]
sportswriters throughout the state to dethrone Lafayette Jefferson |
ness,” was upended in typical In-|
the end of the first period, 32-to- |
the
eek end are forecast by the In-|
{Chain Co. {band lying unconscious on the
put the key in the ignition slot, | and he was transferred to the Mr. Cass was a former member |
takén to Methodist Hospital. ington and a member of the Sales where he died. He was 64. | Executive Club and the East Side
race or creed. Behind this
rights it seeks to destroy the civil rights of mast of the people of Indiana. It will do nothing effective for
minority groups.
This measure was originated, and has been highpressured to the House floor, by the hired professional lobby of the CIO. It is generally understood to be intended for use in wrecking rival A. F. of L. unions, some of which have racial membership restrictions. It could be used just as effectively to wreck any union if employers could be found who were venal enough, and rich enough, to buy off the commission members. We have rarely seen a more tricky or vicious piece
of legislation proposed. It should be defeated.
It pretends to forbid discrimination in employment because of race or religion. - What it actually does is create a new state com-
and every employer in Indiana for unlimited graft and to sell its vast powers to the highest bidder.
” Broad, and vaguely defined authority to decide what shall be taught, and how, in Indiana public schools and - state universities and perhaps also in
Sweeping authority to “investigate” anything and everything that goes on in this state “in, but not limited to, the fields of housing, recreation, education, health and social welfare,” to examine at its own will, the books, records and practices of labor unions, employers, schools, welfare agencies, and apparently everybody else, to subpena anyone at any time and compel him to testify against himself in defiance of federal and state
Authority to collect its own pay, without limits, from unions, or employers or ‘individuals, including those under threat of its “investigation”;
to collect the shake-down compensation; Unlimited authority to harass and annoy and cause expense to labor unions and employers, unlimited ac«eess to their most confidential records and plans, and unlimited rights to make public anything it finds there _ or to keep secret anything it does.
THIS commission, under this bill, would become
. BY the terms of this bill it is made a crime, punishable by fine and imprisonment, for an employer to keep photographs of his employees in his personnel files, or to ask an applicant for a job where he was born, or | where he has lived or where he went to school-—and for a labor union to do the same for its members. That is its shallow; and cynical, pretense of making jobs and union membership available regardless of |
Defeat Move 5c” To Ban Use of “22. ore State Coal Her
House Vetoes City Amendment In Fuel Measure
An attempt to exclude Indianapolis from provisions of a bill to outlaw any regulation of the sale {of Indiana coal failed today in {the state House of Representa-
Ford, Chrysler” | Stand Pat on i iii wo GM Price Cut
ONE: To wear his wedding| . ring at all times. ng No Official Notice TWO: Te tell someone named | Evalina, in Mrs. Bryzek's pres-| Taken of Slash ence, that his wite is the only| . Made Yesterday person he loves, : | ; . THREE: To go out alone only. DETROIT, Feb. 26 (UP) on Fridays (for cards) and on|—The automotive “big three”
Mondays (for chess). : sales FOUR: To bé neat and orderly. girded for a postwar
| FIVE: To stop lending money battle today with Chrysler to relatives. | i SIX: To take her along i Ford standing pat he goes hunting or fishing. |against General Motors Cor SEVEN: To not dispose of any poration’s competitive price cut, of his assets without her permis-| As yet, Ford has taken no offi EIGHT: To pay for the new cial notice of GM's $10-340 Price home she selects. Es announced yesterday, but a
reliable source said he was “posie Rep. Thomas, 54,
1 CHICAGO, Feb. 26 (UP)—Mrs, Adeline C. Bryzek, 28, went back {10 her husband, Carl, today on a {90-day trial arranged by Circuit
to shake down every union
tives. A bill making illegal any discrimination against coal mined in Indiana was passed by the Senate several days ago and was up for amendment In the House to|day. After the amendment was defeated the measure was moved on to the voting stage, If the bill passes, and it is most likely to, it will void a provision of Indianapolis’ proposed new smoke ordinance which would
tive” Ford would not cut prices,
There had been reports of a | Ford cut 10 days ago.
| Chrysler Corp. issued a state-
prohibit the burning of-high vola- " » tile coal in hand-fired furnaces & | | ment in New York saying that and stoves, Indiana coal is of the: {GM's price reduction (which { : {amounted to less than one per
high volatile type. { Large Majority { The amendment to exclude Indianapolis from provisions of the|bill was introduced by Rep. Harry Latham (D. Indianapolis), It was defeated by a large majority. Rep. Philip . H., Wilkie Rushville) made one of his first]
. : cent but caused a small sensaCongressman Takento i; in the Industry yesterday) | Walter Reed Hospital may have been made ot WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UP) (ne “very fair prices” on new |=~Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R. fhe very fair -,
(r./N. J.) today was stricken with al as det us, : gastrolinternal hemorrhage and. oes ‘because of & said cut P { t of (rushed to Walter Reed Hospital. Te re, er fu af ct or 41.00 Tour a smoke control ordinance would ndictment on charges of taking r mployeey and his
cause of lowered for certain be possible in the city if Rep Salary kickbacks from his comin .ioni0is used od truck
1 m’ a | gressional office employees, He is! Lathan s amendment was not, chedyled to be tried Mar. 7. making.
“A constructive smoke pro-| His office sald that he was gram Is vital to the health and Stricken this morning in his room welfare of the community,” he ®t the Shoreham Hotel. There declared. “We are voting on the Was no immediate report from [future of the people of Indlanapo-|the hospital on his condition. lis apd I think the amendment Ill for Some Time {should pass.” Mr. Thomas, ranking Republi | Rep. Hary McAtee (D, Linton), can, on the House un-American |a coal miner, voiced the feelings Activities Committee, has besa fof those opposed to the amend- ill for the past few months. His| | ment, BY Si Lliness previously had delayed his | “The dustry is the trial Several times. iy rices i spring | secors largest industry in the. He has suffered from an in-| with ite. a — nd state. Thousands of persons ternal disturbance for some time. | manufacturing costs, 3 : would be thrown out of em- Last year he was stricken by! The newspaper also quoted him ployment if cities are permitted a hemorrhage while in the Pana-|as saying to discriminate against Indiana ma Canal Zone and was rushed 20 per cent
any or all of its powers
A. Vanderzee, Chrysler vice president in charge of sales, said ‘his company noted the GM ace tion “with interest” and hinted that GM's high profit margin {may have made the price cut possible, : . Sn Dome, szseutive vice president o rd, was the Chicago Journal of Suniad oy that Ford planned -to ' readjust
sham “protection” of civil
x ment is fair.” lin Jersey City, N. J, Jan. 16, 1895. ment on the newspaper sto - ‘Rep. John F. Ryan (D. Terre| He was re-elected in November cept to say that a — - Haute), a locomotive engineer, to his seventh consecutive term porter had interviewed Mr, Breech. sald he had worked around smoke |i Congress, Mr. Breech left on his vacation for years “and It never affected today and was unavailable for my health.” ’ comment All Marion County representa- ’ tives except one, Rep. Obed T. Kilgore who was absent, voted
In_favero amendment. Thirteen men held as members | The me&Sure probably willgr 5 three - county wholesale|
come up for a deciding vote Mon- | By United Press day. 8 |norseburger syndicate were sched-| More than 10,000 workers were
uled for arraignment Mar. 5 by iaid off, rehired or : Judge -Rabb today in Criminal | roils today ied of Mdded to Pays
‘Horseburger’ C Arar Sof Workers Recalled,
Others Laid Off
Gas Fumes in
Rain, Warmer Due Father, Overcome Son, 6
Fpulty Kitchen Stove Connection Blamed For Tragedy in Villa Ave. Residence
A 45-year-old Southeast Indianapolis resident died and his 6-year-old son was overcome early today by gas from a faulty con-|{House | nection on a kitchen stove in their home. : Bernard J. Hengen, 1613 Villa Ave., died shortly after 1 a. m. in! | , .m, publican minority on the commit[an ambulance speeding to- General Hospital after resuscitation ef-; tee will recommend the bill... forts were unsuccessful. TTT ’
His wife, Dorothy, discovered escaping gas when she arrived home from work at the Diamond She found her hus-
dining-room Joor. Her son, Bernard M. Hengen, was in a seml-
|conscious state in a bedroom. tomorrow night. — Rising temper Believes Oven Failed to Light
atures “will probably keep roads
Mrs. Hengen told police she believed her husband had turned on |ihe gas in the oven to warm the {rear part of the house. Because lof a faulty ¢onnection the oven [Possibly failed to light, police said. Earlier, she told police, she had called home about 8:30 p. m. from work and had received no response. She believed her husband and son were asleep or had [gone to visit relatives, she said. |” The son was treated in General Hospital and released. Mr, Hengen was a lifelong res-
Muncie— Madhouse or Miracle?
@ Or just a plain hardworkifig average American town?
@ It has had its layoffs, like other American cit- | fes. It had its war boom, too. The ministers say it is bad, and the police | say it's good. But it lives with its loves the fight, and isn't worried about its future. | Be sure to read
. “Muncie—Today" | by Harold MH. Hartley - in tomorrow's
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!Munson, Indianapolis, |subpena, witnesses, compel their
: {Court 2 (bile | : |bile plants, Report Out Bill | Attorneys for four defendants de Anta ana atamic works : "filed motions to quash today aft-/calized industrial. and economic For State ‘FEPC
er the other nine were granted de- situations,
lays yesterday. All are charged Rail it olation of he Indiana oi Ne Tork on 5055 | Pure and Drug Act. I : : | mpl A bill to outlaw discrimination| The men were arrested Feb. orective. ro pom ora, {in employment because of race, 18 in three raids by State Health|, . 4 been laid off "Feb “11 ys |ereed or color was to be handed Department officials and deputy. oversupply of setviceabl cars [out of committee today In the prosecutors in connection with the made thelr services 2 - | House with two recommendations. Sale of ground horsemeat as 1 { hb - The Democrat majority of the hamburger to retail outlets and ny Jucisnapoi approximately Labor Committee wil Testaurants. — |Grove oe Dene (recommend passage. The Re- S d Bit Fi h |tral, cluding 700 In the loco mos oundas I ‘IS 4 [tive repair shops and about 1300
Home Kill
—— indefinitely postponed.
ident of Indianapolis and was| : Representatives will vote for employed by the Rockwood Man-| on, or the other recommenda-|
ufacturing Co. here as a plater. yn
The measure would create a five-man commission appointed] by the Governor. The commission | ‘would have- grand jury power to!
today they would go back to work on Mar, 16. : a ot International Harvester 00: [its Springfield, 0, truck plant which eventually will affect 500 workers, Officials said 100 men
(UP) — Ray Morrissey today told the saddest fish story of | all. Ten thousand fish got away. Mr, Morrissey had stocked his private 20-acre lake at Darien. Wis., with 10,000 bass, bluegills
and trout, today. The om Bi.the snow meited, and the | : ¢ npany sald the water poured _down__the hills, [layoffs were made necessary by through the ravines and flooded | sembly Mr. Morrissey’s pond. oe : ‘ ; The small dike couldn't stand | Al Richland, Wash., the Hane the strain and collapsed. ord Atomic Works laid off ag-
rick’s Catholic Caurch. Other survivors include two brothers, Perry and James Hengen, and a sister, Mrs, Elizabeth
[atendance, administer oath and . 2 . _|require the submission. of “any Signs Exports Bill {books and papers relating to any| WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (UP) matter under investigation. — President Truman today signed! The bill provides a maximum a bill extending to June 30, 1951, penalty of six months in jail and the government's power to con- a $500 fine for violation of the trol exports, lact.
Away went the pond, and the Proximately 3750 of its 15,000 fish. workers and placed the remainder oe ————————————————— : rer em——— on a five-day work week. Cc T . . | At South Bend, Ind., the Studes ow Trapped in Silo Pulled Through Door, ui con. ‘ia i wid hire A. 1800 new employees starting Mons Thanks to Fifty Pounds of Grease jose. eseese protéeton 24 ee ) s « A Studebaker official said the Imprisoned Bovine Yields to Combination First a wooden ramp was bull company would produce 4510 cars . . . ops : through the silo door, and 25 each week despite the “downward Of ‘Brains, Inspiration’ in Novel Rescue pounds of heavy grease Was trend in business” because “we YUKON, Okla, Feb, 26 (UP)—Bill Mach’s cow came sliding" qin or rump ‘shot the m= hr Fowiion Wiintas on the basis of out of the silo on a specially built skid today after a veterinarian prisoned cow with anesthetic, Si regardiess of . nih Seoduct else had drugged her and she had becn smeared with 50 pounds of grease. gpinal block, and smeared an- where” on The removal of the 1400-pound Hereford through the silo door other 25 pounds of grease on|
—at least four inches narrower than the cow herself—was, accord- her middle, As she lay un- x ing to Mr. Mach, “a combination of science and inspiration.” 'conscious on the ramp, a halter Screams Rout : More than 150 spectators had| ~~ === was placed on her head and oF gathered around the silo at the made a frenzied break for free- forelegs and attached’ to tne Youthful Bandit ‘
winch, a fon i The cow, who picked up dozens | A thin, youthrul would-be hold of nicknames in the 24 hours P man was thwarted in his ats |gince her predicament became na-| ‘*MPt to rob a.North Side )
| Mach ranch near here when theidom and rushed into the little veterinarian, hired by a Denver, | door at the base of the silo, a! Colo., newspaper, went to work. concrete structure towering 40 © Use Winch Truck ~| feet high. | | Four men were pushing and a| © Telegraph Ideas tional news, soon stumbled back! |winch truck was pulling on the, Hundreds of people in all sec-ito her feet and followed Mr. lcow as she emerged through the!tions of the nation telegraphed Mach into the barn without a tatlo-door-at-8:00-a. m. Mr. Mach yesterday and lastigingle “moo.” | The bandit entered the | “She was larger than the door, night to suggest means of getting! The Machs staged open house| YOrth Variety Store, 113 which was 17x25% inches,” said the cow out. Poa {for the hundreds of spectators St holding his hand in his Mr. Mach. “If. she hadn't been Her rescue had been plotted who gathered ut the comfortable as if he had a gun and ¢ {asleep we wouldn't have been able by Ralph Partridge, farm editor ranch home as the rescue’ was [to squeeze her belly and get heriof the Denver Post, in a.long ended. : . ' : out.” ~ |distance telephone conversation Before Mr. Mash would retire" to the door The cow, an unnamed pure bred with the rancher yesterday. Mr. from the scene of victory for a : range breeder valued at $500, got Partridge, accompanied by alate breakfast, he returned to the into the silo four days ago when photographer, flew here late yes<silo with hammer, nails and lumshe charged Mr, Mach, a hired! terday to supervise the operation. ber, man and a veterinarian. They He hired Dr. L. JgCrump, the “I boarded up that door so she were trying to treat her when she local veterinarian, tf heip, ‘lcan’t go back in,” he said. Wu |an attempt to ¢
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Ford was planning a | coal. 1. don’t think the amend- home. He is 54. He was born| The company declined to come
DELAVAN, Wis, “Web, 5¢ inthe car repair shops; were told == began u-series of layoffs at
jon the second shift were Haid oft
schedule changes in body uss