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“Ame residents will hove Yo buy, their week-end groceries early this week, because, when the Amo High School Ronettes per- — form, business comes to a close. Maynard Hunter, -Amo grocer, _leaves no doubt that the store won't be open for business during

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: i ipeli ” ber ~BancSi Republican Protests | GARY. ar. + (UP) even: Amount Alie Trimmed 1 = Bris Se Bowe” lot Bag ote of wate "is ronirea tor ream = Lype WASHINGTON "Mar. 4 Tre med today for questioning in | The Behate finance committee the pipe lines in Indiana in & year. hours to bring the fire under con- ; Passage of bills, ° make-up in The’ Senate. Labor Committee the fatal shooting of Mary Chee- today trimmed the state general Earlier blasts were near Peters. {trol and prevent it fiom spread. {7 "Fast Ume" Topresentatives cons Bandy stick overrode Republican protests to- ver, 44, school teacher whose body eh t a fraction _by|by eymour and Batesville... |ing tg ad build Dam “their “walkout a. to as lip. 3 man's labor bill without changing or oF As curb Ae ig . y nd ey the wel- the scene of the explosion. The! estimated at $500 ate a stick. Five a comma. AT Cheever, who Was Murs * fare department and the adjutant column of smoke and flame be-| Assistant Fire ‘Chief Frank! ( rr Nl gorgeous tgeneral’s office. gan to subside at mid-morning Clark identified the missing fire- this rule is the budget bill.

straight party lines. com was the victim of a gunman, Becalise ihe mittee refused) i) ce probable motive was rob-

to consider any amendments, Sen. se Robert A. Taft (R. 0.) protested very ponion ® “nid Her Pur that the committee's action was| “'p 1. 0 said they are not too the most high-handed procedure") ‘optimistic that one of the seven in any committee since he had \arrested is the murderer. been in the Senate. Saw Man Run Off

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"Factor face g Defends Committee | Mrs. Herman Gotti told police the | 2 Committee Chairman Elbert she heard Miss Cheever scream se, . iB D. Thomas (D. Utah) defendediand saw a man dragging her

the committee's action. He said through the alley by her hair. She the two sides could debate pro-isaid she viewed the spectacle from cedure “until doomsday while the her second-story window. Then country is waiting for action.” she heard a shot and saw the man “If the actions were high hand-! The victim was shot once in ed, they were necessary,” Mr. the back, police WY order Thomas said. burns were found én h . The bill, drafted by the Ad-| Miss Cheever one a A ministration, would repeal - the tacked after putting her. car in Talt-Hartley law and replace it'the garage in the rear of her with an “improved” Wagner Act. apartment in an exclusive resi-/ Those i would pro- | dential area, authorities sald. vide “curbs” " JUrISdICtIoHAT ee Got TU Degres strikes, and “unjustifiable” sec-| She had just returned frem a ondary boycotts, create new ma- PTA meeting at Wallace High, chinery for handling ‘national School, where she lectured and emergency strikes and return the showed - films on her South’

now independent conciliation | American trip last summer, service to the labor department. | A container with the travel Blow at T-H Act movies was found near-the body.

The new bill would drop out Miss Cheever had taught in the Taft-Hartley provision giving! Gary schools since 1926, and was the government specific authority at Wallace for the past 20 years. to get injunctions to prevent na- She earned a master's degree at tional emergency strikes. The ad-| Indiana University.

authority inherently and does not. lapsed when told of the shooting. | Republican - members had —en- murder.

ask that consideration of the bill|relative is Mrs. Fred Hadde, go over to next week so they Gary, an aunt, police said. *eould finish drafting amendments.’ et hu one They. were confronted immediate: 3 Tackle. Dizzy Peak

approve the bill. | —Three men braved the deep Sen. Taft and Sen. Wayne L.\snows of winter today in an . Morse (R. 0.) both made frantic tempt to climb 13,747-foot Grand efforts to head off a vote by offer- Teton mountain in Wyoming's ing amendments. Their proposals wesome Jackson Hole County. were ruled out of order by SeN..p,, petzold of Pavillian, Wyo.. Thomas on the technical ground 2 be ¢ , that another motion was before member of the group that the committee. When Sen. Thomas announced | day's expedition. His companions | "the action later at a round-robin Vere A. T. Lewis, 24, ‘and Tack press conference, Sen, Taft insist- Lewis, 21, both of Glencoe; Iii. ed that amendments to a bill in

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order, : LONDON, Mar. 4 (UP)— Moscow radio reported toReporter Gets Award day that 28000 Russian NEW YORK, Mar. 4 (UP)-~| mothers had won “mother ~ Harold Callender of the New heroine” titles for bearing York Times will be award-| at least 10 children. It said ed the 1948 Overseas Press Club the Communist Central

unchy pop- award for the best reporting on Committee had proclaimed ' with . this foreign affairs ‘abroad at the Mar. 8 as international Corn Pop- club’s anual dinner tonight. women’s day.

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Phone Top Democrats admit error on state utilities bill... Page 3 history this summer.

¢ telephone * Ans 2 : | mitt the Senate lution Dea sa 000 rds will .lcapacities ever since. located in Okinawa. Officials at| Judge Norval K. Harris, of the Mittees n reso es R ji asked for 15 clerics in Sofia trial , , , Around 101d nA of nr The Indlanapolis board elected the setsmograph said it was|guiiivan Circuit Court, will speak *alling for organization of & en the World Cher ates L ata Lr ANA AR aa Page 28 training periods throughout the him to their group and titled him strong enough to cause damage ‘on “Are the Courts Fair?” at a lslative committee to investiga! : ca 1.98 Law with teeth urged to control Reds . + « « Congress |summer. vice president. He will be on the © In an inhabited area. meeting of the Civil Rights Con- Subversive activities in Indiana. ‘ roundup EE EE EE EEE EER Page 28 {Job ere. Apr. 1. ADMITS BIGAMY CHARGE | RTess at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow in| a reap : Sasvasassenss : ‘Gizz Kids’ Bia Hea Hearte d Mr. Norris was vice president | Central YMCA. | ate two days ago. | . Other f I id P 9 land genéral manager... of the i CLEVELAND, Mar. 4 (UP) indicated the measure would 20% Federal Features on Inside Pages ~ |, CHICAGO, Mar. 4 (UP)—1he| Birmingham Water Works Co. ~ ; A 25-year-old Cleveland youth to- pRINCESS VISITS ‘YARD’ [in their committee. : - Amusements. 20 Editorials .. 20; Movies ..... 20/Soclety ..... 21 “Gizz Kids” of Hines Hospital, a an American Water Works sub- Alfred O. Norris _ __|day admitted a bigamous mar-| LONDON, Mar. 4 (UP)—Prin+Tax on Some Eddie Ash.. 24 Forum ..... 20| National Aff, 20 Sports ...24-26 group of paralyzed veterans who sidiary. He sérved ‘American Wa- riage to Ruth Huntoon, 17, whose cess Margaret visited Scotland members of tems, “Bridge ...x. 22 Meta Given, 29 Othman .... 19/Teen Talk.. 23 formed a wheelchair ethall| ter Wore on le in New York, Cuba|= Howard 8. Morse, vice presi-(body’ was recovered from he! Yare. joday.- inthe line of duty. bly which

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"Burns Farm Home |' NORTH VERNON, “Mar. (UR) ~The “Little Inch” ar

gas pipeline blew up in a pillar of fire today and a farmer's wife fleeing the flames ity her baby’ in her arms was burned.

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shéok the building and flames enveloped it. She was seared by the terrific heat but shielded her 15-month-tiweaten-10 teave —

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! ® ran to safety. woe Mrs. Jones suffered "burns on d A 0 iv her legs and face but a doctor : Won't Be Available

| who treated her sajd the burns : aa pre “minor.” 1 Firemen Missing Supporters of “fast time” {in the House today were

Save Livestock The blast occurred six miles) After Floor Falls | \planning an extensive cam. |paign, including a walkout to

{north of here at 7 a. m. in a line | In Dime Store Blaze {break the assembly’s quorum,

lof the 'Texas-Eastern Pipe Line ‘Co. near State Road No. 3. The, CHARLESTON, W. Va. Mar. 'to beat a bill outlawing daylight saving time.

{firm operates the Big Inch and 4 (UP)—A six-alarm fire swept a| {Little Inch lines, which run side downtown five and ten cent store 5a The measure was scheduled to SI | ome up for a deciding vote this .

{by side across southern Indiana. today afd six firemen were -be- | = State police said tne break was lieved to have perished in the | within 150 feet of the farm resi-| flames. |dence of Mr. and Mrs. Jones. The] Four firemen were known to |Jones home, a converted frame be buried in the charred ruins of school house, along with the barn the three-story structure. A fifth [affernoon. It Would Prohibit any istate, county or city -governs ‘mental agency from employing ' any other, Mime ‘than central — OE ATT A jatan : a at In would also prohibit the

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and outbuildings were burned. was reported missing, and Fire : nson | Mr. Jones, 29, was milking Chief J. L. McLane said it was : Lovis A Joh cows in the barn when the blast ''possible” a sixth also had died. | |knocked him off the milking He was not identified. . |stool. He ran outside and joined! The victims were trapped when {his wife who was running for a floor of the building collapsed * ee saféty with the baby. : as id worked their way up a! iosrapher. |. . Neighbors who heard. the. smoke. filled, _ stairway, , 1, the R a i Tournament. Amo meets Fortville in t ‘the first game of hurried to the Sy Od into wey aaa ra the Regionals at | p. m. Saturday, for business as usual, but in the (saved livestock from the barn Where the blaze started.

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Butler Fieldhouse this time: {Other pictures, stories about Amo-on and the family’s furniture before — = Nine Injured : 44 Page 24) 3 . i 1e buildings were destroyed. | Nine other firemen were n-| ® Tadoption of “any “ordinance or woes - - Mrs. Grace Jones. mother of jured or overcome in the fire BR {order establishing other than Cen3 2 safd-the blast jarred her which raged for more than seven {tral Standard time.

! Representatives opposed to the bill are from the large cities of the state. They were attempting to strengthen their forces for a {protest walkout this afternoon. Last Day for Voting : IE ed of the Feprastatas

she could. basement of the five-and-ten on Fourth Explosion {Charleston's main business street

; he and Lester had talked and spread quickly to the r ‘General's fore about, what might happen floors. pe

All told the Republican domi- aftér gas pressure was shut off at men as Frank Sharp, Frank Mil- Daylight saving time supportnated committee proposed nine in- pumping stations near Seymour ler, Fred Summers, Richard Me- lers said if they are. unable to lcreases in the budget passed by and Batesville, on either side of Cormick and George Coates, Stron, on. [gather the necessary one-third of the ‘Democratic House of Repre-! the break. {the members to stage the walkout \sentatives. It recommended six ' A repair crew began work at There’ s a Job ithey would launch a filibuster. |cuts, including $2 million from the the scene before noon. Sheriff New Defense Secretary At least five representatives

'blennial welfare appropriation and Howard James said a 40-foot sec- agreed to join the filibuster. Sev|$100,000 from the adjutant’s ap- tion of the 20-inch pipe line was In These Parts Confers With Truman oni representatives would be

| propriation. blown out. of the ground and was * rt ———- necessary to stage a successful | Net result was an overall reduc: |‘ ‘split ‘wide open.” For 10,000 Robins T p— Snuiher Story; Page) — | alibuastér fh he Horse Sue to oe tion of slightly more than half a’ A spokesman for the company l y LS i y's inute elimi million dollars in the general said service was continuing to all DIANA needs 10,000 robins| WASHINGTON. rn uls on representatives’ speeches. Miss Mary Cheever {fund Saget which still stands customers, through the 24-inch Mild thot. forecasters said 'A. Johnson, named to be the new ry ‘over $206 million, about a million “Big Inch” line. »day, will hang around the city Secretary of Defense, said today Doomed Man Gets

~~ higher than recommended by the ad Marion County for a couple the: nation must maintain a

Segregation Ban pate DE tas : ‘Pen Pal’ Sees )f days. strong military establishment be- Week's Reprieve

Temperatures tomorrow will cause “there will be no. peace” Meanwhile Senate GOP spokes- T 1 ‘ 00 M climb to 60 degrees, topping the until America is. strong. | 2 said they might not extend anv Films nigh of 54 expected tous “the Mr. Johnson ‘made the state-!- As Chair’ Fails.

their stand of “no new taxes” to~ TORONTO, Mar. 4 (UP) — phyrea i eB To Become Law (Gov. Schricker’s plan for increas- There were two. announcements 35 San pred ns Sper To in la with Presid ot Tru, MONTGOMERY: Ala. Mar. 4 ling the gasoline tax ‘and ‘motor today from the home of 16-year- ® House with President Tru-| Py Alabania’s ~ electric chai : Extending the outlook, weath: man, Who picked him yesterday > : will Open _ Schools (vehicle license fees. ‘At least, the old Doreen Upsdell, movie theater ermen said temperatures in In-to succeed James Forrestal. failed to work at the 1lith hour ~-i8pokesmen. said, the... Governor's. employee. rn AIADA. WOUIA hOVEr {OME 10 eIRNL!.. The burly West Virginia lawyer». Philp Cobbs life, and the . To All Races, Creeds | bl to. produce badly needed high-'. -Miss Upsdeil “announced a degrees above normal for the and Mr. Forrestal met at the Jo0Tcd man-today-was given am By IRVING LETBOWITZ [AY funds will be put out of com- TAUCher ben Pal, Whom She had next five days. The normal maxi- White House. Mr. Johnson dis- “go Weer 10 Hive. mittee . for. Senate consideration. ahs! seen. had left her his ranch mum is 23 degrees ‘in -the north, closed that already Mr. Forrestal CoP» 34. was slated to die

Indiana will formally open all". = ‘was d $30,000 in cash and i= ; growing - feeling, & nd ‘securi- they said, and 51 degrees in’ the shortly after. midnight for the. of its - public schools to firsts however, that Gov. Schricker tes. This news created a furor {southern portions of the state. had NE realing - Into the second murder proved against year elementary and high school might apply the veto to several In the neighborhood. “a n= ‘Perfectly Grand’ him. But he did not get as far

‘My daughter has been seeing - NORMAL minimum tempera-| too mapy films,” annouriced the tures are 23 in the North and 30,

as the chair before the fault was

(He's been perfectly grand in. gi.cqvered. - Electricians testing

pupils of all races, creeds and Te Spending measures-he-had tenta-. elping me find Sut what the job

{tiveiy approved. Among them was

ligions this fall. y bill to prohibit segrégation.® bill td increase the state's obli- mother, Mis. Gifhert- Crbvager, [fegrees in De South. ts about,” MF. Johnson said. | .De death seat found that power in Hoosier public schools was ap-, gation for teachers’ salaries Skagit | dro Puy oe xpected to bring ‘a, The new Defense Secretary will Was Jot Teaching the electrodes, {proved yesterday by the Senate. throughout the state by about Adiourn Suit to Nam g op i emperature following replace Mr. Forrestal Mar. 31. HIS io mi an oo e rd, cried Cobb It has passed the House. 452 20 million. I f @ rains late Sunday or-early: Mon- confirmation is expected by the n s cell, . Maybe I'll have a Gov. Schricker said today he| AS the picture stood in -the Kautskys Receiver day. Rising thermometer figiires Senate. chance now. ; would sign the measure, thus Senate this morning, new changes. Tuesday will be followed by cold] Mr. Truman sent Mr. Johnson's : ® =x = .

i Hearing on a suit to appoint a Go in the bud Wednes , t making Jt lew, "in the BuGEet were Sxpected Wheniroctver for. Lie Indinapolil "oor Ie Bureau predicted nomination toe Serate today. fF hours esriar, Gow It will go ni 0 & {Senate floor for debate. Whether | Kautskys, Inc., today was ad-| LOCAL TEMPERATURES Tay this month he us Je Cobb's final plea for commutation

lapolis “and other Indiana cities ljourned until Mar. 18: The suif ‘ : are in the process of dropping the| |such revision would result in net wash instituted bys George Gla- a.m... 34 10a mm... 48 thing In his power “to make pos- Of the death sentence.

: : {Increases or .cuts remained .a 7 36 sibl Cobb ] unwritten policy. of segregation. \ mack, Lor mer. Jet basketball - . a.m...38 11am... 83 sblea smooth and easy transi. CODb Won a commutation in Will Be Gradual {matter of Speculation. player. Sw m, ma. «Mn 3 (Nuon): 57 tion” “in the” military establish- Meh; 1947, after being “sena —- - a, m. m... 50 ment. He said he had ./tenced to death for killing his ve5— Hunter -(D: East Special Judge. Sidney Horn. or-. p- \ ‘no spe oll gee Supe the anti Spellman Stays on Job | dered the defendant to produce a ‘cific “plans” “after he leaves the “ife—Whileserving the life term,

segregation bill, said the change- NEW YORK, Mar. 4 (UP)-- balance shéet showing the finan- Radium Capsules Burn vermont yh EUiting 2 rest Rr deing Torte Bort or over will be gradual. He ex- Francis Cardinal Spellman re- cial condition of the corporation Shipyard Inspector to write whi Je heval umptation], ot person: nme : 8 Tel plained that few schools would be turned to Calvary Cemetery for and a record of attendance at the CHARLESTON. 8. C. Mar. 4 sist’ 2 ion 1 hope I can re- "© prise 3 ate. affected.in September. In Indian- the second day today to supervise home games since the start of the’ {UP)—The Navy. revealed today men. etal told “sews

apolis, he pointed out, 14 schools the work of 100 seminary stu- 1948-49 season. H% held in re- , i 1 | ady off in pupils of all races. dents digging graves for 700 dead serve a ruling on the order to that a high official of the, Charles-| With the change in defense sec- Ellis Resigns

; ton shipyard took two capsules retaries, Mr. Tru i A spokesman for the National Who have been unburied because produce other books the plaintiff t radi r man is about A Vv | of a grave diggers’ strike. seeks to examine. of radium from the base here and ready to shake up the military MAS VC po Coac {Association for the Advancement —— eine | SUMfRTRd DUIS, establishment. This will be done

of Colored People said the organi-| The radium was found to be to meet charges that it is waste: VALPARAISO, Mar: 4 {UIR)

| |zation has no plan or intention of L | w t Uti li { Ne Lo E. Elli ‘ : p 2 oCca a er i i ames {missing Feb. 14 and a widespread ful, lacks" co-ordination and re- a a. athietie Girtetor at

smplenuenting change-over ee ager Jaime Because of quires firmer leadership, Inounced his resignation, effective € e or anyone| Strength Means Peace : a mean er vores ‘Alabama Executive to Boar [who might handle them. On the| He will send to Congress veo ube. won fame at Vs 1 entire 21-man Democratic Senate > next day, it vas announced, head ommendations for re-writing the | conch of the “world's pi |contingent backed the propgsal. A. 0. Norris New shipbutlding inspector James L. 1947. armed services unification basketball team. His best DE oak red Top aa): Rickeston returned them. act in order to achieve real uni- year [ nG enators refuse General Manager Capt. H.C. Sexton. commander | {with the Crusaders was in ‘the | #0 on record either for or against 4 fication of the three military serv- season of 1044-45 when his to y 'the bill and walked out of the The Indianapolis Water Co. of the yard, reported that Rick- ices. So far unification hasn’t|inz ejub chalked up a record of chamber. reached deep into Alabama today letson said he did not know the heen too successful, Ya viet iy > 3 Hori of lS ; in its géneral-manager hunt to Jcapaules. contained Tatum, He Mr. Johnson, in speaking of Bath ories against three sets National Guard Plans sign Alfred O. Norris, seasoned carried them in his watchpocket, the need for maintaining a strong, “pis said he had no: definite

{and is now undergoing treatment nation, recalled that when George " ‘water utility executive, as the new for abdominal burns, the an- Washington first created a mill a mo was Sopsiatring ‘one |operating boss here. "propositions.

nouncement said. + tary department he called it “the

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WASHINGTON, Mar, 4 (UP}-—-| Mr, Norris, a water utilities | ; ak ui peace establishment.” \ (The ationa: Guard has ANiman from the ground up, left Fi ~~ 'wm!Strong ng Quake re Roporivd “That's what I want” Mr. Committee Buries |Rotiiiend I hit hold the largestiygje University in 1924 fo build) po CLEVELAND, Mar, 4 (UP)— Johnson said, “because strength : raining program in its systems for the American Water { y ty 4 |The John Carroll University means 8 pence. " Subversives Probe

|seismograph today reported State representatives today

r,|Works and Electric Co. He has| a erm a “strong” earthquake, “probably” Judge Harris to Speak buried deep in one of their coms

Maj. Gen. Kenneth F. Crame

$3100,and. Birmingham, dent and general manager, was Chicago River last Saturday. The ned thio will be 19 infA

research fofisad Siete de: and will remain on irk I gineer, on thy board-y board, the