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of Ott Workman in 1945.
down.
“substantiate by unimpeachab
wrote. :
letter later in the day. Members of the board are Ca ter Manny of Michigan Cit
ing, secretary. tors already have made “prelim“MH . Judge Gilkison's statements, the SWEET ~ letter charged, ‘“‘besmirched the ARTE fn car R COT ANA TEPULAtioNs Of Te maze-ing” : , .@pected public officials.” countries.
» 15’ a nete . Got Life Sentence ly. Mazes Ott Workman was, until mid-imade several trips triangles, 1938, a well-to-do Martin County a b IYyIt. It farmer. He was convicted as an| Success, N. Y. the spokesman| MO and then accessory in the non-fatal shoot-|Sald. | ns work. If 3 ing of his brother-in-law and, This was disclosed after com-|iStS. use it sev 3 though he was not st the scene Mittee member Richard M. Nixon, | pi Then of the crime, was sentéhced to life risonment a Dubois : lines or a \ lways “go De of your, circylated that fabulous sums of
self, to tell the story.
Indiana State Prison.” Demand Judge Spegk
tiveness and clearly, fearless zens of Indiana with..the facts a public office holder , . , you a
morally bound and obligated
may be properly punished..
grand jury.”
prison administration. “Free in Criticism"
have . besmirched the charact and reputation of respected pu lic officials. NE “Your actions have contribut
the morale of those officials
responsible for the statements y:
2 public showdown from you.”
from the trustees . “As the articles referred herein were published by -y
Midwest GOP Chiefs
‘CHICAGO, Mar, 5 (UP)
Unless the judge is able to
evidence all of the statements” he should “résign from the Sp-! ‘preme Court,” the prison trustees
he had not received the letter and! may
president; Edwin R.' Thomas of
firing of certain prison officials,
release any and all information| which you state you have to the’ proper’ officials “of fiiis state wo alerial. Page 28... that the guilty person or persons, . LONDON, Mar. 5
FT won a » of dg Tr «acm {will falter in its performance to-aq the time to reconvene |was their four: h comecutive| Ea) Bloc Wins ! o | 1 triumph. . - wo “If you have in your possession /Gromyko, former ambassador (day, the Weather Bureau said|. Just before the House recessed, "Fon" ’ Offi
Referring to the charge that) the presence of certain officials: Mr. Gromyké's g prevents. Warkman. from. telling was announced. by-zadio. Moseow, With mercury readings . ranging his own ‘story, the' trustees de-/No further details were given. Nor|from 38 to 50 degrees throughort| manded that Judge Gilkison namesddid Moscow. make any further|the state. those individuals. THey provided reference to Mr. Molotov's release! ———— — pe ) a list of names of persons in the from his duties as foreign mini- House Group to Act jschivol basketball scores,
nave made and we now demand!
A copy of the trustees’ letter was forwarded to Governor . Schricker. Another copy was sent to The Times with the statement
without contradiction on the part of Judge Gilkison, we feel that this letter is now in order and is properly addressed to your newspaper.”
Will Meet on Mar. 13
meeting of the Midwest chairmen of Republican State Central Committees will be held here Mar.
Demands Judge Gilkison Resign | General Fund Budget If He Fails to Back Up Charges | In Dramatic Session |
Ma————————————— Le on shin hs i By IRVING LEIBOWITZ oe Text of Trustees’ statement, Page 4 ok iii By ROBERT BLOEM The state prison board of trustees demanded yesterday clare martial law in the state ss that Supreme Court Judge Frank Gilkison name the persons|a means of blocking the multi: he said recently had received $50,000 or more for the parole million-dollar budget. |
. Demands for a showdown were made in a letter re-|A- Michhorn (D. Uniondale) - de-| ferring to the exclusive “Workman Story” series which appeared recently in The Times. | Te — i ~The letter was sighed by all! four members of the board, | who demanded: a public show-
le!
Up Question
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nage activities in States. A spokesman for
ry.
HSlinvestigation, said pt a money and that he believed the yay be made to bring Miss Cop-|Pellate and Supreme Court judghs| Legiviative ae oe : SATURDAY, MAR. {8 n . i lr sen
« with the administration of the/ably will be public. -
; . ; : 5 the allotment for the Welfare Tt is high time that you se} to Take Department. Administration from behind the irén curtain of! i \sources last night labeled the mystery, implications and vindic-| :
and honestly acquaint the citi-
you have them,” the letter said. | “Not only as a citizen, but as|
tor Champion—V
] The Republican Senate unani-| OlSe op JOS mousy vor TE Motion” down we , and approved the general fund LIAL (OL “aT gibudget—bill--with- “an-additionat; i 1] $870,000 in appropriations. The Soviet UN Spy g total general fund budget was
Committee Takes ! The added expenditures brought |
| WASHINGTON, Mar. 5 (UP) — | Proposed by the administration. ! Judge Gilkison said yesterday House spy hunters said today they ‘We Stand in Confusion investigate. charges that| Sen. Eichhorn charged that 80 had no comment. He indicated Soviet - delegates to the United there had been “a complete breakhe would not have an immediate Nations have engaged in espio-/down of any workable legistative) comment even if he received the
Un-American Activities Commit-|steps to protect the public from | tee said the gronp will consider organized predsure groups. : Ft. Wayne; vice president; George/the question at a closed m~eting| The fiery Uniondale Senator deA. Cooper of South Bend, treas-|plonday. ; ! yrer, and Leo T.-Mulva of Whit-| He sald ‘committee investiga-| the “state by martial law and, inary inquiries into the activities) ment to establish control for “the . of United Nations delegates from public good.” : | the Soviet - Union and satellite... In a blistering attack on or-/
.The.investigators already have! ‘There is every evidence that).
{Nations. headquarters at Lake vided into two groups, has
i ti (R. Cal), demanded investigation, In the event martial law is not| : : Le — np . : rm ‘wheth | declared. . Eichhorn recom-| . 2 G . 1 to. determine of the Justice| Lf rea eT Govenaor call a, These cheerleaders have done well—they have brought Summitville to victory in the Indianapolis Regional. p— : a,
tigate dudih Son _larpested In New York last night
Gilkison told Times reporters he _ was certain the reports were true. ‘He paid he knew who got the
and Valentine A. Gubitchev, and provide $12.500 to launch anj _ rere would lead Ott Workman, him-|the arrestod Russian before the investigation of insurance com-| A weary 149 Indiana legisia{group in exécutive session. He said|panies operating in Indiana. {tors worked into the late hours) His statements, the letter said./that the committee plans “to go| A major battle ensued when|iast night ironing out the last cast “a shadow of distrust, fraud ag far as we can without inter- Democrat and Republican sena- — and doubt upon each and every|fering witli the FBL” He addeditors granted Indiana University|session drew to a close. ie one of the personnel connéctedithat some of the hearings prob-fan additional $1 million dollars. Only one work-ddy, tomorrow, | Previously, the Senate Finance remains in the 1949 legislative!
Prison Board [Sate Sis €@ errymitville Wis ‘Asks Proof of [Demand for Summitville Wi
Votes $207.5 Million
| The Indiana state Senate yesterday defeated a proposal to de:
. In a dramatic gesture, Sen. Von|
rmanded--that -the--Senate- “scrap 3 the budget” and ‘go home.”
$207.5 million.
onsthe proposed. budget. almost $2.5, Monday million higher than the budget|
the United program and we now stand in confusion, chaos and impotency in the House providing for the urgent and vital
|manded the governor take over
empower the agencies of govern-
|ganized lobby groups, he declared] to “United! this assembly. so politically di-
ught into being a third rul-body-—-the organized . lobby-|
Urges Special Session.
ami ———— or
than $840,000 from the proposed | wag| budget, Sen. Eichhorn wasn't ap-
provides
¢ f the legislature. kart Wind Lt i ie Spokesman. Who asked that mong the items added to the| Lawmakers Wind Up [For 13 Minutes in Nip and Tuck Game
consider the budget by the Senate were pro-.. 1949 Work Tomorrow Pairings for Semi-Finals i ; |
an attempt|P to boost the pay 3 Ap-
Committee cut $2 million from|meeting.
= UP —The| Indianapolis’ prelude to Spring |i» the afternoon
{Soviet Union promoted Andrei!
such evidence be placed beiore a V. M. Molotov’'s place as Foreign
Minister,
|Ster, Mr. Grotayko has
“You have been very free in the as one of several deputy foreign! WASHINGTON, Mar. criticism of the management of ministers in relative obsecurit the Indiana State Prison,” the|since he was relieved last sprin
trustees continued in their letter as Soviet permanent delegate to margarine tax repeal today with| / i i to Judge Gilkison. “By intima- the United Nations. It was be-| butter inter.sts ray hold- ond 84-10 ~wependent children) als. RE Aion " Jey Yetution Divaree for Flynn
tion, without producing any sub- lieved that he headed the Ameri: ing a slight edge. {
'onsiderably in breaking down!
{ i » ‘~ell as that of the inmate po ula. In Florid
tion. We believe that long befor this you should have been HEIR!
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The 41-year-old Gromyko, who
After a two-day stand with lo-/tur) announced
been serving | mittee deadlocks
a Boat Ex losior ‘Wins $30,500 on { Brookston’s Bomber! and Sum-| Providing for “fast time” and re- off at 7:30 a. m. Indianapolis REPORT REVOLT SPREADING ~ Pp a ) . 7 . {mitville upheld the reputation of quires that public offices be op- time, in the flying White House, LONDON, Mar. 6 (UP)-~—Mos- ' Radio Quiz Show |the - “peoples choice” clubs. The erated on standard time. the DC-8 “Independence,” [oF i'tow’ Radio said tonight the guerEdmund F. Ball A ; fonce-beaten Bombers blasted Up to Officials three and. one-half hour trip to rilla movement against the Amer~ And Wife Hurt NEW YORK, Mar. 5 (UP)—| Camden, 54 to 41, for their -26th| gj 06 no hours were set for Boca Chica Naval Air Base, just ican puppet government in
Mrs. Ray Applegate, Muncie socialite, was killed In a fishing boat explosion at Ft. Myers, Fla.,
yesterday in which her husband who identified 4
of Muncie were injured.
Co., Muncie, and Mr. Applegate is head of a Muncie advertising agency which handles thé Ball
reported in “good” condition late telephone from
rocked the boat shortly after!'in 1936
compromises on bills as. the 86fh|
Compromises were yet to be : ‘ worked out on nearly a dozen | . Bloomington va. Evansville Central i Needs “Lunch” Fands {of the second period.
| - | . {last night then etoer Spring: Weather “oI p-m: to continue the passage. " : . rd i {of bills under suspension of rules. : See World Re Page 29; | ; \ == ; New. Castle. ’ : : i Bn ” bd — To Suffer Relapse { wp convenes 41 oe Jats! Central's Bears reached the “Sweet Sixteen” by subduing Dale
After their evening recess Sen-
and ‘evening sessions. “Lt. “Gov: John Wathihe, -Senate “president; interrupted proceedings from time {to time to, announce regional high. While Lafayette's defending House of Representatives in the state champs fell to Frankfortiearly hours of yesterday morning! ppancis. 21 | Measures which last night still in the.afternoon, Fairland’s pre- after-a six hour filibuster, ested On Oleo Tax Tuesday {were locked in conference com- viously perfect-record crew fellifirst in the state's history,
5 (UP)—goldiers bonus, -
Prizes valued at $30,500 were won Yictory. Herb Fry and Tom Spear npc offices, however, most of : (tonight on a radio give-away quiz ty show by a World War I veteran|t BIve the Bombers the regional y,.. earlier during the summer 10 th In ide he eno, phon Ok vie, win un wea one orersa te on vue ONY. Fh@ INS and Mr, and Mrs, Edmund ¥. Ball| . Former Sgt. Anthony Schlich-/Won~ its first sectional crown at . pening
Mr. Ball is president of ‘thelnoipil at Wadsworth, Kun. won| (C°"ed 0% Fuge 9—Col. 1) Central Standard Time multi-million-dollar Ball Brothersithe awards on the Columbia’
Broadcasting System's “Sing It Again.”
. A { ye » {the bill was given an excellent account. ; | REACHED by long-distance To Motorcyclist [chance to be.signed by Gov. The three injured persons were New York studio, Mr. Schlichter| Carlton Looney, 27, of 933 Park |Schricker. yesterday in a Ft. Myers hospital first solved & parody involving the,
The two couples and Elmo San- night that its Sunday edition willl after the mishap. Floyd M. Ward, of, Jo begioning Mar. 13.50. of R. R. 5 Greenfieid, driver SUNS, AOL nok FRE NIGH Pastions Ttisnow10 cents. lof te car, was not injured. |Casriers Restsursnt, 144 B. Obe—idv.l¥
: : FORECAST: Cloudy and colder today. Light rains extreme south today and tonight. Tomorrow fair and moderately cold. Te i Mrs abi : = —— : ; | ree -— : = Ew Everywhere ers Thowiazy 59th YEAR—NUMBER 320 ~—— SUNDAY, MARCH 6; 1049 po A SC Ma Rater oe C ak
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| special session of legislature. — : No Was summarily returhed-to prison this country agajnst communist, “Pr eepite the fact that the Senate : N Cc : T days later when rumors were| "nu," nities also may inves-| Finance Committee slashed more, ew astle ro
Central Held ScorelessFrom Field. -
AT BLOOMINGTON [reports Jasper vs. Bedford
reconvened at
vision.
it set 10 p. m,n d BICEEr struggle. 45-10 38: tr
But Mincie’s - Kats, . highly ’
any pertinent information and Washington and chief Soviet] IASt night. Speaker Robert Heller (D. Deca-i = red - to capture their own «can submit substantial evidence {United Nations delegate, to first| that public officials accepted ‘a|deputy foreign minister tonight. bribe in the amount you state, we demand that you submit this evi- personally cast 24 of the 25 vetoes: - dence to the Indiana, State Police made by Russia during his two|2Ccasional Tains and a msreyry, engn ossed; and the prosecutor’s office of Mar-|years in UN, succeeds Andrei|47OP to 45 degrees; forecasters el ion County with the request that | Vishinsky, who last night took ported. {ators pitched into ‘a long list of 9-to-1 first period count and led i | The rains were expected to ex-| House bills - ‘which they passed to 12 at the half. It was nip| Statehouse sources said todayljast night at 49th St. and Boule- tinued itend to the southern areas of Ine under suspension of rules.
that assembly
. ® leal temperatures ranging to Alhad completed its -calendar and reSional again, couldn't _get woes And Loses on Time 15 Feet by Auto intermission, stretching the mare thigh of 69 yesterday, spring-likeithat the measures it. had passed weather will’ be tempered with had either been enrolled or) 5 !
against their conference cousins
to 28, after going 13 minutes
tack. Each got nine points. ~~ Ime
Madison Tops Fairfield” | ‘ype pj was passed by the par
: ! to charge were the budget, (before the basket-hungry _Madi- block it. Big city representatives direct primary,|$on Cubs tonight, 56 to 37. The staged the unsuccessful talkathon
¥|The House Agriculture Commit-|siate aid to schools {Cubs led 33 to 17 at the half tolagai i pe ANGE Seon [stat 8, gas tax dis-|Lubs led 34. to 17 ati all tolagainst the bill in a wild and 8itee wound up hearings on oleo-\tribution, occupational disease, move intos the Indianapolis semi- woolly session that lasted until Truman Starts Today
| Frankfort also had a rough! put
stantial evidence thus far, you can section of the Soviet foreign, Observers predicted the comand | these Soniroversieniime uit Geen Zlonaviie indicated that it could not ac- president Truman leaves tomor- Nora Eddington Flynn, wife of er office. {mittee will vote Tuesday, out until ERE el Toned! io 38, in another touch-go thriller. (UalLY keep a community from row for a 13-day vacation at his Screen Star Errol Flynn, said toe b-, TE Te —— ml JA A ‘Roy Martin and Al Heckrhan “c'HDE its clocks ahead an hour favorite resort, the submarine day she will leave for Las Vegas, Muncie Socialite Killed . “ex __g paced the losers with 15 ana 12|3Uring the summer months, the base at Key West, Fla. Nev. next week to sue for an wi : Veteran mn Hospita points, respectively, while Eddie JOP it was_intended to do. The The President, accompanied by immediate divorce from the actor,
| Baer led the Hot Dogs with 12. (measure only prohibits ordinances'a small staff, is scheduled to take
tossed in 40 points between them: pom still could open and close an
the program’s/Ave., died last night in General! By an odd quirk rural propon-|
: passing. His wife, Mildred, 23, is pended to pass it. The bill's sup-| id i noon. The boat, thé 45-foot fish- ree Sean in serious condition with injuries porters set the clock back as the Bridge reracit Sardening 212 Samat fanarS1 Scitris ad ing cruiser Osprey, sank. A - TRIBUNE GOES TO 15¢ received in the same accident. {filibuster wore on so that it never iness ... M4 Holl ST ots asm. 1am 28 Sports hE ing gas line wis beliéved «| CHICAGO, Mar, 5 (UP)—The| Police said the motorcycle slid got to be midnight by the House|CoP-Capers 14 Hollywood .,37 Politics. ..,..29 Teen sible for the explosion. __-|Chicago Tribune announced to- about 300 feet along the highway ook . . : Childs Inside
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®hoto by Henry §. Glesing Jr. Times Stall Photographer. | oom also failed to measure up
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At Fieldhouse the Demons. : Two. te ; hs, attempt-' The Goblins and the Demons edule nk Yo sell Bigh 51 busicetban battled on even (erm in ui Schedule of games: 1 p. m., 2:15 p. m. and 8:15 p. m. ‘regionals tickets at $1 premiums, 'ishicap for the tirst : AT INDIANAPOLIS ‘were arrested by police last night Tim Deakyne and 1 att Juckeoh Attica vs. Lawrenceburg iat the Butler Fieldhouse. lle bith , points, Summitville vs. Madison 1 A five-man police squad, headed Tespee vely. 4 as Summ tville garAT LAFAYETTE ~~ oy Capt. Michael Kavanagh, was 070 a Le Crd. Jacks Hammond vs. Frankfort assigned to keep an éye on ticket m a rand Org a South Bend Central vs. Brookston scalping activities in the city after #0n An
ers were active at last week's sectionals here. . ;
power, tonight became the only “Big Four” survivor of last year 4 17 vear-old bov who was ped- second period. Fortville meshed to. reach the semi-finals of the 39th annual Indiana High School dling two ducats for $1.60 apiece five of 21 field goal attempts in Basketball Tournament as Muncie Central's: Bearcats: were-upsel DF ue sont to the Juvenile Ald De--t0at canto. but Summitville suc.
face value and sent the money to oy fod “MKE police “property” rooms: ~~~ fk. PELIOG.......
from New Castle, They lost, 30 | An Indianapolis patrolman, di- ton pulled off three-point scoring
5 |recting traffic from the regional pia. : . @liplay. Baker t his third twowithout hitting from the fila. | Bill’ Contains (basketball tournament at Butler pointer in six attempts of the
New Castle’s Trojans ran up 2 Some Loopholes | Fieldhouse, was struck ' by ' an quarter to show the way. for the {automobile and knocked 15 feet fast-stepping Goblins who cone
and tucle from there on. in, but rural legislators won the battle vard Place. boards and maintaining posses~ Announced . On Alr diana accompanied. by receding! Franerugs Proviedingy oon Jack Wright and Jerry EIS put lost the war by putting over Patrolman Arthur Feltrhan, 38, sion of the ball. . appointment temperatures, the bureau said, 3 yee ye |paced the visitors’ balanced at- . ,., ¢ outlaw Daylight Saving/f 1517 New St, suffered abra- The vitimate wiriners dumped in sions-on- the right hand and leg. six ‘more field goals fu the third “He was treated- in: General Hos-seesion; needing 20° efforts while
Driver. of the ear, Robert Dale departments of play on the floor,
the was arrested on a reckless driving kushton grabbed all of Fortville's e. He told police his vision trio of fielders in that period. was obscured, poiice said. Summitville continued its freee
analysis of the measure, WASHINGTON, Mar. 5 (UP)— HOLLWOOD, Mar. 5 (UP)
outside Key West, South Korea is spreading.
| me ————— | Unless the bill is found to be thes icture’ : h Injuries b t | |unconstitutional’ or in: conftict | Sorority State Days he A story. ........ Page 13 show, | ara lwith federal time laws, however, (Society and women’s news, fas on, teen talk, Pages 14 to 26) Tornado Town and Growing Pains . . . two picture stories.’ ....... rer aar eres abate area Page 27 | (Editorials, politics, world report, radio, movies, Pages 28 to 58) : Hospital of injuries received in a ents of the move to standardize Bucks and Badgers tie for Big Nine track title. ... Page 41 where they were treated for name of movie actor John Wayne, traffic accident Friday on Road time beat the filibuster by chang-| : Bus : Classified Ads burns. : {then correctly identified as re-|67 near Sunnyside Road. ; ing the clock. The filibuster was (Sparts, Pages. 33 1a 4%; Page 43; . The two couples, vacationing in corded voice as that of Mr, Lan-i Mr. Looney was fatally injured designed to stall the. bill past a Florida, were fishing in the Guilt don, former Kansas governor and|when . the motorcycle he was midnight deadline after which the of Mexico when the explosion Republican presidential candidate|riding sideswiped 'a car while|ryles would have had to be sus-|
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, 61-41; Beaten POR Goblins Roar
By Fortville ToWinTitle
To Face Madison + Next Saturday. Fr
| By JIMMIE ANGELOPOLOUS sree SS SIO ee
BUTLER FIELDHOUSE, Mar. 5 — Summitville’'s fast ‘breaking Goblins scored their |second regional net tourney championship in history by coasting to a 61 to 41 triumph {over a cool Fortville aggregation (here tonight. ‘A capacity crowd of 15,000 pers isons “looked on as the well-bale {anced, hard-driving Goblins won their second regional title since
Other Photos, Page 39
11926 when Summitville was dee ~feated by Martinsville in the “Sweet Sixteen.” | The victorious gold contingent will face Madison, winner of the - Greensburg_regional, in the sec~ ond game of the semi-finals here {Saturday. > : Madison's. €ubs broke Faire land's 24-game winning streak by winning 56 to 37 in the finals of ‘the Greensburg regionals. Fortville, failing in its fifth attempt to win its first
that more than 100 scalp prised Summits aor ing breach to 16 to 9 at the outset
Baker cone
Is, measures which had passed AT MUNCIE * | An 18-year-old youth, who was , McCord and Carl : : i {welfare slash a “phoney cut” bills, mea Iv to b age Auburn vs. Kokome arrested. told &o he only want [inuéd pacing the Goblins af the ly » { one house only to be { : ] . ; d ested, po y rter’ tdpoint but : | {since the welfare funds are in the other and the changes not| - New Castle vs. Jefferson ; ed “to get extra lunch money,” duarter's midpoin Deakyne itl 0. oreign 0 jmatching Federal funds. They| .. .4 py the original assem-| : re Police sold the $1 ticket at face 8nd Bob Norris provided the ray may be spent anyway, the admin-| 0 "7! By KURT FREUDENTHAL, United Press Sports Writer value and turned the money over Of hope for the Demons- scoring Soviet Promotes jistration source said Sd The Senate recessed for dinner! Evansville Central, Southern Indiana's perennial tourney, the youth. . all of the Demons’ fielders in the
ceeded on six of 17 before both
Police sold the tickets at teams retired -for--their-1 :
r————— | Stretch Margin Fa | Baker, Jackson and the speedy cer Knocked {Wayne Irwin added to the Sum-~
{mitville scoring bulge after the gin to 33 to 21 before Ted Rush-
controlling both back-
the Demons, trailing in most
R. R. 14, Box 266, hit only three of 19 tries. Ted
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